Yes...i have to get a better camera! I did lousy pics! OK, now....very interesting about the cycle art info. My friend told me he saw a cycle art repaint that had a fly that got trapped under the clear coat and they charged the guy any way the full price. I think cycle art repaints go for five hundred dollars or something like that. I also know that Rollan Della Santa wont do business with them. I did email Cunningham several times about Mario Confente and he seems like one heck of a knowledgeable guy. I think cycle art use to do really good work but over the last several years they got sloppy. Interesting that they seem to have gotten a bad reputation! By the way...didnt Cunningham paint all Confente bikes that were built in the States? Did someone else paint them when he moved up to Monterey? I had a Monterey Confente and thought the paint on that was fantastic
Originally Posted by
repechage
Poor images on that red one.
The following is a biased opinion, but shared by others:
Cyclart paint jobs for the most part LOWER THE VALUE EVEN MORE than a respray by others. Ouch. But that is the way it is.
Here is one comparison Joe can relate to:
A Cyclart respray of a Confente had a tranation price of $7,600. a original paint, close is size example sold for close to $11,000. Ouch. I don't care if the owner of Cyclart sprayed the early ones. He did not paint them all, and the better paint was on the bikes he did not paint.