Instead of painting it, Fondy Fire creates side panels for our robot, which provides places for our sponsors and creativeness to be expressed. The panels are so light, that weight is not an issue. Here's a picture of our 2007 + 2008 robots.
They look very cool.
oh, btw, here's the business that of which we get them printed at. (It's very nice of him to allow us to use the machines...
) He also allows us to print our banners in our pit.
http://www.psigncrafters.com/