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Post by coaster on Sept 21, 2014 20:25:36 GMT
Hi, hoping that someone can help me with the silver paint code for a 2003 PX200. Unfortunately I forgot to take a note of it and now I'm away from home and need to order some to do a small 'dab in' repair on the legshield next weekend. OR better still,does anyone know a fairly close match to a car colour that I might get a touch up pen for? The area is just above the indicator on one side, the scoot has been dropped on that side and thetop corner bent back. I have managed to gently tap out the crease but about 1" square section of paint has flaked off
The side panel was also damaged but they were in a darker metallic grey which I managed to get a close match for.
I have heard it said that piaggio and fiat colours match but don't know if thatis just a myth??
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers Colin |
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Post by kru251 on Sept 21, 2014 21:25:06 GMT
I have always got great results from spending time checking carefully at Halfords pint mix desk. I ask for the old car match paint books and they have lots and I've matched loads of stuff from Royal Enfield army green to Lambretta white and 1923 Ruston Hornsby stationary engine green.
The charts have a small paint rectangle with a hole in the middle. You can offer up a piece of the panel and it shows through the hole. Great way to get a paint match.
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Post by coaster on Sept 21, 2014 22:42:38 GMT
I have always got great results from spending time checking carefully at Halfords pint mix desk. I ask for the old car match paint books and they have lots and I've matched loads of stuff from Royal Enfield army green to Lambretta white and 1923 Ruston Hornsby stationary engine green. The charts have a small paint rectangle with a hole in the middle. You can offer up a piece of the panel and it shows through the hole. Great way to get a paint match. I did that at a paint suppliers in Harlow last week to find the colour of the side panels which were painted in a non-standard shade of metallic grey. The headset top was the same colour so I took that in and spent a bit of time with a folder with hundreds of paint chips in. Unfortunately I don't have access to the scooter nor time to pop in anywhere whilst I'm away from home. |
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Post by henri on Sept 22, 2014 10:06:36 GMT
modern piaggio paints are in meyer codes which are shared with fiat ,if ya cant get to a auto-paint suppler an get the paint "reader" on it as kru says halfords/paint shops colour charts an matching by eye in sunlight is best way , will ask a mate who's got a 2003 px that was silver what his code/choice of silver was ,but if re-sprayed in original code paint you wont get a perfect match as old paint will be uv faded after 11 years , you prob will have to fade/feather in the repair for a 1/4 of the leggys so it wont stand out ,
an silver is one of the harder colours to spray from cans an get 1 shade from start to finish ,on mates px started doing panels in silver n couldnt get em 1 shade consistently ,he went grey primer n laquer in the end , H
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Post by coaster on Sept 22, 2014 12:13:03 GMT
Cheers Henri, I'll explore the fiat colours at Halfords. I'm not expecting to make an invisible repair, I just intend to dab in with a small brush and his L plate will cover it until he passes his test  |
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Post by sbwnik on Sept 22, 2014 18:14:29 GMT
It's called 'platino'.
You can pick up touch up paint from Piaggio dealers.
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Post by henri on Sept 24, 2014 14:56:31 GMT
sbwnic's right its "platino" 686 , thats what piaggio say n what you said body sticker said in a earlier thread , H
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Post by gra on Sept 27, 2014 10:52:17 GMT
I've got a 2002 px vespa metallic silver .... It's colour is platinum 686, the code I found on Internet ..... Halfords Just mixed up small brush and pen tester this morning.....testing it as we speak but looks ok to me.....only £9.99.....hope this helps :0)
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