Good bike painter in Christchurch?

**3umph** · 30th November 2012, 09:14

My Daytona fell over and broke a panel. Have got that repaired but looking for a good painter to match the red of my 99 Daytona. The painter I took it to said they could not match it as they were only car painters.

So recommendations welcome

**Spuds1234** · 30th November 2012, 10:43

Originally Posted by 3umph

My Daytona fell over and broke a panel. Have got that repaired but looking for a good painter to match the red of my 99 Daytona. The painter I took it to said they could not match it as they were only car painters.

So recommendations welcome

Jeez you dont muck about getting things fixed.

Have you tried Rosiez? One of the best bike painters in town or so I hear.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 30th November 2012, 11:12

Originally Posted by Spuds1234

Jeez you dont muck about getting things fixed.

Have you tried Rosiez? One of the best bike painters in town or so I hear.

Glenn from Street n Sport recommended someone to me last week. Name has gone: phone him.

for full custom James Lee. bring money and be prepared to wait.

**SVboy** · 30th November 2012, 11:48

The bumper shop in sydenham do a lot of very good bike work. Chris Darling of Avon City Ford does all AvonCity Suzuki work and might do it as a cashie-recommend his work.

**3umph** · 1st December 2012, 01:35

Originally Posted by Spuds1234

Jeez you dont muck about getting things fixed.

Have you tried Rosiez? One of the best bike painters in town or so I hear.

yeah well couldn't ride it like it was... for plastic welding I would recommend Auto Lights in Sydenham they did the plastic welding overnight1 after saying 3 days... fantastic job as well

**rossirep** · 1st December 2012, 06:46

james lee is the best painter in chch hands down, did ya see his bike at the winchester bike rally??
but its the same ol story if you want the best ya got to pay for it, or ya could just take it anywhere else an cross ya fingers

**mulletman** · 1st December 2012, 09:48

muzza bikes ( the bumper shop Syd ) has done excellent work for me,

**3umph** · 2nd December 2012, 15:38

Originally Posted by mulletman

muzza bikes ( the bumper shop Syd ) has done excellent work for me,

Will give these guys a try as just round the road from work

**AllanB** · 2nd December 2012, 16:23

What a crock of shit from the car painters. Nothing special about bike paint - same as car paint, fark half a car is plastic now. I suspect what they were really saying was: "we don't do bikes because the owners expect a excellent job and proper colour matching, unlike the average shit we can turn out with car insurance jobs ........"

I had a guy on the one way east just by Fitz ave - (The Small Paint Shop or something similar) - touch up my tail piece on the Hornet after Septembers shake - he did a really good job of colour matching and blending it in to the existing paint to avoid replacing decals.

**scumdog** · 2nd December 2012, 17:04

Originally Posted by 3umph

My Daytona fell over and broke a panel. Have got that repaired but looking for a good painter to match the red of my 99 Daytona. The painter I took it to said they could not match it as they were only car painters.

So recommendations welcome

That's a crock - ANY car-painter worth his/her salt can get a match, eff-me, it's done with digital cameras and 'puters these days.

There's a Ch-ch sheila, "Addy' I think her name is, track her down and I'd be surprised if she couldn't do it.
EDIT: Addy drives a '57 Ford if that's any help.

**3umph** · 2nd December 2012, 18:46

Scummy I got a feeling they did not want to do it and was a cop out really after initially saying they could... or they were car just colour code painters...

**3umph** · 2nd December 2012, 18:51

Originally Posted by AllanB

What a crock of shit from the car painters. Nothing special about bike paint - same as car paint, fark half a car is plastic now. I suspect what they were really saying was: "we don't do bikes because the owners expect a excellent job and proper colour matching, unlike the average shit we can turn out with car insurance jobs ........"

I had a guy on the one way east just by Fitz ave - (The Small Paint Shop or something similar) - touch up my tail piece on the Hornet after Septembers shake - he did a really good job of colour matching and blending it in to the existing paint to avoid replacing decals.

I also gave them the panels either side for blending in as well as I requested. I also have done a replacement Daytona decal so they could strip the whole panel instead of trying to save the original...

I put them in the can not be farked group and yes just want to send out insurance jobs

**3umph** · 2nd December 2012, 18:52

I do have some spare Daytona decals if anyone needs some

**imdying** · 3rd December 2012, 07:51

Originally Posted by AllanB

What a crock of shit from the car painters. Nothing special about bike paint - same as car paint, fark half a car is plastic now. I suspect what they were really saying was: "we don't do bikes because the owners expect a excellent job and proper colour matching, unlike the average shit we can turn out with car insurance jobs ........"

Close, but it's more like "we don't do bikes because the owners expect a excellent job and proper colour matching for the same price as a shit job, unlike the average shit we can turn out with car insurance jobs where nobody disputes the bill ........"