stengines1 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Does the Rapid Red color take longer for delivery? Love the color but see on some other places that they are only doing it in batches so up to 6 weeks longer. Already a $385 option and adds a delay Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottK1 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/19/2021 at 6:38 AM, stengines1 said: Does the Rapid Red color take longer for delivery? Love the color but see on some other places that they are only doing it in batches so up to 6 weeks longer. Already a $385 option and adds a delay Really? A lot of the options are done in batches. Rapid red is probably the least of your concerns on delays. The extra fee is because it's an extra coat of paint (I see Ford referring to it as having a tinted clear coat). FYI - if you ever need to repair it, the body shops will charge extra also, because its a PIA to replicate tri-coat paints. I like the color but I've learned about tri-coat myself the hard way. Looks great until it needs to be fixed. But get it if you love it. I love seeing more colors on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/19/2021 at 9:38 AM, stengines1 said: Does the Rapid Red color take longer for delivery? Love the color but see on some other places that they are only doing it in batches so up to 6 weeks longer. Already a $385 option and adds a delay Really? 6 week delay... Nonsense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 7 hours ago, ScottK1 said: A lot of the options are done in batches. Rapid red is probably the least of your concerns on delays. The extra fee is because it's an extra coat of paint (I see Ford referring to it as having a tinted clear coat). FYI - if you ever need to repair it, the body shops will charge extra also, because its a PIA to replicate tri-coat paints. I like the color but I've learned about tri-coat myself the hard way. Looks great until it needs to be fixed. But get it if you love it. I love seeing more colors on the road. Rapid Red Metallic Tinted Clearcoat is NOT a tri-coat paint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottK1 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 18 hours ago, ice-capades said: Rapid Red Metallic Tinted Clearcoat is NOT a tri-coat paint. The terminology doesn't negate anything else I said about the difficulty of painting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 3 hours ago, ScottK1 said: The terminology doesn't negate anything else I said about the difficulty of painting it. That would eliminate anything other than Oxford White or Shadow Black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshea Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I wish there was another red available. They don’t have to batch trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 21 hours ago, ScottK1 said: The terminology doesn't negate anything else I said about the difficulty of painting it. If it’s simply a tinted clear coat then it’s still a 2 part paint - base coat/clear coat. The clear coat just has pigment. As opposed to a tri-coat which has 3 parts - base, mid coat and clear coat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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