RGS1000SFC Paint Quality

Rockitdoc

Rockitdoc

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OK, getting picky now.  But, is the paint on the 1000SFC supposed to look like they did it in a dusty closet without light?  See the piece of gravel in the light reflection and the orange/grapefruit/lemon peel?

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If so, fine.  I'll live with it.  I would just as soon keep this thing original, but if your bikes look like a pro painted them, I will re-paint mine.  I'm no pro, but I can do better than this!  ???
 
I had my Jota 120 resprayed a beautiful original red by a pro and it looks gorgeous.
I matched it to a NOS original 'never seen the light of day' red sidecover to the correct colour/shade.

No one has sent me to coventry yet, so the rivet counters must be happy.
 
blab said:
Does rivet counting extend to 120 Jotas.
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I think it's a sliding scale!
Worst seems to be early drummers, best is SFC 1000's - just my take on it!

I am fully aware that the Jota 120 was a fill in model with new and old bits, but with only around 400 made I believe they have their own niche. Although I think DOC is trying to make them rarer by buying them all  :D :D
 
SimonR501 said:
I had my Jota 120 resprayed a beautiful original red by a pro and it looks gorgeous.
I matched it to a NOS original 'never seen the light of day' red sidecover to the correct colour/shade.

No one has sent me to coventry yet, so the rivet counters must be happy.
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Did you repaint cuz it was a bad original paint, or just cuz it was old and tired paint?
 
Errr well, l inherited the bike in boxes with all sorts of parts missing, so some parts I purchased were a different colour. But the bits that were red were not the best quality.
To be honest, even the NOS sidecover still in the packet that I used as an example was not very good paintwork.

I wouldn't hesitate personally, a professional matched paintjob does look the biz.
 
my 1984 RGS Executive is still in original paint, chipped, scratched, and with a couple of dents.

the paint is pretty much all that is left original :o I even left the frame paint original, complete with a bit of rust around the battery box, even though I stripped the bike to the bare frame and bare crank when I first got the bike..

original paint quality is not very good, not hard to make it much better, as I have done on various other bikes by stripping and re painting. But, the paint is only original once.

you can get surprisingly excellent results from the original paint by a judicious wet sanding and a power cut and power polish. Should take out the most obvious flaws, maybe even get rid of most if not all of the orange peel.

if you do not have the tools and experience to do it yourself, get a really good detailer/paint reconditioner to have a go. Then you will have the best of both worlds, original paint which is very smooth and shiny, especially if you have the detailer use a really high quality paint sealer.

Paul LeClair
 
Paul LeClair said:
my 1984 RGS Executive is still in original paint, chipped, scratched, and with a couple of dents.

the paint is pretty much all that is left original :o I even left the frame paint original, complete with a bit of rust around the battery box, even though I stripped the bike to the bare frame and bare crank when I first got the bike..

original paint quality is not very good, not hard to make it much better, as I have done on various other bikes by stripping and re painting. But, the paint is only original once.

you can get surprisingly excellent results from the original paint by a judicious wet sanding and a power cut and power polish. Should take out the most obvious flaws, maybe even get rid of most if not all of the orange peel.

if you do not have the tools and experience to do it yourself, get a really good detailer/paint reconditioner to have a go. Then you will have the best of both worlds, original paint which is very smooth and shiny, especially if you have the detailer use a really high quality paint sealer.

Paul LeClair
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I'm inclined to agree about the paint only being original once and will go the color sand/buff route once I get this thing running.
 
My SFC1000 was original and loked like that - bad painting quality. As it was tilted and got a few marks the day I bought it, when parking, by a few foreign Guys... So I got it repainted in the Ford something colour, that at least was what the importer here in DK said and did. I had four or five extra layers of special clearcoat laid on top.

Muuuuuch better and serves the bike muuuuuuch better.

Cheers,
Jacques.
 
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