DC Plastics ????

[mx250]

http://stores.ebay.com.au/Concourse-Parts

Nice stuff isn't it. I hope he gets around to doing early MX stuff shortly .

[Marc.com]

IMO     I have had good luck with DC plastic, I reskinned a 77 TT500 about a year back and I was quite impressed with the quality, all the plastic, decals, seat cover, and cables came from DC plastic.



So if your doing a TT500 or XT500, you shouldnt have to worry!!!!!!!!! Hope this helps

Same for me, I have 2 DC rear guards for the mx250, one looks like recycled tupperware and the other is spot on, I think they are getting better not worse. Finally the tupperware I rubbed backed and painted silver and is just fine.

My RM 500 plastics from Vintage Suzuki sucked, they were miles out.

[LWC82PE]

Mick has asked me to put photos up on here of the original headlight shell compared to the DC one. i will leave it to him to point out whats wrong etc. By the way Mick, your original one doesnt look too bad. is it broken in anyway? if not it certainly looks like a good candidate for the plastic restoration process. To me it looks very good and i reckon I could sand/polish it up to almost new.

[Mick]

Thanks for your help LWC,for those that contacted me wanting to see some proof of my claims,,, all can now see my problem and that is how do i fit a light to one of these DC plastics when there is one very big size difference and holes and moulds for side and top clip missing, if you know how then please let me know  .

I was talking to the Aussie importer of DC Plastics the other day on the phone and he is more than happy to take the plastics back, he also stated that he will be talking to DC's about the headlight surround,  seeing that my first buy from DC's is clearly below average quality, after talking with the importer i will give them one more go but this time i am going to get the front and back guards, it seems they do guards better than headlight surrounds and side covers, i will have a go at fixing my other plastic's up.


Update 16th Dec after seeing the guards i have decided that all DC's Plastic's are total shit products and i have sent them all back, i reckon i could melt icecream lids this good, now back to repairing my old plastic's.

Mick.

[Nathan S]

they look nice in photo.

are they vacume or injected?

are they at the lower or upper end of the price scale?

Injection molded.
Middle of the price scale, and worth every penny.

I too am waiting for the early guards. The instant he makes them available, I'll be broke, 'cause I need some stupid number of both F & R...  ...

[mx250]

I too am waiting for the early guards. The instant he makes them available, I'll be broke, 'cause I need some stupid number of both F & R...  ...

Nathan, do you know if Scott is intending to make the early Yammy guards??

[Nathan S]

Haven't spoken to him for a couple of months, but the last I heard was a definite "Yes, eventually".
The time-frame was dependent on all of the usual things (ie cash flow and available time).

[grouty]

I started using DC many years ago. The first item I ever had was a new front mudguard for my 78 Husky. This was perfect in every way. In fact it could almost be a genuine one.
Most of the other parts I have had since have been great.
When I got around to doing the KLX250 I needed all new plastics. Since mine are the same as a KDX175 I ordered front and rear guards and a headlight shell. The guards are perfect, but the headlamp shell suffers from the same problem as the IT one mentioned earlier. I could have bodged it but felt that it deserved better. Luckily I came across a nos item here in the UK.
I can understand the tooling costs for small production runs and the trade-off needed to produce them as a vac formed part. It would not be possible to make the lugs in a vac formed headlamp shell such as the KLX/KDX. I will save my DC one for competition use.
The KLX250 side panels have been a pain to find new, so I sent a pair to Tom at DC for them to copy.
These turned up with me a couple of months ago. The fit is not too bad, but some work is required with a hot air gun to get them to fit snugly. The slots are not cut in the sides, so again some very careful work with the dremel is required. I am just grateful that someone has produced usable plastics at a reasonable price. I ride all my bikes in anger so I am not looking for a concourse reproduction. If I was, I would scour the planet for nos parts and pay the premium.
The service I have had from them has always been excellent.
If VMXPlastics start expanding their range then judging by the photo's I would be beating a path to their door.

[TM BILL]

Im indifferent about DC plastics , i beleive you get what you pay for and as has been said the guy does cover a huge range many of whitch are unavailable else where.

With head light shells witch are obviously way different, could it be that the US models hes probably using for patterns had different spec headlamps to those exported to Europe and Australasia

Just a thought does anyone know ?

[DCPlasticsguy]

Thanks for the measurements on the IT headlight holder. I'll print them off tomorrow and see if we can update the mold or alter the cut out pattern.

To respond to oldfart,
I was talking about the mounting indentations or eyelets that are in the side panels. When you drill the holes to mount the side panels, sometimes you can't drill the hole exactly in the middle of the eyelet. The concourse parts injection fenders look great. The quality and fit should be 2nd to none.

[Rossvickicampbell]

I am one of those people who wouldn't mind paying for "good" stuff -  maybe I am a tightarse but if I remember rightly my last lot of DC stuff cost me nearly $100 a piece delivered to the door - what are we saying is a fair price to pay?

I am glad we can get anything of course - glad Suzuki still carry a heap of early model stuff as stock - but getting pieces of anything is gettting more and more expensive - heaven help the guys trying to make it?

cheers

Rossco

[evo550]

I have bought both dc stuff and  plastics from vintage iron(not sure who makes it), prices for both are comparable, but the quality is not.
I have bought dc stuff on three occasions and been dissapionted all three times and won't buy again, sight unseen (mail order)
The vintage iron stuff on the other hand was top shelf repo plastic.

[DJRacing]

Thanks for the measurements on the IT headlight holder. I'll print them off tomorrow and see if we can update the mold or alter the cut out pattern.

To respond to oldfart,
I was talking about the mounting indentations or eyelets that are in the side panels. When you drill the holes to mount the side panels, sometimes you can't drill the hole exactly in the middle of the eyelet. The concourse parts injection fenders look great. The quality and fit should be 2nd to none.

DCPlasics guy, thanks for your responses, it cant be easy walking into the wolfs den and having to explain yourself. I think that (coming on this forum) is highly commendable and I would like to thank you for taking on board any complaints and all with a positive attitude. I know some of us can be very hard on reproduction plastics and at times it is unjust of us when you are only trying to provide a product for all of us to keep our bikes useable.

[paul]

evo  are the maico plastics the same colour  from both places !!!!!   because im not forken HAPPY          WITH THE DC COLOUR  it nearly pink

[evo550]

Paul,
Not sure about the maico stuff from vintage iron, it was yamaha gear, in both yellow and white, but both times it was good so I have no reason to expect any different for maico stuff.
Looks pretty good on the web site. Under body perts.
www.vintageiron.com