Project Sahara Tan 4runner
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the4Rdan
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I'm doing itShould be finished this week!
Is that Toyota's Quicksand paint code? Excited to see the final product!
Tdub
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It is Toyota Quicksand
Tdub
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Satoshi in the booth
jsmith21
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I'm doing it
If you don't mind me asking, how much is this setting you back? I'm thinking about having mine repainted in a few years if it's not cost prohibitive..
Tdub
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Too much to justify! Vandalism, warrantied previous fixes and a great body shop made it happen. Funny how things work sometimes Making lemonade over here! Call your local shop and they'll give you a ballpark.
Quality paint jobs run $4k+
a color change involves alot of work if you go to the extent of painting the engine bay, all the jams, the hood, think of all the things that need to be removed and re-installed for that to be done right. probably more like $5-7k
jsmith21
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Yeah, I know a full color change would be expensive, I'd go back with the factory color (Nautical Blue Metallic). I was thinking for a repaint in the same color it'd be 2-4K but I haven't actually gotten an official quote anywhere.
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South-O 4RnR
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I have NBM as well and have extensive clear coat cancer. I got a quote from maaco for their top of the line paint (still maaco though). They were going to charge me $1500. They wouldn't paint the jambs or anything like that. This quote covered all exposed parts of the paint. 5 year warranty.
The cars they had out front weren't perfect, but the guy seemed pretty honest with what I should expect for the quote he was giving me. Given that it's 11+ years old, southern CA exposure, gets dirty and lives in the driveway, I'm comfortable with a decent paint job. I don't want to pay $4k for a factory finish and have to worry about babying it.
jsmith21
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That's not bad, my clear coat on my right side fender flares is chipping off, and it drives me crazy. I also at some point will be having my rear lift gate replaced, because mind has a section that keeps bubbling up with rust. I think the previous owner maybe hit something and then had it fixed cheaply. But I already have a new lift gate, the only problem is it's galactic grey, so it'll have to be painted and I'm wondering if when I get that done if I should just go ahead and paint the rest...but like you said I'm not sure if I want to put 4K ish into a paint job on a 10 year old vehicle. Honestly I may just do the lift gate and flares and then buff/detail the heck out of the rest. Because the rest of the car just has normal nicks here and there and some pinstripes from going off road but no clear coat failure or anything other than the right side flares.
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