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Diamond sky blue

#1 PostAuthor: ShaunB » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:52 am

H everyone,
I'm trying to get hold of a panel (or anything) that is Diamond sky blue. This was a Kawasaki z1000 A1colour on a 1977 model. My painter is having difficulty finding any codes relating to this particular colour (apparently there aren't any), however he assure me that he can match it from a panel. Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#2 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:50 am

If you have no joy finding a panel these people will be able to supply the correct colour as they already have the correct mix on file...

https://www.rsbikepaint.com/en-gb/colou ... cheme=7151
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#3 PostAuthor: hutch » Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:21 am

Stay away from rs, there colour is miles off.
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#4 PostAuthor: warren3200gt » Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:51 am

And their paint is water based pap. Dont worry about matching a panel colour just buy the whole bike :biggrin :D
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#5 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:14 am

hutch wrote:Stay away from rs, there colour is miles off.


Never used them for a full repaint but had a few touch up's and they weren't a million miles away given how widely standard colours can vary from the factory.
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#6 PostAuthor: hutch » Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:10 pm

can only give advise , there sky blue ,z1r and z1 jaffa are not even close.
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#7 PostAuthor: deka » Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:51 pm

I have a perfect right hand side panel
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#8 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:31 pm

The original bikes varied from nearly green to fairly blue so there’s no “correct” - just “consistent with” or “could have been”… :shock:
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Re: Diamond sky blue

#9 PostAuthor: Garry.L » Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:36 pm

chrisNI wrote:The original bikes varied from nearly green to fairly blue so there’s no “correct” - just “consistent with” or “could have been”… :shock:


3 NOS factory painted H2C tanks in the same colour....

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Re: Diamond sky blue

#10 PostAuthor: z1bman » Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:59 am

there is a skoda colour which is almost bang on
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