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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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painting soon...

im paintin my f4i soon and i am going to do a charcoal/gunmetal color and there are a **** ton of charcoals...just wanted to know what your favorite one was.

i was thinkin about medium slate gray from the 04 vettes, maybe somethin a little darker

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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Re: painting soon...

I painted my bike Anthracite, Its almost black and looks great. I like that Vette color too if I were going silver
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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Re: painting soon...

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I painted my bike Anthracite, Its almost black and looks great.
is it off a specific vehicle?
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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No, I bought it at Bridge Auto Parts. Its a truck / van paint. Its kinda metallic too.
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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oh sweet, hope it comes out well. are you using a paint gun or rattle can?
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Re: painting soon...

I was thinking about going a champagne metallic like so many Chevy's were during the last ten 15 years. Anybody seen a bike this color? My gixxer is all black now so I think the champagne plastic would look ok.

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Its rattle can and its been done for 2 months. Almost time to do it again
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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any nice pictures of it?
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Re: painting soon...

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I was thinking about going a champagne metallic like so many Chevy's were during the last ten 15 years. Anybody seen a bike this color? My gixxer is all black now so I think the champagne plastic would look ok.
yeah i think that would looks pretty good too. my parents owned a pewter 99 vette that was like a silver/champagne color...it looked nice
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Re: painting soon...

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yeah i think that would looks pretty good too. my parents owned a pewter 99 vette that was like a silver/champagne color...it looked nice
I only brought it up because its so close to what you were asking about and I've been thinking it over for like 2 weeks. You plannin on spraying yours with a gun or a can?
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Re: painting soon...

with a gun, my buddy on here matt (Klos), has a little booth in his garage...he sprayed "lil krazy"s bike and it came out really nice
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Well good luck with it man. Should turn out pretty sweet.
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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hope so, ill post some pics when its all completed
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Re: painting soon...

i like the charcoal on my truck...
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Re: painting soon...

im painting my R1 2004 saleen mustang charcoal and it looks real good on the car i also suggest blacking out the lights and windscreen as well
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Re: painting soon...

Originally Posted by killinthafiddy
i like the charcoal on my truck...
do you by chance know the name of color?
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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Re: painting soon...

Originally Posted by killinthafiddy
i like the charcoal on my truck...

I LIKE THE PHOTOSHOP DROPPED THE RIDE AN SLAPPED ON SOME RIMS..
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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Re: painting soon...

Originally Posted by Heeley
do you by chance know the name of color?
dont know the exact name but the color code is 805K
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I LIKE THE PHOTOSHOP DROPPED THE RIDE AN SLAPPED ON SOME RIMS..
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only thing keeping me from bagging it is buying an f4i
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