2010 ZX6R Fuel tank in Stardust White

RJ2112 · 2022-08-31T08:53:05-0400

It may be less of an issue for a body shop to repair and repaint the tank you have; alternatively, buying a perfect tank the wrong colour and repainting that to match…..

TerminalEffect · 2022-08-31T09:35:37-0400

Already gone to several body shops for a quote on removing the dent and a respray, all in the ballpark of £400+. Should I be unlucky in finding one around this price I will go down this route. Was just trying to avoid it as it means losing my bike for 3-4 weeks.

RJ2112 · 2022-08-31T10:11:56-0400

Understood….. would the dent be under a tank slider?

RJ2112 · 2022-08-31T12:15:03-0400

What’s the cost for a new tank in that colour from Kawasaki?

TerminalEffect · 2022-09-01T19:17:56-0400

RJ2112 said:
What’s the cost for a new tank in that colour from Kawasaki?

A new tank from Kawasaki already painted is £839

RJ2112 · 2022-09-01T19:59:45-0400

Holy sh*t!

RJ2112 · 2022-09-01T20:01:02-0400

Do you have a pic of the damage?

TerminalEffect · 2022-09-01T20:41:26-0400

RJ2112 said:
Holy sh*t!

Yeah I had pretty much the same response when I spoke to my local Kawasaki parts provider :/

TerminalEffect · 2022-09-01T20:41:57-0400

RJ2112 said:
Do you have a pic of the damage?

Will take a pic in the morning and put it up

RJ2112 · 2022-09-01T20:48:15-0400

Me being the frugal sort, learning to do the necessary repairs and painting it myself would be the most likely outcome.

Any fuel tank from '09 to present should be effectively identical, with the exception of color. A newer tank is likely less expensive than the correct colour old (limited stock) new tank would be. A larger volume of spares will make the price lower.

TerminalEffect · 2022-09-06T05:21:42-0400

RJ2112 said:
Me being the frugal sort, learning to do the necessary repairs and painting it myself would be the most likely outcome.

Any fuel tank from '09 to present should be effectively identical, with the exception of color. A newer tank is likely less expensive than the correct colour old (limited stock) new tank would be. A larger volume of spares will make the price lower.

Yeah I would love to say I had the competency to do a job like that but would 100% end up making it look worse. I'm Mechanically minded but wouldn't have the confidence to undertake and execute a task like that.

RJ2112 · 2022-09-06T07:28:31-0400

Bodywork and painting is time consuming, and requires relatively clean conditions for best effect. It’s not particularly difficult to do, but you shouldn’t rush through it.

The only reason I took it on was because I needed a distraction during treatment. I had the space, the time, a fairly complete kit of materials and enough mechanical knowledge to know that doing the least amount of work would produce better results. I could afford the time to assess the results of each step, before taking the next.