My custom RX7 Helmet

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  1. ddc

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    Here are pics of my Arai RX7 gp that I had airbrushed recently

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  2. barry107

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    Very, very nice :cool:.

    You Scottish by any chance ;)
     
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    Nice...didn't know u can spray lids...
     
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  4. ddc

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    Cheers , Hmmm how did you guess !! LOL :D;)
     
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  5. ddc

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    Cheers , Yeah there are quite a few companies out there doing it now ;)
    Not cheap though
     
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    That is superb.......a lot of work gone into that........:cool:
     
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    Fab ! I think i would now want to ventershield it against stone chips .Please explain the process from design to completion ,should be interesting for all.
     
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    They have missed a ' d ' of the front :)

    It looks really good though. how much did it set you back then
     
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    Tucker's got a mate that does it.
     
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    Nice job, credit to the artist.
     
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  11. Andrew

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    Looks like a great quality job, can't say the colours are to my tastes tho
     
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    very smart! like that
     
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    I fookin hate clowns but that is a funky lid.
     
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  14. ddc

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    NOt to sure on the process as such , but I had a design in mind so gave him the basics and left the creativity to him. He then gave me an image of how it would look. Once it was painted he then e,ailed me the pics before it was lacquered incase any changes were required ;)
     
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  15. ddc

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    Cheers , Well it took 11 weeks from start to finish and the cost was .......
    £650 :eek::eek:
    Yes I know it sounds horrendous but always wanted one and I didn`t fancy any of the current racer reps so I just thought F*ck it and went for it . :D
     
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  17. bladebhoy

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    thats nice, you can see a lot of work went into it.
     
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    £650 . . . . . . wow, but i can understand why you got it done
     
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    or a CLOWN !

    looks great..
     
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  20. ddc

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    Haha brilliant , cheers mate ;)
     
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