Apologies for digging up a topic that's been coved before, but having searched I can't find the easy answer I was hoping for. I'm looking at Gold wheels, but definitely don't want the bright blingy very Red, Yellow, or Orange Golds used on later bikes. I also don't want the very Green Gold colour that was a std colour in the 90/2000s. What I'm after is the more subtle Silvery Gold that I'm sure I've seen on bikes on here in the past, and believe to be a std colour. At work we'd call it a Champagne Gold, but the Powder and Paint we use are still a little too Green for my liking. Could it be a standard colour? The trouble is that photographing Gold takes skill, so looking at images of bikes online could throw me well off track. The aim of the thread of course is to establish if anyone has found a paint or powder match that's readily available. I can see me ending up at Halfords in the Paint Isle or visiting a work supplier to go through their powder colour books. Thanks
Thanks DB, but that's the green colour I mentioned. I found this below, but think the photography is so wrong it's the colour you have also shown. This is a 1098R, but again the slightly too Yellow looking Gold could be the photography:
the 1098 Tricolore IMO probably was the best compromise, the pic a few posts above is from a 1098 Tricolore (it's a pic taken from the bike specialists site, I can tell a mile off)
I painted the chassis on my 1098R to match the wheels, if memory serves (‘‘twas a while ago) the best paint match I could find was actually a Hyundai gold. God knows the RAL number but might help point you in the right direction. Try RS paints, they were always excellent when given tricky questions like this. Mart
Thanks G69 They look like Chrome on my screen. I'm thinking I'm not going to do it this way. My best bet is going to be to visit one of my work suppliers and go through their powder colour book.
They are zinc-chromated raw magnesium wheels, absolutely. Is this the finish you are looking for ? If so, there probably is a RAL out there that would help recreate this color. I don’t know if that’s of any use to you but Tamiya has ref. (X-31 « Titanium gold »), for models of course, which is really close.
I found an exact match in polyester powder (in all lights including sodium) for the beige soft gold on my ‘99 996 but not what you might call readily available because I ended up importing the powder from the States. Been a few years since then so there may be a Uk stockist with all the colours. They had many different gold, they sent me half a dozen swatches on request and one was right for my needs. They will colour match too. The company is Prismatic Powders.
Local powder coater BettaBlast posted this recently https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=655056959955772&id=100063544212364&set=a.142482261213247 it’s metallic beige pearl in a Matt? finish. It’s probably the closest powder coat I’ve seen in pics to the mid 90s satin bronze frame /wheels colours used on the SS/SL range. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=655057383289063&id=100063544212364
Don’t envy you. With black there’s matt, satin and gloss choice, which is tricky enough; with grey - well there are obviously 50 shades; gold - the world’s your oyster on shades if you veer away from standard Ducati golds but even trying to match them aftermarket would be tricky.
Out of curiosity why don’t you wet paint them. You have spray kit and if you go to an automotive paint supplier and look through their swatches the world really is your oyster. Some of the hard clear coats are very good nowadays if you are after a particular final finish and still offer some protection against a straw tyre lever.
That's a valid question, and mostly the answer is laziness. To wet paint them I'd need to get the tyres off them, spend hours rubbing them down or get them stripped, lay down several coats of Colour and then clear, and have to wait until the Weather warms up to do it. To get them powdercoated I just need to give them to one of my work suppliers with the tyres on. Assuming the powder is available, 2-3 days later I'll get them back after they've had the tyres removed, stripped them, masked them, Powdercoated them, and had the tyres put back on. Now it may sound strange to anyone who follows my threads that I would be taking the Lazy way out and paying somebody to do something, but it will get done for @ the cost of me having the tyres removed and put back on.
thanks @cookster i am an automotive paint supplier and can make / match basecoats to a reference. my paint is Lechler, and they have a very comprehensive although difficult to search database of motorcycle colours. if i can be of any help or advice please contact me
