how much does H-D custom paint add to resale?

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Oct 29, 2011 | 11:07 AM

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DR. V-TWIN

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Oct 29, 2011 | 11:13 AM

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khendo14

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Traded in a Fat boy lo with custom paint set that I paid $2,900 extra for and got $0 in return. This set was 7/200, bike got tons of compliments everywhere I went. People even rolled down windows to talk to me about the paint job........does not matter on resale or trade in value. Good luck, great looking scoot!

Oct 29, 2011 | 11:15 AM

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AflacEmery

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I think the skulls are cool and big fan of the dark reds, but wouldn't pay more for them. If you like it then that's all that matters.

Oct 29, 2011 | 11:41 AM

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skulltrainharley

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All you do is replace the paint set with the original the bike came with and sell it seperately so technically you do get more for your bike it's not hard to work out ....

Oct 29, 2011 | 12:01 PM

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Jaburg1

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It's irrelevant. People will buy what they like. If they like the custom paint, they'll pay for it. If they like the stock paint, they'll find that and buy it. Me, I don't want a gloss black bike, so I won't buy it regardless of price. I don't think you'll have a hard time finding a buyer, but don't add much to the price unless you did some other major upgrades.

Nov 3, 2011 | 01:43 PM

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inaroush

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Adds NADA, NOTHING, ZERO, ZILCH if you have custom paint work done (as I did with a Skull theme) it has to be to your liking and usage.

It also becomes more difficult to sell because you have to find someone who has the same taste as you. Thats why its called Custom Paint son.

I did it because I wanted it. No intention on selling it anytime soon.

Nov 3, 2011 | 04:43 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ericj205

i'm looking at a 2009 heritage softail that has a h-d custom paint job, 59 of 200. Does this add anything to the trade-in or retail value? If so, how much?

Here is a link to the pics:
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...age%20softail/

zero.

Nov 4, 2011 | 11:57 AM

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STLFLSTF_Mike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ericj205

I'm looking at a 2009 Heritage Softail that has a H-D custom paint job, 59 of 200. Does this add anything to the trade-in or retail value? If so, how much?

Here is a link to the pics:
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...age%20Softail/

It's like buying a house with a pool...........some people hate it and some love it. Actually I've never seen a Heritage with a set of Harley Numbered painted tins. I guess if you want your bike to be unique that's one way to do it........only 200 like it. I've seen the prices of those in the HD parts book and they are usually 2K+.........I would think you could get a custom paint job for that.