Cheers guys.
I got my paint yesterday, had it optically scanned and it matched to a Lexus silver. Im going with the standard base/clear coat. For clear the only 2 options were gloss and flat so Im going gloss. The single stage paints were either not available in metallic or they only have gloss with no flatting agent available.
Ninjanut, those parts look fantastic, did you do it yourself ? Unfortunately the powder-coat company up here is total SH*T (understatement), I've taken 3 frames there in the past and each time I had to send them back to be stripped, and I ended up paining all of them in base/clear. They were so bad I could have done a better job with a stucco gun, too much powder and not enough heat (my guess), they were either lumpy or like stucco and all rough, it was truly shameful.
Now I dont even try. Ill use them to strip and blast, but not to powder coat. They just blasted my pipes.
So im booked in at my buddys place (he has a pro paint booth at his house) for Friday this week, and ill get to painting the frame components then.
Busy prepping wheels just now (not fun).
h00ktern, thanks for watching the Vids! Re the paint codes, I typically just take the parts in to be optically colour scanned at the paint shop, usually comes out ok. My big issue this time was, could I get the correct gloss finish? and if it wasn't silver (just a shade of grey), it opened up the option of industrial IMRON paint. Anyway, all resolved for now.
Paint and body supplies are getting stupid expensive here. it was $72CAD for a small can of evercoat surface filler yesterday! Paint is at least $80 a pint or more depending on pigment (red is more expensive).
When I go to do the bodywork im guessing 2 pints of green, 1 pint Blue and 1 1/2 pints white and pearl.
I buy paint RTS (ready to spray), no mixing or catalyst needed, its all done at the paint supply shop, just filter it into the gun and go. Then I mix the clear & catalyst & thinner and that goes on top.
Started doing my own paint work last year, my buddy is a ex-painter, and retired school body shop teacher so he was happy to give me a few lessons.