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Best Paint Color?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by 12Tac, Dec 29, 2019.

  1. Dec 30, 2019 at 3:47 PM
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    Superdave1.0

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    Green ones taste like apples.
     
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  2. Dec 30, 2019 at 3:50 PM
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    The orange ones taste like wax.
     
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  3. Dec 30, 2019 at 3:54 PM
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  4. Dec 30, 2019 at 3:54 PM
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    Blue all day long! What the best I interior air freshener smell?
     
  5. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:00 PM
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    One week old New Car Smell.
     
  6. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:00 PM
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    Silvers are most forgiving in regards to both showing dirt and scratches etc. So Sky Silver Metallic.
     
  7. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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    Little trees Black Ice = droppin' panties.
     
  8. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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    It's like an old Axe commercial up in here.

     
  10. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:03 PM
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    All the things!
    I'm allergic to poultry... so ham for me please. Stone ground mustard and no mayo (yuck).
     
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  11. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:04 PM
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    CrippledHo

    CrippledHo I'm calling about your car's extended warranty

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    sorry, i got distracted. What were we talking about?
     
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    Vanilla. Yellow xmas tree.
     
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  13. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:05 PM
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    I went with silver sky or whatever it is they call it. It accents the red hawaiian dirt, that usually is splattered all over my ride.

    But I will add this...Toyota paint and clearcoat are weak water based rubbish. They will scratch and chip just by thinking about it.
     
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  14. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:08 PM
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    All the things!
    This is not unique to Toyota. My brother's brand new Ram has the same issues. You can see through the color coat to the primer on his tailgate.

    I believe new EPA regulations are to blame for our current paint woes.
     
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  15. Dec 30, 2019 at 4:13 PM
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    Yes you are right. Paint nowadays just ain't the paint that it used to be.
     
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    Speaking of favorite flavors, the best flavor of paint was lead. Now that was the good old stuff.
     
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    To my BBP brothers please do not take offense. Just an informative post.

    Try to avoid BBP trucks (only 2017's made in Baja Mexico). Some of them were part of the bad clear coat batch. Not sure how many, but I think it is hundreds if not thousands affected. I saw this one in person.

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  18. Dec 30, 2019 at 5:05 PM
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    Wow. I knew that was an issue, but that is by far the worst case I've seen. I wonder if Toyota would cover the repair of that one.
     
  19. Dec 30, 2019 at 5:08 PM
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  20. Dec 30, 2019 at 5:15 PM
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    It was still under warranty, so yes they covered it. They actually bought this one back from the owner. I wonder what happens when you are out of warranty? Probably get the finger from Toyota.
     

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