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How close is primer to cement color?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by moosey52, May 4, 2020.

  1. May 4, 2020 at 12:20 PM
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    moosey52

    moosey52 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Im considering buying a primed flat hood for my cement colored truck to use on my sport. Not wanting to get rid of scooped hood for future resale value. Does anyone know how close the gray primed aftermarket hoods are to the cement color?
     
  2. May 4, 2020 at 12:39 PM
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    hiPSI

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    Toyota uses different colored primer depending on color of vehicle.
    Aftermarket primer is not even close to Cement color. It's either gray or red oxide or tan.
     
  3. May 4, 2020 at 12:58 PM
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    Blue Canary

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    If you want to protect the resale value, put a piece of color matched matte vinyl wrap over the scoop.
     
  4. May 4, 2020 at 1:09 PM
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    Its not going to be close at all, in my opinion. I'll have (Renton, WA) the OEM hood from my Cement 2020 Off-Road available for sale in about a week or so.
     
  5. May 4, 2020 at 1:20 PM
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    moosey52

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    I live in louisiana so its pretty far from WA. Its the height of the scoop that I'm at odds with. Ive seen spray paint matched on automotivetouchup.com. An option is to get the flat aftermarket hood and "spray paint it" with the can paint. I'd like to have the center piece of the hood black so if I got a black primered hood, I could mask off center of hood and paint, lol.
     
  6. May 4, 2020 at 1:32 PM
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    gotcha. You're probably over thinking it..haha.
    For such a new truck, if you want to get a flat/off-road hood, order from one of those places that pre-paints the body parts.
     
  7. May 4, 2020 at 1:38 PM
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    moosey52

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    Probably so as I do with most of my truck stuff. (over thinking)
     

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