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- Brown
I have had great success painting plastic side covers on some of my other bikes to match the factory color using factory matched aerosol spray paint from Color-rite paints. The last ones I did was a 4 stage Illusion Blue factory paint on a differant set of side covers for my 03 Honda VTX 1800C, and they came out looking just like the were painted at the factory.
So not long after I bought my 07 Candy Sonoma Red Bandit 1250S, I knew that the black plastic side covers would look much better if the were painted the same color as the bike.
I contacted Color-rite paints in Palmdale CA, not far form where I live, and thay already have the Candy Sonoma Rec paint available in aerosol spray cans.
So when I told a good friend of mine about wanting to paint my side covers, he suggested that I take a picture of my bike, and let his friend who is real good with Photoshop, copy the paint and apply it to the side covers so I could actually see what it will look like.
This is with just the main section of the side covers painted, and is my favorite of the two options.
Heres what they will look like if the entire side cover is painted.
So not long after I bought my 07 Candy Sonoma Red Bandit 1250S, I knew that the black plastic side covers would look much better if the were painted the same color as the bike.
I contacted Color-rite paints in Palmdale CA, not far form where I live, and thay already have the Candy Sonoma Rec paint available in aerosol spray cans.
So when I told a good friend of mine about wanting to paint my side covers, he suggested that I take a picture of my bike, and let his friend who is real good with Photoshop, copy the paint and apply it to the side covers so I could actually see what it will look like.
This is with just the main section of the side covers painted, and is my favorite of the two options.
Heres what they will look like if the entire side cover is painted.