Going back to 5th Gen’s. How’s your paint holding up?

[blackened_offroad]

Super white 18’.

Just waxed the truck today.

Not noticing oxidizing yet. I will say that my paint is chipped all over. Pin stripping is pretty bad (Arizona), down to primer in some areas, paint generally seems weak.

Good clay bar session would take care of most of it but, you can only do that so many times, and it’s not like I’m going to stop going down trails.

Figure a respray or bedliner is in the future at some point. For now... touch up pen :/

I find that the paint is either remarkably thin or remarkably soft. This this gets scratched if I look at it the wrong way. I just basically quit caring and will probably have it all touched up at a shop at some point.

yup to both of these. I have a '19 black. It has 15k miles on it and is pinstriped to hell, thanks to UT, AZ, CO, and NM trails. has a bunch of other scratches too. If you breathe on it too hard, the white primer shows through. I've had mine 6 months and I've already given up on the paint. I plan on keeping this truck until it's dead, so I'll be repainting it at some point. probably in the next two years, the way things are going. Pretty irritating that such an expensive vehicle has such terrible paint, but oh well. Will be looking into some form of rhino liner or CARC paint as a possibility. I'm not going to stop driving on trails, so I might as well go tough with the paint.

 

[08TxRunner]

For some reason the blues, reds and whites seem to have the most problems. The blacks, grays, and silvers not so much.

 

[blackened_offroad]

For some reason the blues, reds and whites seem to have the most problems. The blacks, grays, and silvers not so much.

gonna have to disagree with you there. I have a 6 month old black one and the paint is toast already.

 

[mrmike7189]

So funny to run across this thread today- ironic because I took my 2017 in silver to the body shop today for a paint repair.. I was pressure washing bugs off of the grill surround and took a chunk of paint off about the size of a quarter.. took me a second to figure out WTH happened.. pretty sad- have NEVER had that happen before.. like others- LOVE the rig but the paint SUCKS

Damn! My 2020 is classic silver metallic......same paint?
I hope mine holds up better than that? Damn shame

 

[08TxRunner]

gonna have to disagree with you there. I have a 6 month old black one and the paint is toast already.

Geez, sorry to hear that. Typically black is OK. I hope the dealer/Toyota takes care of you.

I can say that my Nautical Blue came off the lot with all kinds of imperfections in the clear coat, meaning pits, chips, etc. Not real hopeful.

 

[TacoRunn0517]

I think MGM is the sweet spot when it comes to Toyota paint. At least that's what I've observed.