Clear Coat
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Ukie
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Here's a list of codes I just grabbed from a JSON data structure which powers "Build Your Toyota" page @ toyota.com.
Classic Silver Metallic - 1F7
Black - 202
Blizzard Pearl - 070
Magnetic Gray Metallic - 1G3 - hello Antman!
Salsa Red Pearl - 3Q3 - hello sp8ball!
Shoreline Blue Pearl - 8V5
Ukie
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btw, are you ordering online or from toyota service department?
Does anyone have feedbacks about paintscratch.com? They advertise "PaintScratch sells original factory touch up paint for your car, truck or SUV.". Is it a true statement?
Ukie
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Why screwed? Single stage is just a different type of paint technology. Visually it's not as reflective but deeper and richer compare to basecoat/clearcoat.
Turn_down
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I like this better. If they made a flat black paint job with no gloss whatsoever, I'd have bought that one!
homeyclaus
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I would test it myself to make sure it's not a clear coat after all before using clear coat incompatible products. I mean, you read all this on a web forum
1engineer
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I would test it myself to make sure it's not a clear coat after all before using clear coat incompatible products. I mean, you read all this on a web forum
I did just that. So while everyone who has a black 4Runner can assume it has no clearcoat because someone posted it on the internet, I can assure you guys that after running some sandpaper along a hidden portion of the "A" pillar that my black 4Runner scratches white. Seems if it had no clearcoat it would scratch black hmmmmm? BTW, clearcoat scratches white on every color.
Ukie
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It's very intriguing... In my initial thread post I've posted response from Toyota to MY inquiry for my VIN #...it's not just some info found on the internet.
Have to do a 'clear coat' test myself, just not with a sandpaper :wow2:
homeyclaus
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It buffs right out!
I didn't mean to demean anything you said. I have heard Toyota people both corporate and otherwise say some pretty dumb, and incorrect things in my time. I barely believe the parts people there.
Hey guys i was reading through this topic and i wanted to put
my experience with the 4Runners paint. I have a Black 2010
SR5 and its about 10 months old now. I've done a full correction
on the paint using some fairly aggressive polishes (Menzerna)
and the pads i used from aggressive to mild never showed any black
paint on them like a single stage paint would do. I can't say if the
paint has a clearcoat or not but it certainly did behave like a clearcoat
during the correction. Now i'm swirl free but thats also another issue.
This paint seems to scratch very very easily and its a pain. I've always
owned black vehicles this is the first who's paint is a pain. It also chips
easy. Overall I like the rig and some scratches are to be expected i guess.
Could it be it has some hybrid single stage paint with clear?
my experience with the 4Runners paint. I have a Black 2010
SR5 and its about 10 months old now. I've done a full correction
on the paint using some fairly aggressive polishes (Menzerna)
and the pads i used from aggressive to mild never showed any black
paint on them like a single stage paint would do. I can't say if the
paint has a clearcoat or not but it certainly did behave like a clearcoat
during the correction. Now i'm swirl free but thats also another issue.
This paint seems to scratch very very easily and its a pain. I've always
owned black vehicles this is the first who's paint is a pain. It also chips
easy. Overall I like the rig and some scratches are to be expected i guess.
Could it be it has some hybrid single stage paint with clear?
Wonderbreadman
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I recently swapped out my stock sr5 hood with an oem trail hood, it was painted with a clear coat to match the stock paint.
mountaineer83
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I posted a bit earlier in the thread with the same findings. My polishing pads showed no signs of black on them at all. That is a sure sign usually that the paint is not single stage. One way to know would be to actually talk to a certified Toyota body shop (owned by a dealership). They should deffinately know what type of paint is on a vehicle.
Also, I'm of the belief that there is a clear coat on my black '11 4R, although as you mentioned here, it scratches very very easily.
LD ZPPLN
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Well...... I took my Black 4Runner to the dealerships bodyshop and they confirmed that mine has a clearcoat finish.
They checked the vin # and made a call and yes mine has a clearcoat finish.
I still had doubts because of what I read here so they did a test spot to prove mine had clearcoat finish......... I now believe.
Mine has a build date of November 2010 and was built in Japan.
Im now very clear on the coat.
Mike
They checked the vin # and made a call and yes mine has a clearcoat finish.
I still had doubts because of what I read here so they did a test spot to prove mine had clearcoat finish......... I now believe.
Mine has a build date of November 2010 and was built in Japan.
Im now very clear on the coat.
Mike
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More evidence of clearcoat would be that the 4Runner is built at the Tahara plant. Those of you not familiar should know that they are one of Toyotas highest quality plants in Japan and they produce many other models, many of them Lexus. The Lexus paint standards are much higher than Toyota standards and when a plant builds both brands of vehicles it would be very hard to inspect two different standards.
If I was a betting man, I would say that we are getting better paint quality than most Toyota vehicles due to Lexus being built there as well. I'm not saying that we have a Lexus quality paint job, but that the plant probably has better paint robots and tooling to achieve Lexus Quality. Hopefully this makes sense. It has been a long day.
If I was a betting man, I would say that we are getting better paint quality than most Toyota vehicles due to Lexus being built there as well. I'm not saying that we have a Lexus quality paint job, but that the plant probably has better paint robots and tooling to achieve Lexus Quality. Hopefully this makes sense. It has been a long day.
I was looking at my 2011 limited silver color after it was detailed and the bottom 3 or 4 inches on all the doors has a different finish than the rest of the limited. It's kind of an orange peel finish. If it was only on one door I would think it was a defect, but it is on all the doors.
I have similar on my black limited. I assumed it is a 'tougher' surface because it is in the line of fire for stone-chips.... but now that I look at it, the running-board would prevent chips, as well as the rocker-panel.
I also see the same effect is on the rear-most inch or so of the front quarter-panel.... so it's not only the doors.
Perhaps it's an artifact that is easy to do for all the versions... i.e. it's needed for the trail-edition, so they do it on all editions because it's easier than re-tooling.
mib
That "orange peel" finish is standard fare on many, many (but not all) vehicles. You are correct in that it is an additional protective coating that is usually applied to the vehicle before painting to help protect the vehicle against stones and similar road debris. It has been applied to vehicles for some time. My 1999 Mazda has it also along the bottom 4 inches of body panels between the wheel wells.
Juanathang
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Clear coat
I have a question...I have a 2007 4Runner Sports Edition in White and I have about 5-6 softball size dull spots on my paint job obviously from the Clear Coat wearing off. We are expanding our family and are in need of a larger vehicle and I know I'm gonna get beat up on a trade in because its gonna need a new paint job. To me 6 years seems way to short for a clear coat and paint job to be fading out...anyone else have this issue. Paint stores are telling me its because Toyota didn't Bake the car for long enough....anyone?.
I have a question...I have a 2007 4Runner Sports Edition in White and I have about 5-6 softball size dull spots on my paint job obviously from the Clear Coat wearing off. We are expanding our family and are in need of a larger vehicle and I know I'm gonna get beat up on a trade in because its gonna need a new paint job. To me 6 years seems way to short for a clear coat and paint job to be fading out...anyone else have this issue. Paint stores are telling me its because Toyota didn't Bake the car for long enough....anyone?.
