The original color of my bike was school bus yellow. Actually has some glitter in it. But I never liked the color so was going to just paint it matte black. But then I saw a set of pearl white tins off a low rider that was priced right. So I thought I would just buy the the white tins and paint them black and save the yellow tins in case some one wanted the original yellow.

When I received the white tins, they were in perfect shape so I decided to mount them (had to modify the dashboard to get it to fit). Now its been over 3 years and I have never really liked the white either. So am going to paint it vivid black.

My question, should I go ahead and have the original yellow tins painted? I would need to get a new dashboard as I cut down the tabs to make it fit the lowrider. I also need to get a new mounting plate below it as I had to weld additional piece to make it fit, so prob $100 for both if I can find used. The yellow tank is bigger than the white tank by I think .5 gallons. If I have the yellow tank repainted, then wont be much down time as all I need to do is swap out once I get a new dash.

Or is there any value in keeping the original yellow tank and paint the white tank. Can reuse all the parts, but will be down for about a month. The white tank is also orginal low rider. Not that there is much demand for yellow here in the Philippines (neither is white as it looks like a cop bike). But is different, in not a good way.

 

Wow...too many choices lol.
Okay, I'm thinking sell the bike and go get the color you want.

 

JMHO but the yellow looks good. Don't dig the white at all. Just paint the bike whatever you want and change it at will. It's not like these bike retain much value now anyway and it will only get worse. Just enjoy your bike and don't worry about resale.

 

Your bikes not a collectors item nor will it ever be one so do with it what you want to.

 

Don't be scared. It not hard to do any of it. It's your bike. Have fun with it! That's part of the fun is making it your own!

 

First off, I agree with the others. Do what you want. If I were in the same situation I can tell you what I would do. I would paint the yellow, then sell the white. Riding season isn't year round here, so for me, the less down time the better. And if I were paying someone to paint my tins I wouldn't get a plain matte black. I could do that myself and save some coin. I'd get a more custom rare color that I like myself. Just what I would do.

 

Yup. Paint that bitch. Keep the set you hate the least so you can still ride while you wait.

 

PlastiDip!!!

 

I tried the Plasti dip in matte black to see if I liked it. The grey engine doesnt look right.

The gas attendant dripped gas on the tank and melted the dip off.

I think I will paint the yellow and keep the white as a back up.