Did you get the fairings back from carboncat yet?? And I'm curious...what's he charging you? (you can PM me if you don't want to say it out here)
I got quoted $400 to do my fairings & tank at my local paint shop..and that was with me doing the prep work and wet sanding and polishing after, which I think is pretty high considering I'm doing a lot of the work.
Teaser...
I'm not going to talk prices , but there's a big difference in price from track body work to street.
Track can be a 8/10 and look waaaaay to nice for a track bike , while street has to be perfect, every part top to bottom. That's where the price difference comes.
And to say the parts are going to be prepped "ready to go" is never the case, the labour isn't the expensive part , it really is the materials, a quart of waterborne base coat (pearl) is nearly 250 dollars now!
On my paint station, I have 25 pearls alone.this is only 3/4 of the paint station needed in today's world of colors
i have a die grinder and carbide bur you can use. just let me know.
marc's tip of the day, use atf to lube a carbide bur when grinding aluminium. this prevents the tool from getting gummed up.