Out of interest how much do people charge for a refurbishment? I have about 6 spares knocking about just don't have the time or place to do them myself.
After I did mine I had this idea I would do them up and sell on for a bit of profit, but when you take into account the materials and mainly time it's hardly worth it TBH. If you want it to last and look right the prep takes ages (I masked off everything that's normally masked off/machined at the factory, which loads of people don't bother with). Personally I wouldn't do it for any less than £100 so taking into account the cost of the rocker cover itself that works out about £120 a piece, not many people will pay that I think. It might be more cost effective if you did it on a larger scale and made re-usable "plugs" for masking off surfaces you don't want painted etc but I have no time for that sadly.
like oifovo said, if its for profit i wouldnt bother
too many moaning kunts out there wanting a cheap bargain plus people only see the finished result, not the endless hours that go into them
from what ive seen wrinkle paint is the quickest & best turn around and wouldn't bother with color/lacquer due to time and material costs. Wrinkle paint hides any imperfections on a rocker, you try spraying a rocker with flat spray paint when it has aluminium burs, pits or dents on it and it looks like sh!t. This is why i think honda used wrinkle paint, hides all the casting imperfections!