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Afternoon all,
The powder coating on my 04 650 frame is starting to go, it looks not bad on first inspection, but there’s enough of it missing to need re-coating.
Very happy to see the factory have applied the VIN and data decals on top of oversized clear vinyl, I was preparing to lose both in the re-coat but ‘should’ be able to remove them with a little heat, alcohol and patience.
Its 20C and sunny here today and with the glasses on I noticed for the first time now it’s clean, the factory coating has a subtle metallic in it.
This does throw up a potential problem as from searching this site, the 04 frame colour is confirmed as RAL 5017 which on a monitor looks close, if not correct. But it’s a flat blue, not metallic.
Anyone else researched this and reached a conclusion?
The powder coating on my 04 650 frame is starting to go, it looks not bad on first inspection, but there’s enough of it missing to need re-coating.
Very happy to see the factory have applied the VIN and data decals on top of oversized clear vinyl, I was preparing to lose both in the re-coat but ‘should’ be able to remove them with a little heat, alcohol and patience.
Its 20C and sunny here today and with the glasses on I noticed for the first time now it’s clean, the factory coating has a subtle metallic in it.
This does throw up a potential problem as from searching this site, the 04 frame colour is confirmed as RAL 5017 which on a monitor looks close, if not correct. But it’s a flat blue, not metallic.
Anyone else researched this and reached a conclusion?
