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dancetothedrummersbeat:
I see what you mean. Very difficult to tell. The candy red colour looks more like a metallic shade as opposed to candy red as we know it, but that may be due to having a white base coat underneath. Superbike Dan did my Falcon Pro Beta in candy red over the raw metal, and the finish and shine is amazing. It absolutely blings in the sun, and looks like liquid. See the welds - you get an idea of the depth of the shine/colour

The original colour was more of a metallic red, as opposed to a clear/semi translucent candy


I fear that it if you get it done in candy as we know it, it may look 'too candy', although I've never seen an original one in red. Could you ask Dan to do you a few samples on offcuts of steel - gloss red, candy over raw metal, and candy over a white base coat? Candy over a plain basecoat may dull it down a bit and dampen down some of the bling, which seems to be the correct finish. The supposed NOS frame has more of a metallic look as opposed to semi translucent candy. The GJS Prototype that Juan Mattos did was Candy red over chrome (plate or paint i'm not sure), and was really blingy - maybe too blingy for what you are looking for


I agree that the later decals on the pro 1 and Trix seem to look better on and enhance the 'gloss' red finish, whereas the earlier silver decals probably look better on a metallic/candy background. Decisions decisions...
Best of luck deciding and getting it sorted. It will look great no matter what the colour  :4_17_5:

QUADROPHENIA:


Speak to Mattdub, he had paint matched to an original frame, I think I still got the pot of paint in garage somewhere

McQUEEN:
found this on YouTube.

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It's Jaun Mattos talking about his old trix - he said its red over white base, a two step process. I've seen lots of images of this one and indeed it does look gloss red with a hint of orange, so that's what I'm going for. Photos as follows. The earlier candy red's aren't doing for me. Freestyle bikes in / around 84/85 were about colour (Neon green and blue haros, the yellow green and blue GT's, the orange VDCs and streetbeats) and not really about bling.

factory pilot:
Man that Trix is awesome mate .... Lush !!! If yours comes close it'll be epic dude!

downlowmatt:
This thread is amezzin, some proper eye candy!

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