I’ve dropped off the rear wheel for a refurb at the paint shop, but unfortunately they will not repaint it as they don’t know the colour code Would anyone happen to know what it should be for a 1997 900ss (silver wheel)?
https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/posts/2183056/ seems someone else had no luck I did a search and couldn’t find anything but this link, Is it they cant match as powder coating the wheel
Spray paint suppliers around here take a pic and then their computer thingamybob comes up with the number. All paint shops who sell rattle cans do this, so you could do that to get the number or indeed the paint for the sprayer?
even when they find the Ducati code, it still might be difficult to match - have you got your original owners handbook? it should be in the back. I have some more details in hardcopy form, but not here. This is only a general guide but two possibles on here.
Thanks I thought you might have that information at hand as you are very knowledgeable on all things Ducati. I’ll search from here. Cheers.
From R/S Bike Paint Ltd; Unfortunately Ducati gives no paint name or paint code for the wheels of their motorcycles, so it's something we'd need to match and record individually.
If you can find a decent (pro) paint supplier, the last one I used (Newcastle area) had a camera that they put on the paint and scanned the colour exactly. They then made up the aerosols for me, and gave me a mix code. Apparently the colour scanning camera is very expensive, so they said.
I’ll talk to the paint shop. They seem a large enough company (Prestige Wheels,Stockport), so it’s something they should know about, I’d guess.
well i know they did for gold wheels in the past so surprised that they didn't for silver. a good paint shop should be able to match anyway? https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/supersport-frame-and-wheel-paint-codes.83165/
As well as an internet search I’ve checked the owners handbook and the Haynes manual to reveal very little. It’s back for a chat.
sorry i couldn't help, i looked in my Multi handbook and wasn't easy to find, omitted in the USA language section but appeared in German version (and didn't confirm wheels were same silver as frame!).
You could ask a friendly northern Ducati Forum member to swing by the paint suppliers at Lemington Newcastle.... If they have the correct wheels to scan by chance.
Wheel dropped of at a different paint shop. These guys seem more realistic, more of a can do attitude, and they’ve done work for me before. I can understand the hesitancy of the other paint shop and I guess they’ve been bitten before by perfectionists wanting the exact colour match. They flatly refused to re paint the wheel without the exact name and colour code, which appears not to exist. This bike doesn’t warrant that level of attention. Looking forward to collecting it at the end of the week.
