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Old May 14, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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Can anyone give me an idea what it would cost (ballpark) to get the tank and fenders repainted on my FXDX? I'm interested in switching colors and was curious what it would cost to just do a dropoff/paint job, with them doing the disassembly/reassembly. Thanks in advance!
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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left arm and first born in Houston..to give you and idea i recently had my rear fender painted vivid black(no graphics) costme $380...
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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lol..that helps, so probably over a grand for 2 fenders and a tank..thanks bro!
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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I've seen 1,500+ for tin swap and up to3,000 for some nice work, depends on what you want done...

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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:27 AM
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yea i got to agree .it all depends on who does it. and just what you want. if you want just a change colors and they take it of and put it back on i would think in the 1000.00 to 1500.00 range .and that would be for a basic color.and if i was you i would do alot of checking. because there is alot of people out there that says they can paint but cant do squat.
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:39 AM
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You might want to buy new tins on e-bay in the color of your choice, then list your take off's and it might not cost you a dime.
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 06:35 AM
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The last two bikes with alltins and bags,ready to go justlight prepand spray,cost me less than $400.00.Incredible paint jobs,but you need to know where to go, and how to work with them.The other side, a friend who is intoexpensive paint work spent 5K for just tins.
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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Great info. Thx guys. Good point on the ebay search. I'll look into that. Just looking for basic color change.
 
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I paid $400.oo for this job. The trick is to find a good painter that doesn't have a "painter-to-the-stars" complex.

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A local guy quoted me $1900 to $2400 for custom paint with flames and airbrush graphics. The range is because it depended on how much time he spent developing the concept for me. This price did not include disassembly and reassembly.
 
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