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Old 01-19-08 | 12:59 AM
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Bikes: Urbanite Road Bike, Mielle Fixed Gear Conversion, Vintage Lejeune Track Bike

Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
I haven't had any painting done but I called around to a few auto body shops and they each said they could do it for about $150 or so. I usually choose powder-coating as it is cheaper (approx. $75) and they sandblast it for you. I've used both Spectrum Powder-coaters and Jet-Kote in the past, I just dropped a frame off at Jet-Kote last week, I will post up some pics when I get it back and you can see the workmanship for yourself.

What are you building up?
I heartily unrecommend Jet Kote. Don't pay $150 for an auto body job, that's what Marinoni charges. If you can get it for cheaper go for it maybe, but for that money you can get a really nice job by an actual bike manufacture.
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