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Re: £1300 extra for a paint job and can

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You did get an aftermarket exhaust too, so it's not a bad price compared to getting it sorted yourself.
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Good spot D6. The can is probably worth £650 at retail price so a good deal all in and I bet further discounting will be possible if you waved pound notes at a dealer.
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Re: £1300 extra for a paint job and can

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Blade wrote:Good spot D6. The can is probably worth £650 at retail price so a good deal all in and I bet further discounting will be possible if you waved pound notes at a dealer.

Not a chance. It's a limited run and from what I've been told they've all gone. One of the @tankslappers followers has bought one and her dealer can't say when it'll be delivered.
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There has never been a purchase I've ever made that has not had a deal in it. Never take no for an answer and be cheeky and there is always, always a deal in my experience no matter how exclusive something is.
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Re: £1300 extra for a paint job and can

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Blade wrote:Tbh a top quality paint job from the likes of Altamura is going to be north of £2000 so in that case £1300 doesn't seem too bad. However saying that, knowing dealers and the price point its probably by dream machine who I wouldn't let paint my shed never mind my bike.
Why so? Ive got a quote with DM to paint my rsv4 over winter. Have you had any personal experience?
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Re: £1300 extra for a paint job and can

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My local dealer regularly has bikes paintes up as specials by DM and the finish is always very poor imo. They also use alot of stickers which are badly applied and imo its not an oem quality finish which I would expect. Just my personal opinion and I'm no fan of DM work and yet to see a good job tbh. I have been told they used to be very very good many years ago and now trade on that reputation but since they expanded they have lost their quality.

Have you see the Altamura work ? Have you asked them for a quote ? I m confident you would be very impressed.
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