I know this has been done to death and the general thought is that the late fork lower colour is Ford Grahite Grey, but it ain't that. Anyone had any luck finding a good match?

Kris, I also remember to read earlier on this forum that this should be Ford Graphite grey. But appearantly this color is not ok.

I think Zebulon had some luck in getting the right colour, but haven't read through his mammoth thread yet and he is also based in Germany so it might be difficult to get hold of over here.

8183 grey metallic From RS bikepaint.

According to zebulons thread. Will give it a try.

Kris

Grey is Grey isn't it? As long as the shade is near as damn it, does it have to be exact?

I mean, unless you're considering concours, who's going to know apart from the most anally retentive geek?

No grey isn't grey. I want it right otherwise there is no point doing it. Just me maybe.

Ibby, is this the UK spec fork colour (I think it's the same as the RC30s)?

No, not sure what colour that is. This is the browny/grey metallic colour on later spec jap forks

Le_Blur wrote:Ibby, is this the UK spec fork colour (I think it's the same as the RC30s)?

RC30's are polished and laquered.

Ford mercury grey rings a bell my old mate, but i could be wrong there. i have a tin in my garage will have a peek tommorow am for you mate

That's what I thought. I went to pick an engine up from Simon (edg-65) not long ago and I mentioned that I thought they were polished and lacquered. He told me a lot of people did that, but they should actually be a very light silver.

Anyway, sorry to hijack your thread, Ibby.