Helmetpaint.com began in 1987 when Ric Duppstadt's dad taught him the basics
of custom paint. See the first helmet associated with helmetpaint.com. Ric then
began painting helmets for himself, and friends at the local motocross tracks. As
word began to spread, the client base and quality began to grow. Ric established a
reputation for doing helmet art with superb quality and craftsmanship. Ric steadily
built the shop while achieving a
bachelor's degree in business.
Upon graduation, Ric launched
Duppstadt Grafix and successfully
grew this helmet and motorcycle,
custom paint business for more than
10 years. During this time Ric and
company provided colorful
headgear of many styles for pros
and amateurs alike in NHRA, IRL,
NASCAR, Kart, BMX, AMA-Road,
Motocross, Supercross, & Flat Track to name a few. Ric also became a noted guitar
painter through his highly visible guitar paint jobs for his good friend, the late
Dimebag Darrell from Pantera. Read more about this here. Also, during this time,
Ric and his work had been featured in numerous magazines and began winning
awards worldwide.
In 2000, Duppstadt Grafix’s largest client American IronHorse had brought Paint ‘in-
house’ and asked Ric to bring his crew over and help run the AIH paint
department. Ric went to work as the Paint Quality Service and Production Manager
for American Iron Horse Motorcycle Company. Ric was influential on the
fundamental level of paint production, and spent the next 10 years developing
procedures and standards for all aspects of the paint department including day-to-
day artwork, training, quality control of the final product, and dealer relations. Ric
was responsible for overseeing 60 employees in 4 departments to paint a
maximum of 4500 motorcycles per year. While at American IronHorse, Ric
maintained a small client base and continued painting helmets in any spare time
under the label helmetpaint.com.
After the demise of American IronHorse, Ric re-opened a shop full time. See pics
here. Bringing over core employees, equipment, and vendors (read more here)
from American IronHorse, Dimension 3 Design Group was born. Dimension 3 Paint
handles any motorcycle/custom paint needs, while helmetpaint.com handles all
helmet art needs.
Helmetpaint.com is located in a stable location, with full service paint and design
capabilities. We maintain regular hours. We deliver with reliable turnaround
times. We have most brands of helmets available. We accept all major credit
cards. We offer worldwide shipping.
Our prior works have gone to such notables as: Dimebag Darrell, Twiggy Ramirez,
Rex Brown, Ozzy Osbourne, Vinny Paul, Brett Michaels, Bobby Labonte/Cruz
Pedregon-Interstate Batteries, Chris Carr, Justin Buckelew, Jeff Dement, Johnny
Marley, Bob Vandergriff Jr., J.R. Todd, Jay and Shelly Payne, Allen Johnson, Circus
Motorsports, Greg Ray.
We now look forward to being your choice in helmet paint!
of custom paint. See the first helmet associated with helmetpaint.com. Ric then
began painting helmets for himself, and friends at the local motocross tracks. As
word began to spread, the client base and quality began to grow. Ric established a
reputation for doing helmet art with superb quality and craftsmanship. Ric steadily
built the shop while achieving a
bachelor's degree in business.
Upon graduation, Ric launched
Duppstadt Grafix and successfully
grew this helmet and motorcycle,
custom paint business for more than
10 years. During this time Ric and
company provided colorful
headgear of many styles for pros
and amateurs alike in NHRA, IRL,
NASCAR, Kart, BMX, AMA-Road,
Motocross, Supercross, & Flat Track to name a few. Ric also became a noted guitar
painter through his highly visible guitar paint jobs for his good friend, the late
Dimebag Darrell from Pantera. Read more about this here. Also, during this time,
Ric and his work had been featured in numerous magazines and began winning
awards worldwide.
In 2000, Duppstadt Grafix’s largest client American IronHorse had brought Paint ‘in-
house’ and asked Ric to bring his crew over and help run the AIH paint
department. Ric went to work as the Paint Quality Service and Production Manager
for American Iron Horse Motorcycle Company. Ric was influential on the
fundamental level of paint production, and spent the next 10 years developing
procedures and standards for all aspects of the paint department including day-to-
day artwork, training, quality control of the final product, and dealer relations. Ric
was responsible for overseeing 60 employees in 4 departments to paint a
maximum of 4500 motorcycles per year. While at American IronHorse, Ric
maintained a small client base and continued painting helmets in any spare time
under the label helmetpaint.com.
After the demise of American IronHorse, Ric re-opened a shop full time. See pics
here. Bringing over core employees, equipment, and vendors (read more here)
from American IronHorse, Dimension 3 Design Group was born. Dimension 3 Paint
handles any motorcycle/custom paint needs, while helmetpaint.com handles all
helmet art needs.
Helmetpaint.com is located in a stable location, with full service paint and design
capabilities. We maintain regular hours. We deliver with reliable turnaround
times. We have most brands of helmets available. We accept all major credit
cards. We offer worldwide shipping.
Our prior works have gone to such notables as: Dimebag Darrell, Twiggy Ramirez,
Rex Brown, Ozzy Osbourne, Vinny Paul, Brett Michaels, Bobby Labonte/Cruz
Pedregon-Interstate Batteries, Chris Carr, Justin Buckelew, Jeff Dement, Johnny
Marley, Bob Vandergriff Jr., J.R. Todd, Jay and Shelly Payne, Allen Johnson, Circus
Motorsports, Greg Ray.
We now look forward to being your choice in helmet paint!
