Paint for Falcos

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Tonyunn · #1 Post by **Tonyunn** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:42 am

Has anyone managed to buy paint for their Falco that is a match for their bike.

I am thinking of re-spraying the belly pan on the bike as it is marked and could do with a re-fresh, my options are DIY or take it to a body shop.

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:15 pm

there are some after market paint dealers who will make a matching rattle can.....

no official colours have ever been released

blinkey501 · #3 Post by **blinkey501** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:14 pm

Mangocrazy had his blue falco painted by my painter.

My painter had to take one of the parts to a paint supplier who scanned the paint to get an exact match.

I could take your parts to him for the painting to be done?

An option if you need it.

squadron Nero · #4 Post by **squadron Nero** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:49 pm

I had to buy a seat cowel as mine didn't come with one. Needed that resprayed, took the bike to a paint supplier whom colour matched it to Shadow Nero. They mixed me up 1litre there and then and it's absolutely spot on. I can't remember the name of the place now but it was in Birmingham somewhere. I'd recommend doing the same.

#5 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:31 pm

As Blinkey says, his paint sprayer chappie did an absolutely spot on job with my blue Falco. If I ever need anything spraying again, it's going to Jason.

Obiwan Kenobi · #6 Post by **Obiwan Kenobi** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 3:35 pm

I have used RS bike paints before for other bikes.

www.rsbikepaint.com

Looking at the website, they have the falco and all its colour schemes listed as available in rattlecans.

So I would question that no official colours have been released ever. Or maybe they have just taken time to colour match every colour option that was available...

Anyway, worth giving them a try if you plan to DIY.

Tonyunn · #7 Post by **Tonyunn** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 3:56 pm

Cheers for that, £60 for me to do it, I think I might get a price and compare, if a body shop does it for anywhere just north of that I would probably let them do it as the results would be better.

squadron Nero · #8 Post by **squadron Nero** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:06 pm

Surely you could get someone to paint a belly pan for less than £60. Especially if you did the prep work yourself.

Tonyunn · #9 Post by **Tonyunn** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:27 am

Went to see a sprayer and he sent me to a paint supplier to see if he could match the colour, I left the tail hump with him and I am now waiting for a call.

I did go to a shop on the hill to see how much for the job to be done £75 minimum.

So at this point I have no idea what this going to cost to complete.

Life would be simpler if Aprilia had released their paint codes.

Tonyunn · #10 Post by **Tonyunn** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:26 pm

I got the paint this morning, £20 for half a litre and have taken it to the painter to have the belly pan sprayed.
They are also going to do some minor repairs on it all in for £50 so at £70 for the whole job I am really pleased.

As for the colour the guy said the nearest match for Speed blue was a Mazda colour called Aurora blue.

The guy has been looking for a week to source this for me and he was really canny to deal with so I thought I should give him a mention, probably not much use for the majority of you but there are a couple of hardy northern types who read these pages.

www.autopaintsexpress.co.uk

Once I get the pan back and fitted I will post another picture.

Tonyunn · #11 Post by **Tonyunn** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:08 pm

Got the belly pan back today and it looks great.
I will put the decals on and see how it looks back on the bike.