You guys are funnny...
Painting the smuggler trunk was never up for debate, I was always planning on painting it, it's on the bike 98% of the time.
As for the backrest plastic back plate, I just got off the phone with Corbin, they agreed to sell me just that back plastic piece in the black paint like I already have for only $40, so I went ahead and ordered it up and am gonna drop my current one off today to the painter with the other parts.
That way if I like it green great, if I don't then I'll have another black one. Having choices is good!
Does the smuggler trunk provide better driver backrest support then the Corbin rear seat?
IMO yes.
Are you going to have your green side cases cut down by Corbin?
Frankenstein...
Did you buy/mix a "true" Kawasaki green or did you pick a color from a chart? The reason I ask is because I've contemplated using a stock PPG color code to repaint my bike. Then, if I ever had to paint an accessory or touch up a section, I could reorder some paint and it would match 100% perfect.
I can't wait to see the green paint in person...
awesome, ZG. I don't envy money, but having a vision and being able to make it happen...
I went with the true Kawi paint kit OL, this particular paint for the 2012 ZX14R "golden blaze green" is a pretty complex color and has an uber ton of metalic flake in it.
Did you get the paint from Colorite or did you have the code to mixed it up?
Yep OL, the complete paint kit is from Color-rite, it's a 4 level paint process I guess, I called Kawi and they said that Color-rite was the way to buy it.
I used Color-rite for a side case lid on my 06 VFR a couple years back and it was an exact match, it was the 06 black which also had quite a bit of metallic in it, I was very pleased.
So, how much do you have invested in this project so far? I can pick up a new/used 2013 ZX-14 for ~$12K :p