'13 TSS, Some Questions

Hey everyone. This seems like a cool place with lots of great info. Just got a '13 Tacoma Magnetic Gray TSS DCSB 4x4 this past Saturday. This is my first truck and first new vehicle I've bought. So, I've got a couple of questions.

1. Has anyone tried plastidip smoke on the grill surround? I know you can get a body color grill surround, but I was wondering if you could get close to magnetic gray with plastidip smoke.

2. Can you get body color paint protection film? I've had the thing for a fricken day and a half and scratched the leading edge of the rear drivers side door getting in or out. My pocket knife clip scraped it. Made me wanna puke when I noticed it. I will probably just have to get some touch up paint and then put the clear 3M door edge guard over it.

Got some black plastidip to do my badges. If that goes well, I'm gonna do the back bumper too. I was also thinking about painting the brake calipers red, but that might look kinda weird since it would only be on the front wheels. What do y'all think about red calipers?

 

Welcome. .

 

Looking at the scratch in the daylight, it does not look as deep as I thought. It should polish out. What product do you guys recommend for polishing out scratches? I might get better responses if I repost these questions outside of the new members section.

 

Indeed you would. There's tons of product recommendation over in the "detailing" forum. For most light scuffs and scratches I use Meguires Rubbing compound.