Gloss or satin painted inner fairing???
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Gloss or satin painted inner fairing???
Hey guys, So I've seen your pictures of painted inner fairings and decided to stop by the body shop tonight. I was told $200 to paint the inner fairing to match the rest of the bike. Decided I am going to do it but...I havent heard anyone talk about the glare from a shinny high gloss paint so I was woundering if you guys with gloss would have rather shot a satin clearcoat? I had a chrome dash on my softail and you could feel the heat from the sun on your face.
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Mine's gloss black & has been for probably 20k miles. No issues whatsoever.
One of the things that really make them look good is "matching" the rest of the bike.
One of the things that really make them look good is "matching" the rest of the bike.
Last edited by PhilM; Aug 18, 2009 at 08:16 PM.
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I think the gloss colors to match the bike's paint looks great, gives it a "custom" look.
Just my .02
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Glare is no problem for me...my example to this is ~ the gps glares out on direct sun light but never had to cover any part of the fairing for glare.
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Mine has started to fade, it has a few gray spots on the glove boxes. Normally I would not even concern myself with painting or not, but it is starting to look like crap.
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Thanks for all of your input guys, Gloss it is!......... donations are glady accepted, seems I've spent to much on chrome cuz the bank is empty......does it ever end?
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http://www.mothers.com/02_products/06108.html
No, it won't look as cool as a custom painted inner fairing, but it will restore the faded plastic to its original black pretty quickly.
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