Hi Need to tidy up the flaking engine paint on MY2001 996. Silver frame, 5 spoke. Can anyone recommend anything other than RS Paint which is a slightly eye watering £26.40 for 1x400ml can delivered. Thx
They are on eBay for a lot less but how good the colour match is is hard to say. If you can find a motor factor with a spectrum analyser and can give him a sample of paint then you should be able to get it matched and put into a spray can. This will then be diluted and good enough for touching up by brush and also for larger areas. As an indication a litre of paint is about £30-35 from a moderately priced motor factor and RS paints seem to charge a lot more for what they supply and in a smaller quantity. I used them once to buy paint for a repair on a CBR600RR Honda and the cost of the materials was very expensive and the paint was water based just like Ducati use now. So I wouldn't necessarily expect the touch up paint to be different and therefore unless the surface is prepared and sealed and primed well then it could flake again.
I used Simoniz hi temp aluminium on my Monster and Mrs H's YBR 125. it seems to be a reasonable match and durable.
From what I have seen the grey is dependant on which day it was made, a little like the yellow. You don't need to be a close match to look genuine but it will be difficult to match an existing case as there is no specific accurate standard on the originals
The cases were apart to have the cylinder studs replaced ( a fault on early Monsters) So I took advantage of this. I cleaned then up with a combination of a wire brush on a Dremel and wet & dry / emery paper. Then decreased everything with thinners. I painted the wife's Yamaha engine in situ with lots of masking
I used a yellow spray that had the DUCATI paint code etc for my 748's mirrors (£10) Not the best match but quite close.... got to remember that paint fades and ages!
