finally broke down and bought a Snell/DOT approved helmet for autocross/road race/drag so i can stop using loaners. it was ugly as ****, so i did some modding. finished pics will be up soon.

bone stock before:


the supplies (i also used 2 cans of clear coat):

taped up and ready to sand:


doing it's best honda civic body kit impression (primer):

metallic purple base coat:

final results.... coming soon

 

I'm certainly not gonna knock your attempt at customizing your helmet, but you do realize that KBC makes helmets in flat colors like black, blue, red, etc.? I don't know if you just got a deal on that one particuarly or whatever, but yeah they do make them. Anyway, good luck with that. I'm sure it'll look good.

 

well i needed the helmet now, and couldn't wait to have a colored one ordered so i just got what they had. don't let the purple fool you, it's just the base coat. there's a top coat over it now, and about 3 cans of clear haha. when it's done and all back together i'll post pics.

 

Your going to look like a mix between Barney & Master Chief!!!

Jason

 

ummm...there is a purple master chief when you pick your own

 

lol.

Also, I get the feeling you will have the faint smell of paint for the life of the helmet

edit: that's assuming the visor even fits back onto the helmet....although i guess you don't need a visor when driving cars anyway.

 

well hell, the paint smell thing would suck. the vents are all taped off, that shouldn't be much of a problem if any. as for the visor, why wouldn't it fit back on? the brackets that hold them on are in the kitchen. they will be bolted back up after it's dry. the helmet's gonna look a lot better than it did when i bought it.

 

new pics...almost finished

 

oooh nice your going for some type of greyish with a purple pearl under it...im guessing graphite grey =)

 

haha bingo. wanted to try and make it match my car

 

Alright...now that I see it's making progress, I can understand why you painted it differently. It looks like it's going to match pretty nicely actually. Nice work.

 

can't wait to see the finished product

 

it looks pretty good, but it's hard to see the purple in the pics. it's got a slight tint to it. this is my first time ever painting anything like this, so i think it came out pretty good. just waiting for the damn clear to dry so i can put the visor and stuff back on.

 

I like it! nice job man

 

very nice, looks like the color match is gonna be really good.