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Author Topic: Anyone convinced GT yellow is 1021 not 1018 on race bikes...NOW PIC COMPARISON!  (Read 1001 times)

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I've just back from powder coaters to get one of these (pic) done, he ran out of 1018 and was trying to scrounge for me a couple of kg from other coaters to go without me buying a whole box. He couldn't get any, we went through the ral charts and he had 1021 on  a bit of pipe lying around. Now I've always been convinced that the shade should slightly be a bit richer and 1018 was a bit acidic, but many of you have sworn otherwise. Is it possible that performer colours were a bit more of a pastel shade than the race bikes? And if you look at the yellow on any decals they are very near 1021. So would the decals be a good reference of a correct shade or has the decal colour got nothing to do with the price of sausages and was always a contrasting shade? I know it's been argued to death this subject but I'm not convinced 1018 is the 100% correct answer to all things GT yellow. If I do buy a box I'll have 9 2kg batches of the powder for sale.


« Last Edit: April 29, 2008, 08:21 PM by mark j. »

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looks more like 1023 to my eye,




munners

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Pete Quad has just been over and we have just had this conversation. I am getting Dan (SBD) to do 3 f+f on Thursday in RAL 1018 zinc yellow so i hope it is correct.

Pete is adamant that the correct yellow is 1018 on a performer. He also said that they look much better painted in a richer yellow as they compliment the yellow parts better. Sometimes the f+f look too pastel and the parts too yellow.

Who ACTUALLY knows what colour it is.....i dont but i need to quick!!!

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I've just taken these pics with all the important elements together to compare.....the metal tubing next to the performer is 1021. Now compared to the tuffs it's a pretty near match, same with the decals. And a bit of gold Dia Compe anno thrown in so you can see what works with what....I'm going to give 1021 a whirl with the team series.....btw, that massive sprocket looks shit, anyone got 16T I'm sure that's 18....




« Last Edit: April 29, 2008, 08:35 PM by mark j. »

welsh denny

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how did you fit a flatland mini sprocket to the rear hub mark??? :LolLolLolLol:

munners

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Mark...can you get me a pic of the whole performer so that i can see what the hole bike looks like.

cheers.  ;)

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Voila, give you a call in a bit, keep putting off an essay for big school.... ;)

munners

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Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes!!!!

Now that is how i remember the colour! Thank fook.

It looks REALLY pastel in the 1st pic you did comparing the colours but when its built it looks spot on. :daumenhoch:

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biagio has had a couple of performers in original paint and the match was 1018, the race bikes i have seen look the same too

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I had mine done by SBD in the brighter yellow. It is bright, but but I actually prefer it...espcially as I have blue components on mine. The photo actually makes the colours look more saturated than they are - tuffs aren't nearly as blue as they appear


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I had mine done by SBD in the brighter yellow. It is bright, but but I actually prefer it...espcially as I have blue components on mine. The photo actually makes the colours look more saturated than they are - tuffs aren't nearly as blue as they appear



YGM ...


Better to crash and burn than fade away

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Hasn't anybody wrote/ contacted GT to ask them?

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you don't miss a trick, one guess what the pm's about.... :LolLolLolLol:

munners

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Doesnt begin with B and end with S? :LolLolLolLol:

Sounds like MARS?

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you don't miss a trick, one guess what the pm's about.... :LolLolLolLol:

Doesnt begin with B and end with S? :LolLolLolLol:

Sounds like MARS?

 :buck2:  :LolLolLolLol:



Better to crash and burn than fade away

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You all bloody quick of the mark, aren't you? :LolLolLolLol:

Does everyone know everyone else's wish list?! :smitten:

BTW Marty - there are some Vector "freestyle bars" on the bay - I don't remember them back in the day, so I'm sure they are snide..but a heads up anyway....

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