My handyman used to paint cars for a living and he offered to paint some bikes. The '78 RD400E is a candidate. Being in Hawaii, it's difficult and expensive to buy paint from the regular sources and have it sent here. They can't send the paint in the mail so it's UPS, FEDEX or something else.
I wonder if anyone here knows of an automotive paint that's a close match.
Here's how I matched the purple paint for my '74 RD350. I took a gas tank with good paint to the auto paint store, they scanned it and whipped up a batch of purple paint for a Mitsubishi electric car (pictured). Yes, this paint, with proper application, is a match for the '74 RD350.
I don't have a good crystal silver body part to scan.
Give HVC a call. They gave me the code they use when restoring Daytona's. It was a Toyota code "051" for a 1999 Lexus.
They may have one for the silver 78. :cheers:
I tracked down a can that looks right on the money, I'll go look for the can this afternoon, I think it's a Chrysler metallic silver, but I'll check.
I recently saw a match on facebook, Chrysler silver 1732.
Dupli-Color, BCC0410 Bright Silver Met (PS2) Replaces DSCC410/T363
Looks like a perfect match!
Thank you!