Engine paint colour - SV650.org

Mark_h · 19-03-06, 07:12 PM

Like a lot of the SVs I've seen around, the paint on the off-side front by where the water pipes enter the engine takes a bit of a hammering and comes off. Has anyone found a good colour match from a Halfords colour? I'm worried about making it look worse than it is by using the wrong paint, wrong colour or wrong lacquer.

The whole bike got a good coating in ACF-50 so hopefully it should slow down some of the corrosion, but this bit seems to be a common problem area.

It's a 2001 with the nearly black, sort of dark graphite engine.

Any ideas?

19-03-06, 08:30 PM

I cleaned the front and sprayed with a black high temperature can by WURTH. Its close enough. I've a '99 curvy.

19-03-06, 10:34 PM

Halford's satin black engine paint is a damn good match.

Blue Flame · 20-03-06, 12:37 AM

A sort of link to this

Apologies if I am hijacking this post.

I have some paint damage to my engine casing. Its a K3 therefore it is not 'black' but more of a silver colour. Where can I get a paint that will suit it.????

northwind · 20-03-06, 01:02 AM

There's a PJ1 (I think) engine paint called Suzuki grey... That grey on the earlier SVs used to be pretty common, so I reckon it could be a match. Keep on forgetting to buy it though.

TBH I'm thinlking of dropping my engine and getting it sprayed up professionally... Not that it needs it, really, but it'd be nice.

20-03-06, 01:17 PM

I've bought the Halfords stuff. They do a leveller aswell that might help to blend the colours a little better. I'll try a small section first on the underside and see if it needs it or not.

20-03-06, 04:37 PM

M&P do the suzuki coloured pj1..

Blue Flame · 21-03-06, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

There's a PJ1 (I think) engine paint called Suzuki grey... That grey on the earlier SVs used to be pretty common, so I reckon it could be a match. Keep on forgetting to buy it though.

TBH I'm thinlking of dropping my engine and getting it sprayed up professionally... Not that it needs it, really, but it'd be nice.

fanks

19-03-06, 07:12 PM	#1
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Engine paint colour Like a lot of the SVs I've seen around, the paint on the off-side front by where the water pipes enter the engine takes a bit of a hammering and comes off. Has anyone found a good colour match from a Halfords colour? I'm worried about making it look worse than it is by using the wrong paint, wrong colour or wrong lacquer. The whole bike got a good coating in ACF-50 so hopefully it should slow down some of the corrosion, but this bit seems to be a common problem area. It's a 2001 with the nearly black, sort of dark graphite engine. Any ideas? __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

20-03-06, 12:37 AM	#4
Blue Flame Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fife, Scotland Posts: 1,265	A sort of link to this Apologies if I am hijacking this post. I have some paint damage to my engine casing. Its a K3 therefore it is not 'black' but more of a silver colour. Where can I get a paint that will suit it.???? __________________ Triumph Sprint GT 1050 -Sexy Phantom Black; Powerbronze Screen Previous >> K3 SV650S - Candy Copper;Lower Fairing Set;Fender Extender; Powerbronze Screen; HEL Braided Lines;

20-03-06, 01:02 AM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	There's a PJ1 (I think) engine paint called Suzuki grey... That grey on the earlier SVs used to be pretty common, so I reckon it could be a match. Keep on forgetting to buy it though. TBH I'm thinlking of dropping my engine and getting it sprayed up professionally... Not that it needs it, really, but it'd be nice. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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19-03-06, 08:30 PM	#2
zunkus Guest Posts: n/a	I cleaned the front and sprayed with a black high temperature can by WURTH. Its close enough. I've a '99 curvy.

19-03-06, 10:34 PM	#3
UlsterSV Guest Posts: n/a	Halford's satin black engine paint is a damn good match.

20-03-06, 01:17 PM	#6
Fuzz Guest Posts: n/a	I've bought the Halfords stuff. They do a leveller aswell that might help to blend the colours a little better. I'll try a small section first on the underside and see if it needs it or not.

20-03-06, 04:37 PM	#7
Iansv Guest Posts: n/a	M&P do the suzuki coloured pj1..