Is Toyota White a single stage paint?

[J-money$$$]

Im getting the feeling that the white in my 97 4runner may be a single stage paint. I looked around thins morning and found that the tundras in white were single stage, but cant seem to find out for sure if the 4runners were.

My buddy backed into my door the other night down in deep creek. I dont really care about that, but the weirdest thing is that there is white paint all over his truck where it rubbed up against mine, and where the contact was on my truck looks all flat and scratched. So i buffed it out a little (didnt really help) and there was white all over the buffing pad.

Im doubting there is a clear coat on the truck now. Maybe one of you know? Like I said its not that i really even care, but knowing if its single stage could help others know how to maintain the paint

 

[scoobydann]

It is a single stage.

 

[J-money$$$]

It is a single stage.

thank you sir. That explains a lot. Why it scratches so easy, and why scratches some out easy. Im glad its not clear coated

 

[rjaudi]

White and black are single stage. My white polish will turn grey as I use it.

 

[Nelsonmd]

thank you sir. That explains a lot. Why it scratches so easy, and why scratches some out easy. Im glad its not clear coated

Wow, look at that faith!

 

[rjaudi]

That's contradictory to what the shop that painted my black 4Runner said when I asked them. Not saying your wrong. I don't know for sure, but how certain are you?

100 percent. I had a discussion with another member about this and studied the paint codes. I believe the bright red might be also, but I'm not positive about that.

 

[Frontier719]

anyone with detailing experience?

Kind of reviving an old post but hopefully someone can help out.

I didnt run a carfax on my 4runner before I bought it but I'm fairly confident it was in an accident at some point within the last 6-7 years. The driver's side fender and hood are missing the tags with the vin on them meaning they are not original parts.

With that being said, the fender and hood have clear coat on them whereas the rest of the car is single stage white. (tragic problem for those with OCD). From 10 feet back, its great--up close, I can tell the difference in the paint surfaces.

I used some basic car wax to try and remove the stains in the white paint but it didn't do anything. What type of product should I be using and do I need an electric polishing wheel or will just using a rag work?

 

[StreetCreeper]

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/116860-natural-white-revitalization-thread.html

 

[Frontier719]

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/116860-natural-white-revitalization-thread.html

Missed that thread. thanks

 

[CruiseOverland]

The Revitalization thread listed above is killer. I have a Red 00 Tacoma that looked pink when I bought it (single stage also). I bought a 7" rotary buffer from Harbor Freight, the blue 8" cutting pad and some Meguires Ultimate Buffing/Cutting compound. It says it's level 4 out of 10. The key in my limited experience is to keep the surface being cut and the pad on the buffer wet and use a lower speed (on the Drill Master i used 2.5-3). if it dries up, you'll have a rough time getting it off (probably have to re-apply the Meguires and go over it again). I did my whole truck in that process until it looked nice and felt smooth, then I bought the black finishing/waxing pad from Harbor and some Meguires liquid yellow carnuba wax and hit the whole truck.

The rotary buffers are easier to mess up with than the orbitals, but I felt like the learning curve wasn't bad at all and the results were awesome. I think i spent less than $100 and about 12 hours, but my truck looks beautiful, even after 7 months and a winter with several car washes. I plan to do it again next fall and wax once a month.

I hope that's worth something.