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Am I out of touch ? - dazza - 25-04-13
Bought a grey belly pan and thought I'd get it painted metallic black to match the rear cowling. Took it to a body shop and he quoted £175 :eek . After I got my breath back we agreed on £120. I left it with him but as I was riding away I couldn't help thinking that was a lot of money. I know you get what you pay for and it's been a while since I've had any paintwork done. So what do you foccer's think ? Starting to think I should have waited for a black one. :\
Re: Am I out of touch ? - Chris - 25-04-13
Wow, that seems a lot but then again it depends on how good the work he does is.
Could have just rattle can'd it and got a good result without all that expense
Chris
Re: Am I out of touch ? - dBfazer600 - 25-04-13
:thumbdown Not good. I was considering doing this but will give it a miss at those prices or go for one the colour I want. I take it this includes stripping the lacquer & grey off before respray?
Daz
Re: Am I out of touch ? - stevierst - 25-04-13
Holy crap! :eek
You could have sprayed it yourself, cocked it up, resprayed it, really cocked it up, researched it, re-prepped it, and sprayed it yourself to a decent standard for a lot less than that!
These people really do take the piss sometimes!
Re: Am I out of touch ? - ChristoT - 25-04-13
Just to confirm the belly pan is being sprayed, not the whole bike to match it? :eek :eek :eek
Re: Am I out of touch ? - Dead Eye - 25-04-13
Holy crap, it only cost me £60 to have my tank vinyl wrapped last year
Re: Am I out of touch ? - Phil - 25-04-13
(25-04-13, 06:29 PM)stevierst link Wrote: Holy crap! :eek
You could have sprayed it yourself, cocked it up, resprayed it, really cocked it up, researched it, re-prepped it, and sprayed it yourself to a decent standard for a lot less than that!
These people really do take the piss sometimes!
Yeah, I sprayed a white fairing and seat unit for a trackday bike myself. Then lacqured it. All for £10. Looked crap :lol
Re: Am I out of touch ? - Robbie8666 - 26-04-13
dont know much bout the subject but cost me £160 for my helmet to be sprayed up! not a fancy design had a stock black helmet had a silver cross put on it & a Gemini & Leo symbol on it! but then again its a lid so went to a professional!
Re: Am I out of touch ? - dazza - 26-04-13
Thanks for your opinions, made me decide to retrieve it and get another quote.......£50, It appears I wasn't that out of touch.
Re: Am I out of touch ? - Chris - 26-04-13
Have you taken it to a different spray shop to get done?
Sounds much better 8)
Chris
Re: Am I out of touch ? - stevierst - 26-04-13
That's more like it Dazza. O0
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Re: Am I out of touch ? - dazza - 26-04-13
Yep. took it to another spray shop and they was apologetic for it costing as much as £50 but explained that they have to mix up more paint that they need to get a proper colour match and constant feed when positioning the spray gun at angles but to be really awkward I am now sending it back due to undisclosed damage from the seller. I know these are like rocking horse shit but have decided to wait for a black one to come up.
Re: Am I out of touch ? - chaz - 26-04-13
I used to be in the a Triumph car club and someone sprayed their car using something like 400 cans which were bought trade and it worked out a bit cheaper than a respray? he said the finish was very good.
Re: Am I out of touch ? - dazza - 26-04-13
Is that why you left ?