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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 12:57 AM
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Just finished painting my Derby Cover what do you think. It is for my 07 Lowrider
 
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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 02:35 AM
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Just finished painting my Derby Cover what do you think. It is for my 07 Lowrider
Looks awesome. Take pics when u put it back on
 
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Nice Job...Can you give details on how it was done?
 
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Nice Job...Can you give details on how it was done?
Took a used Derby cover and went over with scotch bright , cleaned with simple green. Couple coats of acid etch primer , then couple coats of base coat to match bike. Then let it cure for a day. My daughter then cut lettering out on her machine and I put it on the base coat. Then it got 7 coats of clear. The lettering looks like it is down in deep. Will now let it cure for a few days before I put it on the bike.This was all done with rattle cans . I got the paint from a guy here on the site BIGRSRKO8 , his son has an auto paint supply co. and puts paint in cans.
 
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Nice work for a sweet custom derby cover. Certainly a "one of". Can't wait to see how it compliments the bike.
 
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Nice work!
 
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It looks good, and it doesn't look rattle canned at all!
 

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Here it is on the bike. Please don't mind the dust
 
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That turned out great!
 
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