It should have its decals, however it does have a more aggressive look to me without them.
Clear coat does help in protection and brings the gloss level up, however the old cars never had it, the protection was wax, which has to be done every so often. From a painting stand point, provided you don't have sags, runs, fish eyes, solvent pop or large amounts of dust in the paint and little orange peel (which you will always get dust and orange peel) you can apply the clear coat with in a window sometimes just a flash off of the base is all that is needed. If there is errors you can't sand it out and clear even if you used 3000 grit wet sanding, the sanding marks will not fill in with clear coat and the base will have a dull flat look, plus in order to sand the base has to be cured and now its too late for the clear coat (ever see cars with the clear just peeling off?) clear coat has to chemical cross link (wet on wet) to bind with the surface. Sorry I'm rambling on about paint lol too much coffee. But that's my problem, I know in time the clear will fail if not done correctly, and it will let go on the decals, so just feel kinda meh about it. I'm not a professional painter so I could be wrong, but from my research what I've said seems to hold water as to application of clear coating and what could happen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
