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Gusmiami
| Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 10:38 pm: |
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Anyone?? |
Froggy
| Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 10:54 pm: |
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There is none. There are no painted bits. I went through the same thing trying to get Hero Blue paint for my goodies. Etennuly can fill you in with the details on how he yellowed out his bike. |
Court
| Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 06:31 am: |
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There are none. |
Hughlysses
| Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 06:48 am: |
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I saw a new Ford Mustang a few days ago that looked like a very close match... |
Miamiuly
| Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 08:06 am: |
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Taxi cab yellow.... A good painter should be able to nail it with some trial and error. Could start with the PPG code for the Mustang^^^ and eye it from there. Even computer matching takes a little personal touch to be right usually. And then we could have a code- PPG pigment weights for example. ColorRite doesn't even list Buell- nice. |
Etennuly
| Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 09:07 am: |
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Automotive paint stores should be able to mix a match for you. A better bet for a good match is to go to a professional painter in a body shop who has access to a mixing machine. The problem with trying to do this now days is that most of the paints require three to five different chemical parts to make it work. So that complicates doing it at home, and makes a very expensive home paint job. I know there are companies out there that make spray can colors in acrylics but they require a minimum order that usually require outrageous quantities. You could try to google paint manufacturers. |
Kideternity
| Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 11:04 am: |
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I was told by a guy who works at the harley shop (and has a barricade orange uly) that he took his seat off and put it next to the grabber orange mustang at the ford dealership and that it was a super close match. |
Whitj
| Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 09:54 pm: |
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I know the code by heart. It's OR-IS-SLOW. Try black... |
Crusty
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 06:35 am: |
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Whitj; you mis-read the code. It's OR-IS-SEXY.
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Gusmiami
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 09:41 am: |
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I have a black '08 and am going orange. dottrz was kind enough to sell me an orange airbox that he had. |
Miamiuly
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:29 am: |
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for what paint costs, plus labor.. it might be better to just buy the orange fly screen, unless you wanted to paint the lower and some other extra pieces too. |
Spicerack
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 12:23 am: |
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My neighbor has an 08 Grabber Orange Shelby GT500. My Uly matches it almost exactly. we have our own little Orange American Muscle Army. |
Xbimmer
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 02:17 am: |
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The orange Mustangs with those silver stripes rock and look close. Those Toyota SUV-looking things in orange are really close too. School buses are close. Close is only close though anyway. After two years in a box I just put my stock orange/black '06 seat back on just for kicks, I was amazed at how faded my orange plastics have become compared with the seat. If you've got the orange airbox cover already I agree just buy a new flyscreen or check the BadWeB classifieds for someone who might have one. Depending on how orange you want to go (here's the plug) I do have a virtually new '06 Low seat in orange/black available. Ridden once for <30 miles. |
Spicerack
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 10:44 pm: |
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in person it is even more amazing. these things are identical. |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 05:34 pm: |
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I used Testors Grabber Orange (for Ford) spray paint from the local hobby shop to color match my top and side case panels to the orange bike. Worked fine, can't beat it for $10 for 2 cans required Also topped it off with some high heat engine block clear coat I had in the garage, just for kicks... |
Spicerack
| Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 12:15 am: |
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Ratbuell, I would love to see a pic of how it turned out. |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 05:12 pm: |
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Soon as I can walk again...had a "mishap" last month, still in PT/rehab... |