Painted the tail section tonight, Damn Tahitian blue is 2 coats metallic blue, 2 coats candy, and 3 coats clear... a couple runs in the clear to wetsand and buff, but overall came out good, Home made paint booth.

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nice.....did you rattle can it?

 

Very nice, Sharkey! I had a professional that couldn't get the Tahitian Blue right...now I have an upper fairing that doesn't match the rest of my bike. I notice that is asplit seat, but the Tahitian Blue was from the '06 ('naner). Did you do the conversion?

 

Nice Job!

 

I am soooo stupid (what an a$$)[&o]. The title of the thread is "Split seat conversion..."

 

Are you asking because of the way it looks? No it was sprayed with a HVLP gun, Uerethane PPG Paints

 

I can see why, hard color to paint... Too much base and it turns out too dark, too much candy and it looks too purple and not enough metallic shows through..

I am happy with the results, I have painted about 15 cars in my days, but I don't consider myself a professional by any stretch. I am good with the sand paper and compound though to fix mistakes.

 

^^^ Mine turned out too purple. I'll send you my **** next time. Here's mine:

 

no i was just gonna say if it was that it was one hell of a job....i rattled can'd a bike that i wrecked one time and i got it looking pretty sweet...heres a pic.

 

I had a guy from T.O. paint mine. He was a real stonner, but he came highly recomended. He did a great job, but he took forever. He refused to even consider colour right, and mixed the paint himself. Excentric and weird dude, but the results speak for themselves.