I wanted to get a new Reo, and I wanted a Green Grand with black door to match the original mini I currently own, but all I'm finding is the brighter Kawasaki green.
What ever happened to the darker green anodized Reos
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I heard they were discontinued because they repeatedly melted into the tall grass and disappeared. Not sure if this is true.
I'll Pm him, didn't know if this is something that had been brought up at some point and I missed since I haven't been around the forums much.
Maybe the color was one that had a low unblemished success rate when anodized. Maybe the color didn't sell well. Or just the opposite to where it flooded the market. It's quite common to change colors when any of the above is the case. Rob has the right answer to your question.
I'm not sure how old my Green/black mini is, but its a emerald green.
The first Mini emerald green anodized I saw in Karens timeline pictures was a door on a June 2011 run of nickle Mini's. So that kind of suggests he had all green Mini's then. My beautiful blue ano OG Mini is from the Feb 2011 run. The picture she posted of that run doesn't include a green one, so no idea if that color was also in that run.
I've had my Emerald green mini for several years, I know it was one of the standard colors back when Rob couldn't keep any Reo's in stock.
I am on the search myself for the Anodized grands. I have a gold and black but want the red, purple, green and blue. I have a Green anodized grand door.......just not the mod. <sniff>
I asked Rob about doing anodized as I love them the most. He said that he stopped doing them as it was too difficult to get consistent finishes so he stopped. I love the anodized the most so if anyone has some to get rid of.....heh heh
Take care REOnauts! -peace-
I asked Rob about doing anodized as I love them the most. He said that he stopped doing them as it was too difficult to get consistent finishes so he stopped. I love the anodized the most so if anyone has some to get rid of.....heh heh
Take care REOnauts! -peace-
Anodizers are a drag to deal with and its never there fault when they destroy hundreds of mods .
I deal with suppliers all day, and I know how they can be with not taking responsibility when they mess up, Once I sent a flywheel to be machined, and it came back with chatter marks, looked like they used a worn out bit on the machine, but they swore that something was wrong with the flywheel, luckily the flywheel was still thick enough for one more machining and the second machinist was able to fix the damage.
The gold grands on the REOsMods site look anodized to me
Are they?
And if so
Why are they?
My first REO is a Black/Gold Grand anodized
Back then you had to be lucky to get one
And Woodvils were FuGedAboutIt, you had to know somebody to get one
Robs come a long way since then
I like the look of anodized, but wish it didn't scratch so easy
Are they?
And if so
Why are they?
My first REO is a Black/Gold Grand anodized
Back then you had to be lucky to get one
And Woodvils were FuGedAboutIt, you had to know somebody to get one
Robs come a long way since then
I like the look of anodized, but wish it didn't scratch so easy
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Yes it states there gold anodized. There is a thread barried in here about them.
.......I was lucky enough a while ago to snag one of the first solid gold anodized body, without the SL. (Thanks Jan)! I love it.
I still do small runs of ano mods black for the most part and once and a while I will run a off color like gold . I have bad luck with plating companies in my area . I have to be all over these people to get a passable product and if I don't stay on them they slip and produce sub par work that I could never sell .
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