02-12-2023, 05:53 AM
As u may have found out, our "red" that comes on our bikes is a TRI COAT finish and can be expensive to match.
As I was not happy with having silver side covers plus adding hard bags that I wanted to match the bike I started working on a easier and less expensive option.
Being a auto restoration guy I talked to my buddy at our local paint supply shop, He "scanned" the color on my tank and went to work to find a good match in a std base coat color which only requires a clear coat top coat.
What we found is a 2020 GM "cherry bomb" code 252F, To make this work u will need a darker gray under the red----I first tried directly over the silver side covers but was too light so I sprayed some gray base I had laying around & then the red & found it spot on !
It helps that I have a lot of paint products on hand to experiment with LOL
I was first quoated over 300.00 for the tri coat material and bought a pint of the GM color for 70 bucks so quite a savings and no hassle of doing a tri coat ! I will post some pics when the bike is back together
As I was not happy with having silver side covers plus adding hard bags that I wanted to match the bike I started working on a easier and less expensive option.
Being a auto restoration guy I talked to my buddy at our local paint supply shop, He "scanned" the color on my tank and went to work to find a good match in a std base coat color which only requires a clear coat top coat.
What we found is a 2020 GM "cherry bomb" code 252F, To make this work u will need a darker gray under the red----I first tried directly over the silver side covers but was too light so I sprayed some gray base I had laying around & then the red & found it spot on !
It helps that I have a lot of paint products on hand to experiment with LOL
I was first quoated over 300.00 for the tri coat material and bought a pint of the GM color for 70 bucks so quite a savings and no hassle of doing a tri coat ! I will post some pics when the bike is back together