Need Help With Capri Blue

[lvcruiser]

Hey, nice picture of my wife! Oh, and nice picture of my rig!

In that picture, I had repainted. I went to a local automotive paint store and gave them the color code mentioned above T-310. It was Omni paint (cheap), but the color match was pretty darn good to the original color. It was a tad darker, but I'm guessing that was due more to 30+ years of sun damage.

Good luck! I love that color!

Your ROTW thread is what made me want this color. I think Omni paint is what my sample is being mixed with too. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

Thanks.

 

[FF LC FREAK]

Sorry about using your photo but damn your 40 looks awesome.

Maybe it's the wide steelies, maybe it's the color, but it just looks fantastic. Good news about the paint, think thats the way I'm going even though it won't be "period correct".

I do have to ask, how tall is your wife or do you just have a high lift? Post some more shots to this thread if possible-Thanks!

It's a 4" Hell Creek lift with extended shackles. My wife is 5'4". You can see more pics in my ROTW thread linked in my sig.

 

[73FJ40]

Thought I'd update this thread, since I got the paint color I decided on from here (splib,Jul 24, 2012 post #13)

Well, the results are in from my paint search. I took this picture the same day the samples were mixed, in direct sunlight so as to be most representative of the relative differences.

The hinge is from my '73 FJ40 rear hatch, hidden from sunlight for most of its 42 year life. The swatch next to it is R-M file color for 808 Horizontal Blue. Given the aged paint vs. the new paint sample, I'm certain my '73 is originally horizontal blue.

The upper right is Blue Gleam 1749, represented as an official Toyota color for the 1973 time frame. My FJ40 is definitely not that color.

The bottom right is a standard R-M color, "SB015.00", which was posted by splib as noted above. It's clearly a contender for Capri Blue 310.

While not officially "Capri Blue", it is definitely has more of a gray tinge than the horizontal blue.

Apparently, even having original formulations for paint colors from 40 years ago doesn't mean they'll be 'on file' with current paint manufacturers for their entire range of paint qualities. Blue Gleam was available in various grades of paint, Horizontal Blue only in the econo line of R-M paint, while the SB015.00 was available in the mid- to high-grade products.

I'll be using the SB015.00 in a single stage urethane, no clear-coat. Multiple coats, wet sand out any orange peel, easy to maintain.