Sick of metallic paint...

Everything now is metallic... and I'm getting sick of it. I saw a car with non-metallic paint the other day and thought that looks really, really cool; then I realized what I liked about it was the non-metallic... I hope Toyota has non-metallic options for the 2016... That tan one they have looks really cool I think...

 

People like shiny sparkly things...


I was thinking the same thing the other day, saw a plain old mid 80's Toyota in blue the other day...they should bring back those non-metalic paints.

 

There are a few non-colours you can get on the 2015 Tacoma that are non-metallic, such as black and white.

Jeff

 

Black is a metallic

 

Nice... duller and flatter is good!

 

Nope, its just black. Toyota went from black sand pearl (metallic) to just black (non-metallic). Don't know which year, but my 2011 is just black.

I agree, I'm a fan of the standard colored cars. However MGM is pretty nice looking.

 

Yeah, I really like MGM too... or liked I should say... now half of all cars on the road seem to be that color!

 

Non metallic paint....BORING!

Let's get primer gray while we are at it.

 

Here ya go.

 

Dude - that's the friggin' car I was talking about that I saw!

 

Haha yeah? Its a Scion tC in the 'Cement' color.

 

I want to repaint my truck a maserati color

 

Nice. I love it!

 

Arancion. Interesting color but looks cool
http://youtu.be/hh-aib6P-CU

 

I'll take any color as long as it's white. I live in socal and white is coolest in the heat and most visible in traffic

Metallic white??

 

We call that "Pearl Necklace" white...

 

Saw one of these in person at a show I was at, very understated for a Lambo;

 

Tacoma had metallic black until 2010, starting in 2011 they changed it to a non-metallic.

Jeff

 

I know it's called just "Black" for the 2011+ (which I have) but from personal experience, it actually has flecks of mica in it, so I would say it's technically a little metallic and not just "black"

 

Paint code 202 (what's used on the 2011+ trucks) is an old colour that's been used since the 80's, it was a single-stage non-metallic paint but now has clear, or at least it should be.

I've looked at it up close with various lighting including sunlight (my car is 204 metallic and I wanted to see 202 which was used one year later) and based on the formulations for mixing it, it should have no metallic in it at all.

202 is 1-stage or 2-stage pure black
204 is 2-stage black metallic (silver fleck)
209 is 2-stage black metallic (coloured fleck)

There are others that are used on Lexus or are more uncommon like 205 metallic, but 2011+ trucks should definitely be non-metallic.

Jeff