Full respray costs

[M1ghtyDUck]

Hey,

I had a search for resprays but couldn't get anything about prices, just talk and pictures.

I'm looking at getting a Kawasaki ZXR400 as my next bike. The only problem is I'm not a big fan of the green that Kawasaki seems to love plastering almost all of their bikes with.

So, how much would I be looking at to get a full custom paint job, in multiple colours? Perhaps decals too. Does anyone know a good place?

If not, how feasible is it to do it yourself - and the costs involved with that? My dad knows enough about paint, I'm just wondering about equipment involved etc.


Or am I just getting my hopes up, and instead should just try and find one of the rare few that aren't in green colours.

Cheers

[tutton]

A few reasons for no prices, depends how big the bike is, what colours needed, if its a insurance job, and as a company a assessor quotes you what he thinks there and then, as unless the panels are spotless they will need some minor bodywork for a proffessional finish.

For a whole car respray for a good job done its around £2000 all in.
So for a bike id think your going to pay around 1000-1200 still.

A good place, hmm where are you chap, as obviously its not viable recommending places the other side of the country.

It is doable yourself, but much more hastle, less proffessional finish, Not likely your going to be a proper colour scheme most people who take on DIY panel resprays do it all in one solid colour as they dont have the skills to do complex things as you'd expect

Costs for that - a compressor (around 100 pounds), Paint (around 2 litres not sure how much this would cost you as your not trade), Spraygun, Air lines, Inline filter, Masking tape/paper, possibly masking foam, and sandpapers etc to prep the car.

Basically its alot of hasstle and theres no guarentee its going to look good, or it might look nice and come off within 2 weeks, which wont happen with a bodyshop repair (or if it does, you can go and get it redone)

Cheers
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Past: '05 Peugeot XPS '99 Aprillia RS125 '94 FZR600R
Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30

[yzf750r]

2 liters of paint

I have sprayed so many bikes with 3/4 litre of paint.

Costs me about £50 tops to spray a bike, its just the time, stripping, prepping and stuff. I get my Decals for free, just email the place whose stickers u want, dunlop etc and they'll send them for free, u will have to get the zxr400 and kwak stickers made though, will cost about £5!
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04 zx10r with mods - 187.4bhp at the wheel! :o

[yzf750r]

Oh and a mate of mine got his zxr400 sprayed up for £200, paint and everything supplied by a guy that works in a car repair garage, barrow jobs, people always want them.
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04 zx10r with mods - 187.4bhp at the wheel! :o

[repsolblade]

Mate of mine paid £400 hard earned for his full paint job, and a good job it was too.
I thought ya can get Kwaks in black blue or red can't ya?
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( TS50 RD80Lc RD125Lc CBR600 ZX7x2 SP1 CBR900 CBR1000rr GSXR750 CBR600)

[t121anf]

mines being done for free by a local college, they are always desperate for panels to practise on.

hope it looks ok,

[tutton]

O right,
I thought it would be more for a replica style job.
and t121anf - ye itll be good, thats what i do as well we get bikes in etc, and if we cock it up, we start again, and we do some good shit, spect the college your at is the same
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Past: '05 Peugeot XPS '99 Aprillia RS125 '94 FZR600R
Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30