New Paint on 1st gen

[elag]

Just finished splashing some paint on my 84. Still going to add pin stripe to out line the area of the origional two tone. Color is Teal Blue Metallic from 2002 Chevy. What do you guys think?

 

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[Yammer Dan]

I think its BLUE!!! Looks Great!

[nickle]

looks good nice job. i know the work it took you. hope you enjoy many safe years on it:322:

[dingy]

What did you do with pin stripping?

 

Hand sand down or chemical?

 

Gary

[nickle]

i did hand sanding let pin striping off. had to ground plastic to paint though. static . did some buffing too . so put on three coats of clear

[elag]

Peeled pinstrip off. Paint thinner to remove the glue. Then hand sand. 3 base coats, 3 clear. Will be putting new pinstrip on (thinking white) in same place as origional.

[dksmith196958]

looks good . ! ! the pin stripes will set it off . you can get a hand roler for pin stripes it really helps if the funds come thru i have a guy that would paint and re pin stripe my bike like newhe said he can make it look like it is factoryonly the pin stripes will be in the paintsaid he can trace them on paper before doing any body work and lay them on before the clear coat .....but no stickers... maybe no emblems , havent desided on that yet ? ?

[painterman67]

that shure is a purdy blue. Me I been thinking of putting on a fresh coat of pearl white.

 

 

Who knows.

 

 

David

[elag]

I saw white on a couple of 86 to 93 models and it looks awsome. I thought about it for mine but decided against it because of the shape of the saddle bags. Don't think it would look as good on an 83 to 85. Your 91 will look great with white.

[elag]

looks good . ! ! the pin stripes will set it off . you can get a hand roler for pin stripes it really helps if the funds come thru i have a guy that would paint and re pin stripe my bike like new he said he can make it look like it is factory only the pin stripes will be in the paint said he can trace them on paper before doing any body work and lay them on before the clear coat .....but no stickers... maybe no emblems , havent desided on that yet ? ?

 

Keep the emblems. I saw a few on kijiji and autotrader that have been repainted without the emblems. They look better with them on. Of course it is personal preference. Your best bet is to search the internet for pictures and decide from there.

Edited October 5, 2009 by elag