Anyone Ever Send You A Pan That Is Far From Perfect

[billymac814]

I recieved a pan the other day that must have been made out of a shovel(i recall seeing a tutorial somewhere on how to make one out of a shovel) It is not symetrical to say the least and theres a lot of welding and mounting hardware on the bottom. I can cover it easy enough, but it's not going to be perfect, I hate to send something back thats not as nice as it can be even if it's not my fault. I'd say it's right on the border of a pan that I'd refuse to cover. I've been talking with this guy for probably 5 or 6 months too so I definatly want the job. I offered him one of my pans I use but it's not going to mount up without changing stuff on his bike and I know everything has already been powder coated. I guess I'll wait and see what he says.

[joker]

I recieved a pan the other day that must have been made out of a shovel(i recall seeing a tutorial somewhere on how to make one out of a shovel) It is not symetrical to say the least and theres a lot of welding and mounting hardware on the bottom. I can cover it easy enough, but it's not going to be perfect, I hate to send something back thats not as nice as it can be even if it's not my fault. I'd say it's right on the border of a pan that I'd refuse to cover. I've been talking with this guy for probably 5 or 6 months too so I definatly want the job. I offered him one of my pans I use but it's not going to mount up without changing stuff on his bike and I know everything has already been powder coated. I guess I'll wait and see what he says.

I have had a couple come in that needed the welds cleaned up and the pan needed grinding on to make it even. Has a pan for a fat tire bike that the owner beat the pan out of some metal I think came out of an old 55 gallon drum. I was lucky that he was local so I had to go to the shop where it was being painted and rework the pan and make sure it was still going to fit. It came out good and he was tickled with it, so I guess its all good. I got a pan coming first of next week, suspose to be a Fab Kev pan but it is used so not sure if it has been beat on or not, just have to wait and see.

Joker

[outcast]

Billy, check some of the seats I did over at TCU. Jeepurz 8-ball bike...the seat is made on a piece of plywood. Also his #3 bikes seat pan was made out of an old stock one cut up. I did another one made from a rusty old stock seat pan from a cb750. Every one of those made me shake my head when I opened the boxs. You can make it work if ya have a mind to, & sometimes ya learn something new along the way.

[TwinOaks]

In cases like this, it'd be a good idea to have a disclaimer letting the customer know there will be extra fees when you have to work on the pan itself to make it suitable for use......and when there's too much to do for it to be worthwhile.

[billymac814]

In cases like this, it'd be a good idea to have a disclaimer letting the customer know there will be extra fees when you have to work on the pan itself to make it suitable for use......and when there's too much to do for it to be worthwhile.

Thats about the perfect response. I think I'll go that route in the future. It's not that I don't think I can do it, I know I can and make it look fine, the bottom of it though is very rough, a grinder really isn't going to save it either. I'll fix this one up and then maybe make sure I get pictures of the pan in advance before I give a price, I didn't really figure in any pan work to the price so I won't make very much on this one, but I'm more worried about it looking nice than how much I'll make.