no more sedona orange
no more sedona orange
Road Master
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From: Emerald Coast, FL
Why just a short time ago someone on here said that HD had their own paint shop... btw they don't. They shop it out to the lowest bidder... why do you think that they have such quality control issues???
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In Tomahawk, WI.
Road Warrior
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Last year they still had a paint department at York ...
"Production workers were sent home Thursday morning. On Friday, the paint shop and assembly line was shut down and most shift workers were sent home.
A Harley representative said that a supplier alerted the company that its paint for coating motorcycle parts could expose workers to benzene."
http://www.wgal.com/r/23241740/detail.html
I would be surprised if they would have shut it down between then and now!
There is also a video on YouTube:
2011 Harley-Davidson Premium Paint official video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGN48...layer_embedded
If you think about it ... the logistics of having to ship out all the parts to be painted god knows where would cost more than the supposed savings they would get out of it ...
Have you ever ordered a fender or tank from HD? The box it comes in is HUGE ...
"Production workers were sent home Thursday morning. On Friday, the paint shop and assembly line was shut down and most shift workers were sent home.
A Harley representative said that a supplier alerted the company that its paint for coating motorcycle parts could expose workers to benzene."
http://www.wgal.com/r/23241740/detail.html
I would be surprised if they would have shut it down between then and now!
There is also a video on YouTube:
2011 Harley-Davidson Premium Paint official video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGN48...layer_embedded
If you think about it ... the logistics of having to ship out all the parts to be painted god knows where would cost more than the supposed savings they would get out of it ...
Have you ever ordered a fender or tank from HD? The box it comes in is HUGE ...
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I can believe it. I know of a few folks (some on here, one a friend of mine) who have had inner fairings painted on street glides and road glides. They ordered the paint through HD and once it got sprayed, it was no where close to a match. The one here, got a second can and it was even a different shade than the first. Its a good color, but apparently a bear to get consistent.