Color Choices

IF Owner Site

Screen Calibrator

One of the hardest decisions about buying a new IF frameset is figuring out what color it should be painted, or if it is Ti, to paint it at all. Our mission, in the Independent Fabrication paint department, is to help you to understand what your choices are and how to go about realizing your dreams in color.

1. Basic Paint (level of difficulty: low)

   We offer 23 stock paint colors that cover the range of popular basic colors, metallics, and pearls. You can choose any one of these colors and paint your new steel IF as a solid color at no additional charge.

   Basic Paint options for Titanium and Stainless in 2008: For $250 MSRP you can paint your new titanium or stainless IF with a solid color, 3/4 paint job, or painted panels on the seat tube and down tube. If you still find yourself wanting more custom paint on our titanium or stainless frames please have your IF authorized dealer contact us for a quote.

   All decal colors are available on any of our painted steel, brushed stainless steel and shotpeened titanium frames.

2. Basic Paint with Custom Masking (level of difficulty: medium to high)

   You can have any number of things done with all the stock colors available for 2008. Examples are shown in detail on the ifrider website (www.ifrider.com). This includes flames, painted-in panels, team panels and many others. All of these things come at an extra cost due to the high level of detail and labor hours involved. Just like every other department, our P.P.G certified paint department is set up for custom work and is constantly looking at new ideas and processes to make your dreams come true, in color.

3. Custom Colors (level of difficulty: depends on which custom paints you desire as some require special application techniques)

   This is for those customers who know what they want but don.t see that special color on our stock color list. Do you want to match your new frame to your car, or do you just want something unique? Whether you decide on colors we do not stock, candies, pearls, prizmatiques, tints added to the clear coat of your basic paint, or harlequins, which change color depending on the angle of the light, we.ve got your new frame covered. We may need to color match and/or special order the paint, but have no fear, we can match, or come close to matching, almost anything. Warning: Some custom colors are extremely expensive, so we suggest seeing a trained cardiologist before choosing one of them.

4. Customs Colors & Custom Masking (level of difficulty: high)

   Are you driven by the need to have it all? Many of these types of paint jobs require extensive paint room consultations and push the limits of just what two hands can do. If it can be done technically to perfection and you are the type of person who doesn.t like to hear the word NO, we are ready to do it. Over the past years, we have painted many exotic paint schemes, some of which have out priced the cost of our frames. What drives the price of painting a frame to this level? It.s all the extra hours of hand labor, creative consultation, and special paints that are sold by the ounce. Examples of these styles of paint jobs will slowly be added to our Custom Paint Gallery on our website throughout the year. So, if you have the itch that just can.t be scratched, look no further for relief.