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Mar 24, 2009 | 06:07 PM

HuskerPower

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Paint??

hey guys I am wanting to paint my derby cover black.. (prolly wont spend the money to powder coat it) what kind of paint should I use?? Bike is Black Denim!

Mar 24, 2009 | 06:11 PM

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the night train cover will match up nicely. After sandpaper, paint, prep, you may just find that the new cover is about the same $.

Mar 24, 2009 | 09:08 PM

Doughboy

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if you like the wrinkled look.dupont makes a truck bed liner that looks awesome.if you want pm me and ill show ya some pics of some parts i did with it

Mar 25, 2009 | 07:13 AM

sporty79

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Rustoleum Texture Black matches the factory wrinkle black pretty close. I did my derby cover with it about 18,000 miles ago, and it held up great.

Mar 25, 2009 | 09:05 AM

JRK5892

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dude a can of good rattle can will run you 10 bucks... powdering your derby will prob cost 15 bucks and you dont have to do anything... just putting it out there...

Mar 25, 2009 | 03:50 PM

jhall201

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I was surprised at how little powdercoating parts actually cost. I had both of my rear fender struts powdercoated to match the color and texture of the engine. Only cost $30 for both of them.

Mar 25, 2009 | 04:26 PM

SuperG

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Looks like hes got an 09. Those come with silver primary. Not sure if there is
"wrinkle silver" out there. Might just be esier to have it powdercoated a silver
to match.

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Mar 25, 2009 | 04:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JRK5892

dude a can of good rattle can will run you 10 bucks... powdering your derby will prob cost 15 bucks and you dont have to do anything... just putting it out there...

Must agree here. I have had alot of parts done and the price is honestly hard to beat considering the time, money for paint, elbow grease and so on just to paint it, verses taking it to a shop drop it off and pic it up a couple days later and the coating holds up to abuse alot better. As mentioned above, just adding to putting it out there.