painting a 75 t500 original color

advant63 · Post by **advant63** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:31 pm

my a100 is maui blue. although it's difficult to tell in the poor light the headlight and rear shock sleeves are original and the tank and forks are rattle can.
the paint is motomaster nearmatch ford pickup truck medium blue. in the light of day you can't see a difference. a non suzuki colour match is possible.

if you think it's ratty check out the first day home photo.

bikingbagga · Post by **bikingbagga** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:46 pm

I am restoring my T500M & I'm doing the painting. Total cost to paint tank / injection tank & plastic side cover is $125 if you add striping kit & various stickers etc total cost is $200. Note! Included burning off existing paint / bead blasting & original paint matching

Rustygt550 · Post by **Rustygt550** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:25 am

When i get a chance I will take a tank badge off, the paint should be as new

Rustygt550 · Post by **Rustygt550** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:32 am

I took one of the badges off the tank. Under the badge the paint was the same color as the rest of the tank. I am going to order the Maui blue paint & proper decals & get the paint job done locally as I dont think Paul Miller's paint is a good match.

argo1974 · Post by **argo1974** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:09 pm

Several years ago, I bought a body set from PM. He provided super nice pics + story, everything looked OK for me. But the set had bad wrap and got damaged during shipping. Furthermore, inside of the fuel tank was not coated (just bare metal finish) and decals were not covered with clear coat as decribed. Old paint on the downside of fuel tank was not stripped, just painted over (same on the oil tank, paint contained bubbles because of gummed oil). And, cracked fuel cock mount was repaired with epoxy.
Well, finally I got the mount soldered, dents removed, white decal stripes strightened and was looking for matching paint. At the local Spies Hecker shop I was asked who the hell painted the tank in such a cloudy finish?
After that, I spent more than 9000 EUR in buying NOS T500-parts, but never from PM again.

Argo

johnakay · Post by **johnakay** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:01 pm

argo1974 wrote:Several years ago, I bought a body set from PM. He provided super nice pics + story, everything looked OK for me. But the set had bad wrap and got damaged during shipping. Furthermore, inside of the fuel tank was not coated (just bare metal finish) and decals were not covered with clear coat as decribed. Old paint on the downside of fuel tank was not stripped, just painted over (same on the oil tank, paint contained bubbles because of gummed oil). Argo

Hi Argo long time no hear! how ya keeping. john

funny enough I heard that to.
I think it was some body on the kawasaki forum?

H2RICK · Post by **H2RICK** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:23 pm

Ahhh....Coronado Blue. Totally different colour and application. Thank you, Ian.

argo1974 · Post by **argo1974** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:14 am

Hi John,

thanks, I'm fine. BTW, this is your grab rail on my T500K:
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/bfqr-1a-jpg.html

That particular body set is not from PM. I managed it myself and it's not bone stock. Used the same blue as my BMW.

Argo

H2RICK · Post by **H2RICK** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:19 pm

Argo, that's a nice looking colour....even if it isn't stock.

tygrant351 · Post by **tygrant351** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:24 am

Argo, thats too bad, I was planning on sending my set out to be painted very soon, anyone else know of someone who does good work? I want the original color and decal as well

argo1974 · Post by **argo1974** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:13 pm

I bought the decals from reproductiondecals.com, Andre and his shortie provide great stuff and super service.

You can add the decals yourself, just read carefully their instructions. E. g. bring the body set to local painter, match the color and let him do his job. Allow paint to dry at least 3 weeks, wet sand the clearcoat using 1000 grit, add the decals and bring everything back to the painter for additional 3 clearcoats.

tygrant351 · Post by **tygrant351** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:51 am

well i talked to a couple local painters, one guy doesnt want it the other guy said 600, another said 500 + the extra clear coats... kinda pricey i think??

johnakay · Post by **johnakay** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:27 pm

tygrant351 wrote:well i talked to a couple local painters, one guy doesnt want it the other guy said 600, another said 500 + the extra clear coats... kinda pricey i think??

£370 thats not to bad. I paid £350 for my ol T500 in 2003.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:32 pm

Basecoat/clearcoat materials are very expensive.

Ogri · Post by **Ogri** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:36 pm

tygrant351 wrote:well i talked to a couple local painters, one guy doesnt want it the other guy said 600, another said 500 + the extra clear coats... kinda pricey i think??

If he is using high end products, he will have over $400 in materials.