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Bring back spruce mica

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by archerm3, Apr 9, 2015.

  1. May 21, 2015 at 8:58 PM
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    toyodajeff

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    Bring back spruce mica Toyota! I'm 23 and its my favorite color I've seen on a 2nd gen. Is that bad?
     
  2. Jun 29, 2015 at 11:41 AM
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    lespauldude89

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    I agree... I want a 2016 in Spruce Mica so bad!
     
  3. Jun 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM
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    Dilleytech

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    I wonder what it would cost to get my truck re painted in spruce mica.. Best color available imo
     
  4. Jul 7, 2015 at 8:13 AM
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    bbumbles

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    Spruce Mica is a great Color just bought one last year!
     
  5. Jul 8, 2015 at 3:56 AM
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    js312

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    It'd be a tossup between that and Pyrite Mica for me with MGM being a distant third.
     
  6. Jul 10, 2015 at 8:39 AM
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    RickG

    RickG It seemed like a good idea at the time...

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    I like my Pyrite Mica, but I was planning on switching to Spruce Mica next time around ...so much for that. Toyota does need to offer more color choices. The current ones are getting old.
     
  7. Jul 10, 2015 at 10:54 AM
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    I already posted this photo in another forum. I took it just because I like the Spruce Mica so much. I wish it had been an option for me.

    spruce mica.jpg

    The good news is that it looks like 'Putty' will be available!

    tacoma.jpg

    Toyota's marketing is a mystery to me.
     
  8. Jul 10, 2015 at 10:59 AM
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    I like my Spruce Mica very much, but next time I might be more careful about what I ask for---it needs a bath every 72 hours.
     
  9. Jul 10, 2015 at 11:01 AM
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    The Spruce Mica is by far one of the best colours for the Tacoma. You don't see them near enough.
     
  10. Jul 16, 2015 at 3:16 PM
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    There is a used 2013 spruce access cab 4x4 2.7 auto for sale at my toyota dealer. took it for a spin when i was having some work done on my spruce reg cab. Was tempted to trade but will hold out for the 2016's. I think they are asking around $26k with 30k miles if anyone is looking.
     
  11. Jul 16, 2015 at 4:14 PM
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    Does anybody actually like the sandstorm color?
     
  12. Jul 17, 2015 at 10:02 AM
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    Tacoma at Work.jpg Mine is Spruce Mica as well. On a clean truck when the sun shines on it it really is sweet. I have had several people ask me if it was a custom paint job.

    But after some serious off-roading it is all scratched up and I need to have it buffed out to see if I can get it back to the glory days...
     
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  13. Jul 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM
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  14. Jul 17, 2015 at 7:19 PM
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    Hey desert drifter(Bill), we look kinda alike...IMG_20150516_123409797.jpg
     
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  15. Jul 18, 2015 at 1:20 AM
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    I would say yes if this was a thread about sandstorm color. lol.
     
  16. Jul 27, 2015 at 12:55 PM
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    Great to see these trucks in use! I used my Tacoma with the Warn M-8000 winch this past weekend with a couple of snatch blocks to lift a steel garage door (drum style) up onto a scaffold so that it could be mounted over top of a RV heigth door opening. A couple hours of though, some brackets bolted to trusses, some rigging and up she went! One of the guys asked, "are you sure it will lift that much?" It is a 8000 pound winch and this door is about 400 lbs, the line is 12,000 lbs, no worries my friend! Barely slowed the winch down from unloaded speed.
     
  17. Jul 27, 2015 at 12:57 PM
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    Glad they're not offering it. Love having a rare color...though if the weather even thinks of raining, it looks like it hasn't been washed in a year. Shows scratches like mad too.
     
  18. Jul 27, 2015 at 5:42 PM
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    SpruceJPG

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    Owned an 06 Silver TRD and 13 SR5 Spruce Mica. Spruce looks amazing on these trucks... yet again I'm somewhat bias :D

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  19. Jul 28, 2015 at 6:33 AM
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    I saw a Spruce Mica here in Pcola over the weekend. I gotta say, I did a double take like I had just seen Kate Beckinsale naked. That's a pretty truck.
     
  20. Jul 28, 2015 at 6:34 AM
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    Hrmm...Kate Beckinsale naked or a Spruce Mica Tacoma...that's a hard choice!

    Edit: *tough* choice.
     

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