Well, many of you know my Fuji Tiara and my quest to make my lady purty

One thing that has bothered me if the funky rubber white headset covers Fuji decided to use on this bike. It works well with the color scheme but in the ensuing years the white rubber faded to a yellowish white. This yellow was even more discernable now that I have the original white stem on the bike:



I decided to do something about it. I got a can of Krylon spray paint for plastic, thinking the plastic-specific formula might stick a bit better. I cleaned the covers with soap and water, then alcohol, then handled them with gloves while putting them on a "stand" of three toothpicks stuck into styrofoam so I could spray on all sides without touching them. Did one light coat then 30 minutes later another. Dried overnight and poof:



I think it makes a world of difference. Depending on the color balance of your monitor you might not be able to see a lot of difference, but it is pronounced. Even my wife saw it .

I was able to flex these rubber things pretty good in my hand without cracking the paint so they survived being reinstalled just fine. I also figured out that the chrome ring you see in the second pic was supposed to go between the covers. Looks even more snazzy now

If the paint doesn't hold on the rubber I'm just going to replace the headset with a very nice Tange headset I picked up at the local co-op that has nicely chromed cups and such. It would look better IMHO than the faded rubber.

Two more things yet to do:

1) Figure out what to do with the (equally yellowed) white rubber chain guard, probably paint similarly then cover with something clear and tough.
2) Duplicate my missing decals:



As Collin2424 and I have lamented....it never ends does it?