Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Colored anodizing is very difficult to match lot to lot, never mind part to part, or specific alloy to specific alloy. bars, stems and posts may be made of slightly different materials, or processes, or have different surface properties, and will respond differently to the anodizing process.
Forged parts with their harder tighter surfaces tend to come up brighter than parts made from extrusion or castings, which in turn will be different from a part machined from billet.
It's just that way things are, and if you're that finicky about color stick to silver and black, though even those don't always match perfectly.
fb
I understand that...thanks though.
It's just my gold Nitto bars and stem are a perfect spot-on match...they have a real deep colored gold that Nitto is known for. I asked about the Nitto gold in a previous thread and everyone replied saying Nitto's gold was very deep like the gold on a nice a timepiece (like the gold on the Rolex). My stem/handlebars were exactly this described color.
The seatpost is a much lighter gold...like it was made by a different company. I knew there would be a subtle difference but this is quite obvious. It looks like a cheap gold finish that you would expect to find some Origin8 type part.