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Metallic Stardust Silver
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I want to bring my '78 kz650 c2 back to factory colour (or at least get it close). Has anyone taken a body part in to have metallic stardust silver matched? Can anyone provide formulation info I could take to a paint supplier to get close to this colour?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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This post on Kawasaki.org : color for '78 Z1R and 650C2
Has some info, as he repainted his Z1R.
Post up some pix of your bikes.
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I don't have a factory painted panel to take in, and there are none on ebay right now either.
Anyone out there who has done any painting with this colour?
My next step is to collect as many pics of this colour that I can find and take them to someone with a lot of colour mixing experience - they can probably get it close.
'04 zzr250, '78 kz650 c2, '78kz650d/750
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They are not computer generated matched colors, or best "guesstimates".
www.motorcyclepaintsupply.com/
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try these guys they say their Paints Are Made Using The Original OEM Motorcycle Color Codes.
They are not computer generated matched colors, or best "guesstimates".
www.motorcyclepaintsupply.com/
Thanks! I checked out their site - they don't list this colour on the site, but have a few other vintage colours. I will email them...
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Welcome.
This post on Kawasaki.org : color for '78 Z1R and 650C2
Has some info, as he repainted his Z1R.
Post up some pix of your bikes.
Pics posted over here as requested!
'04 zzr250, '78 kz650 c2, '78kz650d/750
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That being said, not too much longer I was at a big motorcycle meeting in Cassoday, Kansas and saw a stocker that looked 'mint' in paint. Talked to that guy and he said he'd had it re-painted by some guy (and I forget, but it was like his nephew's best-friend's dad's bodyshop) way out in western Kansas; he thought it wasn't a big deal...we compared body parts with my new-on-bike fairing and his parts were an absolute match...bastard! Naturally he couldn't reproduce the painter's info, but took my card and promised that he would call...that was like 7 years ago...maybe he'll call.
Anyway, I KNOW the guys who couldn't match it had mad skills; and some ghost from BumFork Western Kansas did it by accident...who knows...
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