Too bad there isn't a "poke" icon...
I know I am somehow the cub cadet anti-christ because I don't have the cub cadet yellow P/N tattooed into my forearm, but when I can drive 20 minutes to get paint for ~ 35-40% less than the paint I have to drive an hour for, and I really don't mind that won't be perfect/super fade resistant/stop speeding bullets/etc, so be it.
The only way I will go to the factory paint would be
1: I have something that is going to be a "show piece". None of my gear is a show piece, nor will it be. I use it, and it gets scratched/dented/worn
2: If I had something that was as rare as hen's teeth or never thought to exist (like some prototype IH diesel QL cub 4wd with quad ports, CAT 0, rear & mid PTO, power steering, air ride seat, and powered beverage cooler), I would (but then it would be relegated to 1: and not really used, so what good is a powered beverage cooler if it sits at a display.
3: If I had the setup to do it "right" (booth off a garage bay with plastic, HVLP gun, good compressor & air drier), then I probably would be using the "good" stuff. But if I went to that level, I would most likely be powder coating stuff, and paint is removed from the equation.
4: If price was in line with other paints. In fact, out of all the listed, that is the only way I would do it. I guess I am just a cheap SOB
