Post #312109 by hewey on Sun, Jun 10, 2007 5:31 PM

On 2007-06-08 21:23, freakstick wrote:
Are there any bike painters out there who can help (paint) my beach cruiser and tiki it out for me?
I would just screw it up1

Your best bet is to take it to your local auto body repairs place and get them to paint it. It will be even cheaper if you can pull it apart, so all they have to do is paint the frame. Less labour = cheaper. They also love it if you can supply them with a actual paint code. The trick is to find a new car in the colour you want. Have a look around and there is some sweet hues on cars. For example the mint green on new beetles is fairly tiki-ish:

The PT cruisers have a gorgeous burgundy colour thats almost candy that would look sweet on a cruiser. Once you've found a colour, ring up the car manufacturer and they can supply you with the paint code. Keep the painter happy and make their job easy and you're more likely to get a good job at a good price.

Once thats done, I'd recommend getting some 'off the shelf' tiki stickers and some custom/personalised stickers made up. For the custom stickers get some text like "Freackstick tiki". Most sign places will do this for bugger all, and you can get a huge range of finishes. Go on ebay and get some tiki stickers from artists like Shag, Von Franco etc. Theres a heap to chose from. Voila! One tiki cruiser :D

I just picked this up on ebay, couldn't justify the cost of the taboo cruisers, but I got this at a good price :D

Not sure what I want to do with it yet, but it will be repainted at some stage. Lots of ideas, one is a WWII bomber theme (satin green, stencilled insignias, tiki theme pin up nose art), another is marbelised candy green over a black base.