Yeah, it would be a pain. I had a huge dent in the hood while I was still living in Napa (some idiot in a parking lot backed into me and either didn't know it or didn't care ... because he was nowhere to be found when I got back to my car and didn't leave a note.) Anyway, luckily I could still take it back to the body shop that did the original paint job (and they still had a can of the stuff that the kid had used to originally paint the car), so it matched just fine. However, my insurance didn't cover the extra cost of the paint itself (it is obviously way more expensive than normal paint, which is all the insurance would cover) ... but I knew that was going to be an issue anyway.
They left me with whatever remained in the paint can, but it's been 6 years ... I doubt if that paint is still any good ... I gotta just hope that I don't need any repair work again. <g>
~~Bonnie
>>And here's the link to some pictures of my car, if anyone is interested. =0)
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http://www.fiftyfive.com/~bonnieb/images/Gallery/MyCar/MyCar.html>>
>>~~Bonnie
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>Cool paint job. That must be difficult to match, if you were to need any repair work done.
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>>>>>>Love the color ;-)
http://www.sportster.org/thebikes/images/livers-1419-1.jpg>>>>>>
>>>>>>>with one of my '73 that I had there:
http://www.suncountrycorvette.com/2006vettes4vets/pages/100_0436.htm>>>>>>>
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>>>>>Kuhl! When it comes time to get it painted, I want to do a metal flake orange, rather than just the stock orange. Could be along time before that happens, though. :(
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>>>>I hear ya, Fred. A good paint job today is outrageous. At the time I painted this bike, I just went to NAPA and asked what they had cheap. $40 a quart for Omaha Orange. On it went ;-) 2 weeks ago I checked with our local bike artist on a straight color job, maybe a couple of decals, and I'd do all the strip/prep work - $1000. Can't imagine what he'd do a cage for - boggles the mind.
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>>>I've not gotten an actual estimate from anyone yet, but with talking with friends that have had it done, it appears it will be $6K to $20K. $3500+/- if I do the prep work. Yikes!
