Some of you know I painted my ZX last year. Two weeks later, I custom painted my helmet to match. Shortly after, about a month, my helmet was stolen. But it was the end of the riding season '09. So I recently purchased a ZOX spectre R, $60 @ Iron Pony. But I really liked having a matching helmet. So I decided to paint it and even add black stripes. As soon as it warmed up I got to work. I first removed the visor, visor mounts, parts of the padded liner, and taped off the openings. Sanded the entire helmet to promote proper adhesion. After applying pearl white, I masked off to apply gloss black I shot the gloss black, then finished with Clear coat over everything. Reassembled the parts and visor. To add some "pop" I added 1/8" red pin stripes to tie in with my wheels and forks And here is the finished product I'm very pleased with it, especially since I've never laid any sort of stripes or designs before.