People, what is the best way to paint a factory fender with some minor scratches and have a professional outcome?
Would help if you guys specify best Brand of paint, other equipment to complete this task, and most importantly step by step guidance.

Thanks in advance guys...

 

well first of all: do you have a gun and a good size air tank?

 

hahahaha and the age old question , how much money u wanna spend , i have some guns that are over 1000 dollars a piece and are built just to spray a certain type of clear , or base , and some guns for certain temperatures , and a good devilbiss compressor will run u about 5000 dollars dual piston 4 stroke , then u will need a air dryer , thats aprox. 1500 and then a decissant air cleaner and whirlwind partical cleaner for the airline when it gets to the booth that will run u about 1300 , then u will want a 3/4 inch diameter airline , it atomizes ur air better especially for a good finish with a hvlp or rp paint gun, thaose airlines are about 4 dollars a foot , grand total 8,700 dollars b4 you buy your ailine or supplies hahahahahaha

option 2 take it to professional shop , pay the guy what he wants to do it properly with all his years of experience and expensive tools he bought , and save your self the headache and hassle of tryin to do it your self and acomplish the finish doing soemthing u have no idea doing

 

What they're tryin to say is, the best way is to go to a shop. If the scrapes real minor some touch up paint will fix it. If it's bad you might get away with repainting that section, but fora professional finish you'll need to get it repainted and get some new stickers. For 1 fairing it shouldn't be to exspensive to repaint. I got a guy whose doin paint and body on my whole bike for $350.

 

350 is cheap i just redid a 2004 r1 and charged him 650 and that was a good deal , how ever the bike is better then the stock finish , i love making manufactuers look bad

 

If you do it yourself ColorRite has the matching paint.