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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 07:02 AM
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Looking to get my tins painted over the winter. Always like to get the forums feedback before I do anything expensive to my bike. I know there are a few companies out there but wanted to get some feedback who had this done. What companies, experiences good and bad. Who is highly recommended and who to stay away from...Thanks...
 
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Colormania is a sponsor here, you should check them out.
 
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Thanks for the reply. Going to check them out...
 
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If you haven't already, you should take a look on eBay..there's lots of folks that have tins for sale and even exchange..I was surprised at how expensive these paint jobs are, however..you can easily pay $3K for a set..
 
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what are you looking to have done? you can always powder them as well? we powder tins all the time

few pics of some of the tanks/tins we have done to get the wheels spinning




















 
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wow, I love the look of those powder coat tins? I know powder is stronger than paint, do they still get the little swirls, and mark just like paint? can they be buff?
 
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we wet sand and buff them prior to shipment on gloss, yes is is able to be waxed and is much stronger than paint... but it is still a type of paint so it will scratch and what not just much harder to do so... holds up great
 
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