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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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getting my front end painted... i have a fatboy lo in denim......was going to get it done in flat, but everybody else is saying go vivid for a better contrast....got me stepping back and rethinking....a bit of vivid up front,middle (air cleaner) rear strut rails.....?
 
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hey,
getting my front end painted... i have a fatboy lo in denim......was going to get it done in flat, but everybody else is saying go vivid for a better contrast....got me stepping back and rethinking....a bit of vivid up front,middle (air cleaner) rear strut rails.....?
Keep it flat!
 
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flat. To me it would look like something cobbled together, but that's just me.
 
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You gotta be careful just a few lil gloss pieces will pop too much and it's gonna look gross
 
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FLAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

That would be like getting the gloss and painting your front end flat.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 04:59 PM
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I went Satin on mine, but I didn't paint I went with powdercoating
 
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:22 PM
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Flat black, but you may need some contrast, somewhere. Where? I do not know.
 
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I have gloss, but the flat looks good.
 
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My next paint job will be flat from vivid gloss
 
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