I am coming up on the first birthday of my bike. I purchased an 05 standard under the idea that I could modify and upgrade to exactly what I wanted. I have added seat, exhaust (V&H Big Radius), windshield, and some chrome. Now I am at a point were I am thinking about a custom paint job. The bike is Chopper Blue which is a color that I am fond of. This provides me the luxury of finding the right type of paint job and most of all the right person. Can anyone share a ballpark price for a custom paint job? What should I be looking for beyond the sample pictures at a paint shop? Are there any specific brands of paint that are better than others for durability? Any ideas or feedback would be helpful.

If anyone has a shop in the DC, MD, VA area they would recommend please do.

 

Give this guy a call, he is in Boonsboro,MD just north of Frederick,MD. You can check out his work at Patriot HD in Fairfax,VA they have him do custom paint jobs on new bikes and then sell them as a custom. From what I've seen he does pretty nice work and I am thinking of having him do my 04'Fatboy.

Wet Paint Custom Refinishing
301-432-7410
Ask for Greg.

 

let me know how your turn out i have been thinking along the same lines and as far as a price goes i have heard about 3000.00 and up depends how you have it done . i have heard the house of colors is excellent i have been thinking of of ghost flames . any way best of luck.

 

I was looking at doing the same thing and ran across this on the net... click and see... look around the website.. looks like pretty good work...

custom flame paint for softail standard $1400

 

I was looking through EBAY and came across this, but I have no ideal what it looks like in person.

http://www.xtremekreations.com

 

As for the gost flames, Any good body shop should be able to do that for around that price.
A real slick "custom" job is going to cost $$$$.
In A custom paint job, You Get What You Pay For.
Try www.rr-custompaintworks.com.
www.sinisterflames.com.
Harley also has custom sheet metal.

 

I'm in California, but you can ship your tins to these guys and they can hook you up.....they are the best around here.

www.rr-custompaintworks.com

I am having my fat bob tanks powdercoated white....these guys will paint the rear fender and then do a really cool old school Von Dutch style pinstriping job on the fender and tanks for $500.

 

Check out these guys for sickest paint job money can buy!...

http://www.airea5150.com/

 

I agree with this guy. My local dealer carries there stuff and it is sick. You can also look on ebay and find some of the HD Radical paint schemes for pretty cheap. I got mine for a good price on there and have since seen my paint set sell for alot less than I paid.

 

Have to agree with Old Skool. Airea5150 did my paint. The paint is unbeleivable and the owners, Scott and Karen are the best.



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