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Old 29-05-11, 20:19
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Engine paint

This might be old news, but I seem to remember seeing a few posts on not being able to find a match from Yamaha for the ever present peeling paint on the engine.
A mechanic at a dealer told me he had the same problem, and has found that the paint Yamaha use for their outboard motors is the same colour and probably higher quality as it has to deal with sea salt spray.
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Old 30-05-11, 11:54
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I have problem with peeling paint on my engine.
Where can I find that paint - at yamaha dealer or?
Did you see paint on his XT motor. Does it look ok?
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Old 31-05-11, 23:34
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I'm not sure on suppliers, but presumably someone who sells the engines could get some. And yes it looked pretty good on his.
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Try official car paint dealers (like PPG) or car paintshop. Usually they have color model chips and you can compare them to your engine block color. Once you find correct color, theyll mix it up for you
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Old 01-06-11, 16:30
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Thank's guys.
I think I'm going to do something about engine paint this summer.
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Old 17-06-11, 21:12
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To update, he tells me it's available on eBay as jet ski paint. There are two colours, one is too blue, and it's the other one that matches. Sorry it's a bit vague.
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Old 18-06-11, 18:29
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The Yamaha outboard paint is code YMM-30400-GM.

If you google it you will see there is a primer and clear lacquer available too.

I have used the paint on it's own on parts of my XTR engine, the colour is close to the original but slightly bluer.
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Old 29-06-11, 23:31
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looking for some myself if ye hear of any...
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Old 30-06-11, 12:02
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the more paint that comes off the more I like it.... Rat it up....... i liketo leave the dirt on which keeps it all looking the same colour... dirt is good
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Old 30-06-11, 12:50
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Hey Badga,, i thought about rat ar@ing it.. but a may go wi the matt black look an get some big american stickers on it.. like in the gallery pics,, or camo it.. or leave it as it is.. bro
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