I have a Fatboy front fender I want to put on my Heritage. The bike is vivid black and I want to paint the fender, pin strip it. Can the paint be had from any source other HD?

 

Quite sure it's nothing but gloss black that's clear coated. If so, any paint supplier can help you out.
Ron

 

Local painter just matches ur current paint and then it is perfect. Otherwise you will have a different tint vivid black. Sun is a wonderful thing.

 

HD uses PPG paints. A PPG dealer can set you up. They can also scan a part from your bike if it is faded.

 

Try ColorRite at www.colorrite.com . I've had good luck with their matches for HD colors. Also, I spent ten years in the paint business- unless you're building a show bike where color match is critical, you'd never see a slight color difference on the fender. You might be able to pick out color differences say between your tank and the frame under it where they meet but if you've got a seperation betwen the two pieces it will be hard to spot unless the color match is way off.

 

I buy that Vivid black from PPG with hardner with clear coat with reducer. and it looks perfect on my bike except for the bugs in the paint, They say you learn from your misstakes, well I am much smarter now. Don over and out

 

bdavis, if you go to an auto body shop with the PPG paint mixing capability, give the guy PPG paint code 9850. He'll enter it in his computer and it should come up as HD Vivid Black. It will tell him how to mix the paint--don't know what the mix is, but that's the PPG paint code for vivid black.

 

I used gloss black out of a rattle can along with the clear on my fairing lowers. I'm proud to say it was an exact match.

 

i brought my tour pak and aftermarket fairing to a local car painter. he painted it with whatever black he had. matched perfectly.

 

Black is Black - it's literally the only color that's all the same. Any quality black basecoat with a good urethane clearcoat will match your Vivid black. Any good pinstriper will be able to match the pinstripe color.

Steve