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Aftermarket paint job will never be as good as the factory?

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OOOOH YEAH!!!! :-) Find a good painter and tell him/her, "I want it nice, cost is not the primary consideration". When you see what you get, you will be shocked..............in a good way. :-) Good painters love customers that want beautiful work and understand it will cost money. Its great when youre the painter and you can stand back and say to yourself, "ahhhhh, THATS nice!" :-)

Earl

Hoomgar said:
Bottom line is, if you are willing to shell out the bucks and have a good painter. You can have a paint job that far exceeds the quality of a factory one.
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The statement that aftermarket paint houses don't bake their paint after applying it is also untrue. Most don't, but if you do your research you can find a place that will "treat" the paint in an oven just like the factories do ... and with more care too!

Bottom line: Aftermarket paint jobs, done properly and carefully, will ALWAYS be better than any factory paint job from twenty five years ago...

Steve 8)
 
The only metal painted part on my bike is the tank. All the other panels are plastic. It's very doubtful any of my painted parts got baked. I repainted my bike in about 1990 after the "factory" clear began to peel from the decals underneath. I did as close as I could to the stock scheme using paint instead of decals. It was done in a garage and while not absolutely perfect it looks pretty damn good. I used Dupont paints and even sprayed blue pearl in one of the clear coats over the base white. My paint job has stood up to tons of abuse over the years.
 
Billy Ricks said:
The only metal painted part on my bike is the tank. All the other panels are plastic. It's very doubtful any of my painted parts got baked. I repainted my bike in about 1990 after the "factory" clear began to peel from the decals underneath. I did as close as I could to the stock scheme using paint instead of decals. It was done in a garage and while not absolutely perfect in looks pretty damn good. I used Dupont paints and even sprayed blue pearl in one of the clear coats over the base white. My paint job has stood up to tons of abuse over the years.
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Pictures Billy! :D
 
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