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Has anyone ever spray painted their helmet?

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Mama.
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I have a white bern that's probably 4+ years old and just looks dingy and banged up. However I've never had any major crashes in it, so I'm not sure I need to buy a new one.

Curious if anyone has spray painted (or plastidipped??) a helmet successfully and can offer advice? Photos appreciated.
Dec 22 2013 4:00PM
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M.M
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my buddy plasti dipped his, it looks good and works
Dec 22 2013 4:05PM
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Chinchi
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So this used to be a weird dark blue color, so I cleaned it off, sprayed a layer of gold, put wu-tang shaped decal, spray painted matte black, took off decal, added sticker, profit
Dec 22 2013 4:21PM
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Dr.Dickless
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Is it the EPS or Hard hat version, it should say right under the goggle clip
Dec 22 2013 7:56PM
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Mama.
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Hard hat. Que?
Dec 22 2013 8:04PM
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~Gotama~
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I spray painted my smith vantage helmet black (it used to be white). It seems to be perfectly fine, although I have heard that the paint can somehow damage the plastic shell and make it less safe, although I don't know if that is a real possibility. The paint does chip easily though, and after a few months of getting banged around a bit there are quite a few flakes missing.
Dec 22 2013 9:12PM
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FlufyDuky
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yeah man, i'd suggest getting a panelbeater to do it, thats what i did and they did it sooo nice. i'd be careful about doing it yourself
Dec 22 2013 9:28PM
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