2019 Harley CVO - pepper red

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OJ86

"As I was saying.."
Anyone have any insight on this color? Supposably it's a ppg color. Can't seem to find anything on it. And doing this before I call the Harley dealer and get ear raped on a price.
 
Code EHV, Red Pepper, 3-Stage. I can make some in Standox, but don't suppose that is very helpful.
 
uhggg harley paint sux. you never know what your getting. sometimes its single stage, sometimes its a basecoat. they give you no info. your simply ordering paint and not knowing anything about it. people used to bring me harley paint and they would get upset because they spent 400 bucks on this quart and i would tell them i wouldn't use it. i would rather make my own formula in wanda or daimont than use that stuff.
 
It honestly looks like a basic red candy on top of a silver... but I know it wont be that simple.
 
OJ86 said:
It honestly looks like a basic red candy on top of a silver... but I know it wont be that simple.
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many times its just a std color like that but many times harley likes to screw with a color just to make it difficult for a paint shop to repair without buying their paint. i have seen instances where they have had special pigments made just for them that would not be available on a normal mixing rack. for instance silvers that are too coarse for an automotive system but not coarse enough to use a micro sized metal flake. also i have seen that with the old hok chameleon flake. i could see which one harley was using but it was a special grind size that you could not buy anywhere. you may very well have just a straight red candy though. you will also find that motorcycle color formulas you find in automotive lines can go from being just a shade off to not even remotely close. most paint companies dont bother putting the time in to making accurate matches for bikes. its just a round about that may pass if your doing an all over. crash's ehv formula may match or may be totally wrong. its always a shot in the dark. i would always find the closest color chip i could find then formulate my own color from there to do a match or do it completely from scratch. i would never go off of a formula i looked up. i also charged the customer to formulate their color. many would not like that but i always let them know it was a one time deal and that once i had the formula if they ever needed a repair i could easily make a dead on match. seemed to smooth things over and most were ok with it. in any case, 15 years of doing that and i got real good at color matching and making my own formulas.
 
i just looked up pictures of this color and i know its impossible to tell from pictures but it does look a little light for a std apple red over silver.
 
Not sure if this helps
I had an older CVO and back then Harley used House Of Kolor for the CVOs and PPG for the regular bikes. Harley used to be secretive about thier CVO paint codes and you could only have a dealer order it if you had a valid CVO VIN. This was in 2010 or so. Not sure if this still applies but I would not surprise me, Harley being Harley you know.
 
I think you're onto something. I called the dealer and they asked me for a vin code.
 
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