Hi,
I almost finished restoration of my FJ62.
During about two years, I did so many work for my truck, brake swap, trany swap, t-case overhaul, differential rebuilding,
Finally, I cut off rust and weld new sheet metal and repaint.
My FJ62's factory color was Blue(8B2) but I changed to Volcanic Red.
Before start painting, I considered many kind of colors.
My major requirement was using color which already used at other vehicle in Korea because it makes easy when getting same paint or spray later for fixing damaged painting area on my vehicle.
My truck's factory color blue wasn't sold in Korea that everytime when I need paint, it must be made by painting professional.
First, I considered oceanic silver. it's very cool color.
Ther main reason why I give up Oceanic silver is hardness of distinguish when rainy or foggy weather.
Korea is peninsula that we have a lot of rainny or foggy days and also humidity is very high.
(Average humidity is 50~60% at spring, 80~90% at summer, 50~60% at fall, 40~50 at winter)
I had some dangerous experience with silver color that when I was running highway, if weather was not so good, cars which have silver color was very hard to distinguish. So, I gave up that color to prevent accident by other car.
Second consideration was Hawaiian blue which is some more bright than my truck's previous color.
But I also gave up because of it's very brilliant.
So, I choose Volcanic red and am satisfied.
The very color I prefer most is oceanic silver but safety is most important that I didn't chose.
I love this color Volcanic red very much !
What do you think about my new color ?
Oh, Min Seok
I almost finished restoration of my FJ62.
During about two years, I did so many work for my truck, brake swap, trany swap, t-case overhaul, differential rebuilding,
Finally, I cut off rust and weld new sheet metal and repaint.
My FJ62's factory color was Blue(8B2) but I changed to Volcanic Red.
Before start painting, I considered many kind of colors.
My major requirement was using color which already used at other vehicle in Korea because it makes easy when getting same paint or spray later for fixing damaged painting area on my vehicle.
My truck's factory color blue wasn't sold in Korea that everytime when I need paint, it must be made by painting professional.
First, I considered oceanic silver. it's very cool color.
Ther main reason why I give up Oceanic silver is hardness of distinguish when rainy or foggy weather.
Korea is peninsula that we have a lot of rainny or foggy days and also humidity is very high.
(Average humidity is 50~60% at spring, 80~90% at summer, 50~60% at fall, 40~50 at winter)
I had some dangerous experience with silver color that when I was running highway, if weather was not so good, cars which have silver color was very hard to distinguish. So, I gave up that color to prevent accident by other car.
Second consideration was Hawaiian blue which is some more bright than my truck's previous color.
But I also gave up because of it's very brilliant.
So, I choose Volcanic red and am satisfied.
The very color I prefer most is oceanic silver but safety is most important that I didn't chose.
I love this color Volcanic red very much !
What do you think about my new color ?
Oh, Min Seok
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