i bought a quart of vivid black a couple of weeks ago. i didnt think it would be that bad expensive, after all it aint red right? Wrong!!!!!

 

I just painted my bike with two colors of "pearl", white and silver, used BASF materials, spent almost $1K. These guys had some clear coat that was $600 a gallon. I about "S---". It does look good. I now see why some of these super "trick" custom paint jobs are $5K up in price, its a LOT of work to paint a big bike with fairings, saddle bags, etc. I had a paint booth full of parts. The prep work took a lot of hours.

 

I put hard bags on my rk custom, (real red) and it was real expensive. 200 for a quart of paint and 145 for the clear from ppg. The bags do look pretty sweet.

 

The HD "sunglo" (and perhaps the "pearl") colors are referred to as tri-coat: (1) a color base coat; (2) a tinted clear coat (with the solids); and, (3) clear coat.

 

House of Kolor Tangelo Pearl.

 

I'm spraying it with a bright white base and the the tangelo pearl on top of that. The white is for the pearl to reflect.