Seat cowl painted.
 

I recently aquired a seat cowl (eBay) and a belly pan (courtesy of Hindle :) ). Figured I would get them painted up over winter. Went to all the local bodyshops I could find in the area but the lowest quote I got was £260 + VAT. Damn pearl crystal colour :(.

Spotted a few threads on here about paint4u and they had aerosol kits for around £30, never done any painting before but at £30 what's the worst that could happen? Gave it a bash, and asides from nearly gassing myself in a friends garage when the door blew shut (and the very worrying pink groundcoat) all went well.

Very pleased with the results

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http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...6/7e70f1ad.jpg

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Not brilliant pictures but you get the idea.

The match and finish arnt 100%, but at a tenth of the price I'm thrilled with it.
Goes to show a bit of effort gets results :)

Re: Not bad for £30
 

From my untrained, colourblind eye I'd say that looks a good match LOL. Good job!

Re: Not bad for £30
 

Better job than I could do (not sure if this means you've done a good job or not) and the bike looks great. Well done.

260+vat?!! Just for painting? I was quoted £75 to paint my belly pan in pearl yellow for my 650 and I just bought a brand new genuine cowl in pearl white for my thou for £78 inc vat!

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Oh and nice job on the spraying :)

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Re: Not bad for £30
 

Cheers :) had to spend a couple of hours buffing away (that sounds wrong) to get a decent shine on the clear coat as I don't have a machine polisher, it's like an addiction I keep spotting little imperfections that I want to attack!

I'am pleased with the match, and ****ed-up on a galloping horse at midnight you can't tell the difference :)

Re: Not bad for £30
 

Exactly all the quotes were a right rip off! But nobody would bring them down. Just kept saying that the technical paint is expensive. There wasn't any prep work to do on them either as I had already sorted that

Re: Not bad for £30
 

Cracking work!

That price is way tooo steep! I had a curvy side fairing re-sprayed for £90 cash and thats the Yank colours (canyon yellow)

Re: Not bad for £30
 

£100 tops for that work IMO, I got my pointy tank, repaired, prepped and painted for £120

Re: Not bad for £30
 

Very good job. Nice match indeed!