Levo Gen 3 Alloy Frame dings. How best to rectify?

[brigcampbell]

I'll spare you of the gory details but I picked up this nail and it did a number on the chainstay.

How best to fix it? I'm not really concerned about looks so if I had to put fingernail polish and gorilla tape over it I don't care.

 

[Tooks]

It looks like only surface/paint damage?

I’d just touch it up with the closest paint match you can find from your local car parts paint touch up pen section.

 

[Husky430]

You NAILED it straight away, excuse the pun, nail polish is the go and all that I've used on the last 2 bikes.
Took a bit to jag the right colour but they are cheap and can't tell from a distance.

 

[brigcampbell]

It looks like only surface/paint damage?

Correct, no structural damage

 

[brigcampbell]

You NAILED it straight away, excuse the pun, nail polish is the go and all that I've used on the last 2 bikes.

My wife has a drawer full of nail polish of every color.

I'll let her pick the best match. It'll be something we can "do together"

 

[Husky430]

Your lucky your bikes red, first one was a lime green and the latests a milky coffee colour neither what you would call an popular ladies nail tint. Still managed to match both, there is an awful lot of nail polish out there once you start looking. The cheap shops seem to have the best selection.

 

[Nicho]

You NAILED it straight away, excuse the pun, nail polish is the go and all that I've used on the last 2 bikes.
Took a bit to jag the right colour but they are cheap and can't tell from a distance.

Do you colour-match your nails with your bike when you go riding?

 

[Jackware]

Do you colour-match your nails with your bike when you go riding?

You don't?

 

[Husky430]

Do you colour-match your nails with your bike when you go riding?

Doesn't everyone???

 

[ilostmypassword]

Best solution. Ignore them. It's a dirt bike and will get damaged.

 

[steve_sordy]

Your local motor spares place will have hundreds of car paint colours and some generic ones too. You may strike lucky and find a perfect match (I've done it once), but mostly you will find a "close enough" version quite quickly.

 

[Mrj35]

I'll spare you of the gory details but I picked up this nail and it did a number on the chainstay.

How best to fix it? I'm not really concerned about looks so if I had to put fingernail polish and gorilla tape over it I don't care.

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put a piece of red tape over it.

 

[irie]

Your local motor spares place will have hundreds of car paint colours and some generic ones too. You may strike lucky and find a perfect match (I've done it once), but mostly you will find a "close enough" version quite quickly.

An old trick is to do the same on both sides so they match, then it looks intentional.

 

[Dave_B]

The best way to rectify that is to do this…..

 

[brigcampbell]

The best way to rectify that is to do this….. View attachment 130061

Is that hope stem the same angle offset as the stock? I see you have all the spacers below as do I.

I think I want to raise the bars a little to take some pressure off my back and dinged up wrist.

 

[mustclime]

Brake out your paint kit and make it look like a wound…… little black and blue… some pink, red and maybe some white.

 

[Dave_B]

Is that hope stem the same angle offset as the stock? I see you have all the spacers below as do I.

I think I want to raise the bars a little to take some pressure off my back and dinged up wrist.

it a 35/35 stem with 0 degree rise.

 

[Paulquattro]

Best solution. Ignore them. It's a dirt bike and will get damaged.

What he said

 

[brigcampbell]

Your lucky your bikes red, first one was a lime green and the latests a milky coffee colour neither what you would call an popular ladies nail tint. Still managed to match both, there is an awful lot of nail polish out there once you start looking. The cheap shops seem to have the best selection.

Touched it up with red finger nail polish, The Warden had about 6 colors to choose from and the Revlon red was a perfect match.