Am I out of touch ?

[dazza]

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. :\ 

[Chris]

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

[dBfazer600]

: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

[stevierst]

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!

[ChristoT]

Just to confirm the belly pan is being sprayed, not the whole bike to match it?  :eek :eek :eek

[Dead Eye]

Holy crap, it only cost me £60 to have my tank vinyl wrapped last year

[Phil]

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

[Robbie8666]

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!

[dazza]

Thanks for your opinions, made me decide to retrieve it and get another quote.......£50, It appears I wasn't that out of touch.

[Chris]

Have you taken it to a different spray shop to get done?

Sounds much better  8)

Chris

[stevierst]

That's more like it Dazza. O0

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[dazza]

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.

[chaz]

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.

[dazza]

Is that why you left ?