MMM I got mine from Harris and they matched nearly perfectly but there may be variations depending on the die lot also there are a lot of different shades of red, but like I said mine are near perfect. I see lickbike is stocking the red ones again too. Mine are Jagwire. The derailleur cable is a stone cold B***H to cut unless you have the right cutters. If you get the reinforced cable housing take it to your LBS along with the old housing and have them cut it to length the file the ends and use something like an awl to open up the ends