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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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painting an undertail..

i got an undertail thats white and needs to be black...i heard its hard to match the oem black...anyone got any paint codes oem or close?? 05 gsxr...need the black paint code or something...any ideas?..can of spray from auto store..haha????
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Paint it a semi gloss black. you barely see it anyway
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

yea i know...but me just knowing its WAY off would bother me....if its just a little i dont care...and anyone who wants to look at it hard enuff cant blow it out there ***.haha
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

do a few burn outs and it will be black
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Just rattle can it. Semi gloss black or gloss black. Easy enough.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by 2k6gixxer
do a few burn outs and it will be black

half way there!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by gsxr05
i heard its hard to match the oem black...
not true. There is only one "shade" of black.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by 02gsxxr
Paint it a semi gloss black. you barely see it anyway

Originally Posted by stick1300
Just rattle can it. Semi gloss black or gloss black. Easy enough.


thats what you do
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

The paint code should be ither under your gas tank or labled in the under tray.

Black is not to hard to match. If you do paint it use a chip resistent primer.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Go to www.colorrite.com you can get factory paint codes there
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by tyshearman
Go to www.colorrite.com you can get factory paint codes there
I was going to put that but there paint is way to much
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

paint is expensive, but you can still get codes there.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

dude,just rattle can that **** and quit being so picky,I rattle canned my whole bike, satin,**** turned out sweet.your not even painting the tank where everyone can see it,it's just a ****** undertail
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by tyshearman
Go to www.colorrite.com you can get factory paint codes there

Sweet that might come in handy some day!
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by blee
dude,just rattle can that **** and quit being so picky,I rattle canned my whole bike, satin,**** turned out sweet.your not even painting the tank where everyone can see it,it's just a ****** undertail

sometimes u just want things right and not half ***...my opinon

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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by gsxr05
sometimes u just want things right and not half ***...my opinon
just cause you can get it done yourself for 5 bucks dont mean its half ***,nobody even knew my bike was rattled,my bikes a 01 and looks like its new,take your time with the prep and the finish will be just as good as a professional rip off job.
Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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Re: painting an undertail..

Originally Posted by blee
just cause you can get it done yourself for 5 bucks dont mean its half ***,nobody even knew my bike was rattled,my bikes a 01 and looks like its new,take your time with the prep and the finish will be just as good as a professional rip off job.
+100 its all about the prep
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