At the moment I`m restoring a Yam XJ900 Diversion, and as I`m sure some of you will know, the frame is colour matched with the body panels. I`m now down to the bare frame and ready to have it powder coated. Rather than wet paint I want to powder coat for durability. Trouble is, I`m struggling to find a colour match in powder coat.
I know the colour is Dark Cyan Metallic #2 and the Yamaha paint code is no. 0337. I know that you can get metallic powder but I keep getting asked for the RAL no. which I can`t guess at as I can`t find anyone to send me any swatches without paying what seems pretty dear to chuck away afterwards, so that I can try to match the colour.
Are there any powder coaters on here that could help, or point me in the right direction? Has anybody done it with any other bike and could tell me how to go about matching the colour? As all of the body work is in good condition I`d like to keep it standard and I think if the frame was black it would look odd. I`ve tried taking a body panel with me to a couple of firms but it seems that most only have a certain range of stock colours and I kinda got the feeling of `can`t be arsed` when I asked about colour matching. Maybe it`s just a surly brummy sod thing as I also rang a couple out of range of me popping in and they couldn`t have tried harder to help even though they couldn`t. :help:
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
I know the colour is Dark Cyan Metallic #2 and the Yamaha paint code is no. 0337. I know that you can get metallic powder but I keep getting asked for the RAL no. which I can`t guess at as I can`t find anyone to send me any swatches without paying what seems pretty dear to chuck away afterwards, so that I can try to match the colour.
Are there any powder coaters on here that could help, or point me in the right direction? Has anybody done it with any other bike and could tell me how to go about matching the colour? As all of the body work is in good condition I`d like to keep it standard and I think if the frame was black it would look odd. I`ve tried taking a body panel with me to a couple of firms but it seems that most only have a certain range of stock colours and I kinda got the feeling of `can`t be arsed` when I asked about colour matching. Maybe it`s just a surly brummy sod thing as I also rang a couple out of range of me popping in and they couldn`t have tried harder to help even though they couldn`t. :help:
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.