I'm about to send my 1990 FJ62 to get painted for the first time since it left the factory in 1989. It spent the majority of its life in California under one owner so is beautifully maintained and completely rust free. The only real part of the car that took a beating was the paint from all the years in the bright sun. The overcoat has completely deteriorated in large areas like the hood and roof. There's no doubt the truck needs to be repainted - especially before it begins to compromise the frame. Where doubt begins to creep in is the color.
The truck's original color is Champagne (4G8). To be perfectly honest, I'm not the biggest fan of the color. I don't really like it much at all. I like a lot of the other stock FJ colors way better and am leaning towards changing the color all together. I've entertained the idea of a two tone with older toyota colors from the fj40s like Fashion Green / Lily White. At times that feels totally crazy and think I should stick to one FJ60s stock color.
The closer the date gets to sending the truck off, the more I have no idea if there's a right call to make. I own the truck because I love it and want to hang onto it for as long as my life affords me to. That being said, I just want to make sure I'm not doing something super stupid by not keeping the original factory color.
Any advice is much appreciated. I know there's probably no correct answer but sometimes you learn new things just by asking and I find that valuable.
The truck's original color is Champagne (4G8). To be perfectly honest, I'm not the biggest fan of the color. I don't really like it much at all. I like a lot of the other stock FJ colors way better and am leaning towards changing the color all together. I've entertained the idea of a two tone with older toyota colors from the fj40s like Fashion Green / Lily White. At times that feels totally crazy and think I should stick to one FJ60s stock color.
The closer the date gets to sending the truck off, the more I have no idea if there's a right call to make. I own the truck because I love it and want to hang onto it for as long as my life affords me to. That being said, I just want to make sure I'm not doing something super stupid by not keeping the original factory color.
Any advice is much appreciated. I know there's probably no correct answer but sometimes you learn new things just by asking and I find that valuable.