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    #1

    Help with paint color

    Hello there.
    Im trying to find either a paint name /code and source for a can of spray paint for my bikini fairing. Color Rite and most companies don't go
    back far enough.

    1983 GS750E. US model
    Dark Maroon red

    Right now the fairing is purple. Gotta change that.

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    83 GS750E
    2006 ZX14
    2004 KTM 450 EXC
    2001 Yamaha Big Bear
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    #2
    You might remove one of the side covers, clean it up with some rubbing compound, polish it as well as you can and take it to an automotive paint store and they can match it with their spectrum gun and probably put it in a spray can for you.
    1979 GS1000S,

    1982 Honda CX500 Turbo, 1982 Honda MB5 w/CR80 motor, 1977 Honda "nekid" Goldwing, 1976 Honda CB550F cafe', 1972 Honda XL250 cafe'

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      #3
      Being an extremely, um, frugal guy, I've gone to large parking lots and looked for color matching my needs on a car. Then off to rattle can aisle and search for year/model. Did OK! Problem now is finding a car that isn't white, gray or black.
      Tom

      '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
      '79 GS100E
      Other non Suzuki bikes
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        #4
        I think it's 05L Candy Imperial Maroon

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          #5
          Originally posted by oldGSfan View Post
          Being an extremely, um, frugal guy, I've gone to large parking lots and looked for color matching my needs on a car. Then off to rattle can aisle and search for year/model. Did OK! Problem now is finding a car that isn't white, gray or black.
          My problem is the owners of cars in lot get all huffy when I test spray a tiny area on their fenders.
          1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

          2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.
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            #6
            Duhhh, You're spraying the wrong fender!!! Spray it on the other fender then they'll never see it.
            1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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