Painting my bike

[Nash]

I'm getting my tail section painted. Who does everyone recommend around the area? I'm told Pro-tek does pretty good work, but I've never heard of them.

[Mike]

That's easy: Andrew/Headhunter, if he can still do work on the side.

or clevies customs in summerville

[Nash]

I'd like to see some of Andrew's work, first. Does he have bike pictures he's painted?

Randy, where is Clevie's Customs?

[crash]

Andrew painted my ZX12 before I sold it. You can ask Barry what he thought as well. Very good job and not too expensive. If I can find some pics I will post them for you.

[SUM650]

I'm told Pro-tek does pretty good work, but I've never heard of them.



ProTec does a lot of high end painting for custom bikes, and cars in the area. The owner Kenny has made a big name for himself. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that he is the one who painted Ty's old 96 gsxr 750 with the blue and white race stripe. He also did a great job painting some pieces for my zx9 years ago.

Everything that I have seen that was painted by Andrew painted was great. Including Steve's zx12 and Kenny's old F4 race bike years ago. The question is does he still paint?

[Headhunter]

Yup, painting full time again in West Ashley.

[Nash]

Andrew, can you PM me your phone number?

[Mike]

Yup, painting full time again in West Ashley.

How does your old/new boss feel about side work? It'd be sweet if he let you do your own thing every now and then.

[Headhunter]

Small jobs can be done that can be done quickly are no problem, but larger jobs (ie; entire bikes or cars) will have to wait, unless anyone wants to pony up serious $$$$$.

[Headhunter]

And Crash, here's some for you.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n107/andrewheadhunter/May01002.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n107/andrewheadhunter/May01003.jpg

[crash]

Thanks Andrew, forgot about them yesterday. That still looks good. Kinda miss the old 12.

[Nash]

Thanks for all the help, guys. I went with Pro-tek since he's had prior experience with Ducatis.

[the_MAC]

i was going to suggest getting a 12-pack and a few cans of krylon and hitting up charles to do it at his house!! :morons:


but maybe the other thing worked out better for you...

[ccs273]

now thats funny mac!!!!

[thehammer69]

Thanks for all the help, guys. I went with Pro-tek since he's had prior experience with Ducatis.

I hope they do better quality than what they did on Ty/Lance/TY/lance/chad's GSXR-750. I'm not real sure how having prior experiance with Ducati's would matter?

Hammer

[Nash]

Thanks for all the help, guys. I went with Pro-tek since he's had prior experience with Ducatis.

I hope they do better quality than what they did on Ty/Lance/TY/lance/chad's GSXR-750. I'm not real sure how having prior experiance with Ducati's would matter?

Hammer

I'm glad you decide to give your input after the fact. Thanks.

[thehammer69]

Thanks for all the help, guys. I went with Pro-tek since he's had prior experience with Ducatis.

I hope they do better quality than what they did on Ty/Lance/TY/lance/chad's GSXR-750. I'm not real sure how having prior experiance with Ducati's would matter?

Hammer

I'm glad you decide to give your input after the fact. Thanks.

Sorry, i missed this thread...I'm not saying they will do bad work, I just was less than impressed with a couple things on the "viper" style pain job...namely the paint they used chipped real easy and there were some runs on the edges.

Hammer

[SUM650]

I just was less than impressed with a couple things on the "viper" style pain job...namely the paint they used chipped real easy and there were some runs on the edges.

Trust me, ProTec's quality has come a long way since 1996.

[Nash]

[quote]Trust me, ProTec's quality has come a long way since 1996.

Let's hope so, but I'll know for sure here soon.

[Nash]

I got my tail section back today from Pro-Tek and all I can say is, WOW! Jimmy did one heck of a job. The thing looks as good as OEM, if not better. Highly recommended!

[Mike]

:worthless:

[DK]

WTF!

Nash has a motorbike ?

I thought he was going to buy one of those new can am things as his only compromise.......

(Kidding Nash)

Nice one......................

[Nash]

:worthless:

Pics coming, but the bike is still in parts.

The first exhaust was for 03/04, so it didn't fit...I'm getting new one tomorrow, and hopefully it's the right one. I also want to get you guys recommendations on stripes I put on the wheels ( know Barry doesn't like them). They were a pain in the ass to put on but the look pretty good while sitting still. Now once they start rolling you may see the out of line imperfections.

[the_MAC]

Now once they start rolling you may see the out of line imperfections.


not if you go fast enough!! :horse:

[Nash]

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/606/dsc00973sm4.jpg

[Nash]

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3254/dsc00974yl3.jpg

[Mike]

The tape looks good; paint, too, but it's hard to tell one way or the other from a pic. I'm sure it's as you describe it :wtg:

[Nash]

The tape looks good; paint, too, but it's hard to tell one way or the other from a pic. I'm sure it's as you describe it :wtg:

Very true.

[SUM650]

Damn that bike is clean. Looks like it just rolled off the show room floor. BTW that paint job looks awsome!