Does Toyota Sell Color Keyed Side Mirrors?

[JeffMerr]

For those of you who have used this, can you post some pictures of the mirrors? My only reservation is the quality of the paint/clear coat vs a professional paint shop.

 

[KaseyMcc]

For those of you who have used this, can you post some pictures of the mirrors? My only reservation is the quality of the paint/clear coat vs a professional paint shop.

I don't have pics of mine when they were on the vehicle, but if you follow the process of sanding, wipe down, priming, then painting you should be able to get good results. It's not hard to avoid runs if you use light coats. I thought the quality of the paint and clear was great, and I'm a pretty picky person when it comes to car stuff. I can't speak to long term because the mirrors were broken off after a few months. I wouldn't let the price give you concern about the quality of the paint. When I was done, you couldn't tell they weren't factory painted--the color match was perfect; however if your paint is faded it might not match perfectly. If I were considering doing it again myself (which I am, and will) versus taking it to a shop and paying 4x the cost of doing it myself, but was slightly concerned about the quality, I would take the $60 chance of doing it myself and see how it turned out. If it didn't turn out right then I'd go the more expensive route. It's a pretty easy mod to not mess up.
Myself, I'll be buying the paint kit and doing it again.

 

[AuSeeker]

I don't have pics of mine when they were on the vehicle, but if you follow the process of sanding, wipe down, priming, then painting you should be able to get good results. It's not hard to avoid runs if you use light coats. I thought the quality of the paint and clear was great, and I'm a pretty picky person when it comes to car stuff. I can't speak to long term because the mirrors were broken off after a few months. I wouldn't let the price give you concern about the quality of the paint. When I was done, you couldn't tell they weren't factory painted--the color match was perfect; however if your paint is faded it might not match perfectly. If I were considering doing it again myself (which I am, and will) versus taking it to a shop and paying 4x the cost of doing it myself, but was slightly concerned about the quality, I would take the $60 chance of doing it myself and see how it turned out. If it didn't turn out right then I'd go the more expensive route. It's a pretty easy mod to not mess up.
Myself, I'll be buying the paint kit and doing it again.

I like seeing that you have a 2004 with Titanium paint and was happy with the color match, the same color as my 2004 T4R except mine is a Limited, so I was curious of their paint matching correctly, good to know it does because I have to repaint my mirrors due to the paint chipping off, I have no problem doing the painting myself, but wouldn't recommend it to another if they didn't have at least a little bit of experience painting metal and or plastic and having it come out correctly.

 

[KaseyMcc]

I like seeing that you have a 2004 with Titanium paint and was happy with the color match, the same color as my 2004 T4R except mine is a Limited, so I was curious of their paint matching correctly, good to know it does because I have to repaint my mirrors due to the paint chipping off, I have no problem doing the painting myself, but wouldn't recommend it to another if they didn't have at least a little bit of experience painting metal and or plastic and having it come out correctly.

I agree with you on the experience part. I sometimes take it for granted that most people prone to DIY would already have a decent knowledge base from which they could attack a project like this. That said, it's not complicated in the least--especially with the information that can be found in this forum. If anyone that has no experience with cleaning/sanding/cleaning...again/then applying primer and painting plastic or steel has the inclination to take on this project I suppose I would suggest first going through the process on something else that won't be mounted to their vehicle so they could get the hang of it and learn a few things first.
I'll add this caveat: when I painted and cleared mine with the kit from Scratchwizard, the primer and paint went on fine and appeared perfect after properly coated; however, the clear coat scared me. More than likely the clear didn't immediately look right because of the ambient temperature and humidity. At first, the clear coat seemed to take all the "metallic glittery-ness" out of the finish, obviously not good. After it had ample time to dry though, it all looked perfect. I nearly wiped off the clear and paint completely off before the clear cured because I anticipated failure, but after it dried all was well-- so don't be as hasty as I nearly was.

 

[AuSeeker]

I agree with you on the experience part. I sometimes take it for granted that most people prone to DIY would already have a decent knowledge base from which they could attack a project like this. That said, it's not complicated in the least--especially with the information that can be found in this forum. If anyone that has no experience with cleaning/sanding/cleaning...again/then applying primer and painting plastic or steel has the inclination to take on this project I suppose I would suggest first going through the process on something else that won't be mounted to their vehicle so they could get the hang of it and learn a few things first.
I'll add this caveat: when I painted and cleared mine with the kit from Scratchwizard, the primer and paint went on fine and appeared perfect after properly coated; however, the clear coat scared me. More than likely the clear didn't immediately look right because of the ambient temperature and humidity. At first, the clear coat seemed to take all the "metallic glittery-ness" out of the finish, obviously not good. After it had ample time to dry though, it all looked perfect. I nearly wiped off the clear and paint completely off before the clear cured because I anticipated failure, but after it dried all was well-- so don't be as hasty as I nearly was.

Clear coat is like that at first it looks bad but usually is fine after it's flashes and dries, even if you have doubts and it doesn't look right after it dries it's still best to let it dry and then wet sand and re-clear it rather than to try and wipe the clear off which will most often mess up the color coat and possibly even the primer coat and then it all has to be done over.

You did a good job, looks great!