where is the best place to get paint?

 

I am not sure about the best place however I bought vivid black paint for my Slim S at http://www.66autocolor.com. Paint seems to match very well, and it comes in a rattle can, not one of those paint brush pen types.

 

PPG makes Vivid Black it is 934199.

 

Axalta (DuPont) code 99.

 

Is this right? I thought PPG 9850, but I learned that vivid black changed somewhere around 2012?

I was about to ask how much paint would I need for a front fender (Klock Werks bagger) since mine is being delivered tomorrow, and I want it to match my '16 Road Glide Special.

If so, awesome! Thanks!

 

Yeah I think it's the same. I have 14 SG and painted a tour pak code 99. Perfect.

 

You can always call PPG Strongsville and ask. They take the Harley orders and would know or could look into it for you.

 

I just gave a PPG body shop code 934199 and they say it's not in their computer. They has 9850 but not 934199...

 

what you are asking for is a complete paint job and then some.

If you take all the parts off the bike, and strip them to bare components (lids off bags, lights of fenders, etc) and the parts are completely perfect then the painter can degrease them and wet sand the existing clear, mask for the two tone, spray it out, then clear the whole part.

Then it is going to be many hours of wet sanding to get a mirror finish with no break line between the colors.

There is no reason you have to limit yourself to Harley colors, they use PPG paint, find the color on a car and see if your painter can et the mix and do a spray out card to hold up to the bike to see if it works for you,

What looks good on cars does not always look good on bikes, he may have to tint it or even add a little metallic or pearl to it.

Painting bikes is 10X more labor intensive than painting a car, the level of detail is what makes the paint lay down correctly with no underlying flaws.

There are two bike painters I know that do fantastic work, the first is my friend Brian at www.bdscycles.com, great work at reasonable (for bike paint) prices and he has a portfolio online for your perusal

The other guy I know is very high end and priced accordingly.... World Of Wheels best paint in show winner type of work, really really nice but out of my price range ... that is Scott at thinairgrafx.com

Of the two, for what you want I'd shoot Brian at BDS an email,

remember you can have it good, you can have it cheap, but you can't have it good and cheap.

Orange paint is expensive, good paint and UV resistant clear that won't yellow with age is not cheap, if you want it done right, to your wishes, you are going to have to open the checkbook and it is going to hurt.

My last bit of advice to you is the more custom and outrageous a paint job is, the harder it is to sell the bike later on, keep it simple it never goes out of style

 

Perhaps a can of peelable paint to experiment with?

Perhaps vinyl if you really like the look?