My Nitto lugged stem was on the shelf at Rivendell raw and totally unpainted. I went in to buy one because I was setting up a drop bar cockpit for my Bombadil. Jay grabbed a normal finished one and the raw one, and said 'same price, we'll get it color matched to your Bombadil'. I took the offer to paint it. Jay sent it out and called me when it was done. I assumed they could get a great match because they had chosen the orange powdercoat for my Bombadil. The match was not even close. It was way too yellow. Jay said "yeah, I had it wet painted, because our powder coater has a minimum. I took my best guess" I didn't like it at all, and Jay said 'no problem, let me give it another shot'. He had it painted again. It was a lot closer, but a little too red. I didn't have the heart to send it back again, so I kept it. When I sold my Bombadil the buyer didn't want the stem, so now it's my statement piece.
I have no clue who Riv had paint it. Maybe D&D? Bill in EC On Friday, March 6, 2020 at 3:25:03 PM UTC-8, ted wrote: > > Bill, did your red lugged stem have nitto’s usual dull bright finish to > begin with? Also who painted it? > Thnks > Ted -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8abce7ef-41ff-4ad2-ba19-a6705ea1994b%40googlegroups.com.
