Video of My Pimped Segway
 

Here is a link to an Animoto video of my Segway.

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Very Nice....
 

Very nice....
What did you use the paint the leansteer?
Did you strip off all the paint?
We have 6 white leansteers that badly need to be repainted..
Any ideas would be great...

Painting
 

I stripped off all the old paint with a wire wheel.

Coated it with vinegar and let it set. (This is supposed to help the primer adhere to the aluminum.)

Scrubed it down and let it dry.

I primed and sanded with automotive primer.

Then spray painted with Krylon Flourescent green (3 coats)

Applied the decals.

Applied 3 coats of clear coat.

I am very happy with the results.

It looks very nice. We'll check back in a year to see how it holds up. I bet it's going to at least fare better than the white factory jobs!

I'm very glad I got black, for the durability. It'll never look as nice as yours does right now, but it'll never look as bad as some I've seen. :eek::)

Urban Gliding
 

Yeah, I'm pretty hard on my Segway and this is the second paint job but I enjoy doing it. Gives me something to do in the winter.

Ah, yes, winter -- I remember those. Yes, sitting around watching the paint dry is definitely a couple steps up from the winter doldrums! :)

Anyway, it sounds like you have fun on both ends of the deal -- painting it, and then messing it up again!

@Mamrax:
Nice job, paint looks great. I would personally prefer to have the electronics and the batteries hidden from sight, but I don't know how big they are in your case, so it might be that you can't hide them.

@emrnyc:
Why don't you powder-coat them? I understood that powder coating is much stronger than paint.