Official color code thread (need pics) (12 Viewers)

[My wife said no FJ!]

Nice pics Destin.

You know what...the more I look at your rig, and those nice pics, the more I just want to clear coat it, and keep it just the way it is...she just looks too cool

Edit...I just used that middle pic as my desktop back ground

 

[destin]

Nice pics! You are getting all over the state with that thing!!! Awesome! Holla if your ever in Central Oregon!

Will do

Might do a leg of the discover route later this summer.
My wife is doing a residency for school in Pendleton.

 

[destin]

Nice pics Destin.

You know what...the more I look at your rig, and those nice pics, the more I just want to clear coat it, and keep it just the way it is...she just looks too cool

Edit...I just used that middle pic as my desktop back ground

nice

I would love to leave it the way it is, but i do not want it to rust away.
I want this to be around for another 45 years

I think the clear coating would just trap the rust underneath and it would just keep rusting... a proper blasting and painting is the only option

 

[dkroth]

I think the clear coating would just trap the rust underneath and it would just keep rusting... a proper blasting and painting is the only option

Don't do it, man! Skip the clearcoat. Just put a couple coats of wax on it. Oh, and a soft top and doors.

You can restore it as many times as you want, but it's only original once!

 

[destin]

Don't do it, man! Skip the clearcoat. Just put a couple coats of wax on it. Oh, and a soft top and doors.

You can restore it as many times as you want, but it's only original once!

I hear ya man

But waxing will not prevent it from rusting the metal if the metal is already getting bits of surface rust..
I want this thing to last another 45 years.

I think a total media blasting and painting is the only option I have to preserve it.
It will look old again in another 45 years

 

[rutbeer]

I pulled my hardtop apart a month ago or so and discovered that cyngus white was in no way the original white color of my hardtop. That's not to say that some weren't painted that way, but my 78 dune beige was not. Good thing I only bought a quart.

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

I pulled my hardtop apart a month ago or so and discovered that cyngus white was in no way the original white color of my hardtop. That's not to say that some weren't painted that way, but my 78 dune beige was not. Good thing I only bought a quart.

It could have already been painted by the PO.

Pics please...what color was it?

 

[Living in the Past]

Don't do it, man! Skip the clearcoat. Just put a couple coats of wax on it. Oh, and a soft top and doors.

You can restore it as many times as you want, but it's only original once!

I have to agree with destin on this. Here in AZ you can get away with it. But not in Portland. I've lived there as a kid it to wet most of the year.

 

[destin]

I have to agree with destin on this. Here in AZ you can get away with it. But not in Portland. I've lived there as a kid it to wet most of the year.

indeed, we have 2 seasons, rain and summer

 

[destin]

haha ok

soooo, it is definitely not tropical coral red as the original color...

Looked at the test spray, and it looked barbi pink with a hint of salmon.
like wayyy tinted out.

so looks like the only other color it could be for 1964 is solar red?

anyone have the paint code for solar red?

The peeps painting my truck said the stuff i ordered was of questionable quality...
( basically had no idea what brand it was )
Any of you have an early 60's fj40 in solar red?

Any other red it could possibly be?

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

haha ok

soooo, it is definitely not tropical coral red as the original color...

Looked at the test spray, and it looked barbi pink with a hint of salmon.
like wayyy tinted out.

so looks like the only other color it could be for 1964 is solar red?

anyone have the paint code for solar red?

The peeps painting my truck said the stuff i ordered was of questionable quality...
( basically had no idea what brand it was )
Any of you have an early 60's fj40 in solar red?

Any other red it could possibly be?

You have any pics of what you painted?

 

[destin]

naw, it is at the paint shops booth

Its def not the color that is in the inner fender walls etc



literally looks barbi pink with salmon hint

You have any pics of what you painted?

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Then why not find a place that can scan a clean section of your rig, copy that color, and go that way for a perfect match to your rig?

I tried looking up a PPG code for solar red, and could not find it on the sites I've used in the past

 

[destin]

Then why not find a place that can scan a clean section of your rig, copy that color, and go that way for a perfect match to your rig?

I tried looking up a PPG code for solar red, and could not find it on the sites I've used in the past

that might be a good idea

 

[destin]

I think we have a winner!

This is the t-332 test spray

 

[PabloCruise]

how bout some nebula green? no ones done that niether.

Color code # 622 "Nebula Gree"


Note the Pumpkin Orange 55 in the backround

We need some Nebula Green Pigs in this thread!

Also, it looks like some of the early pictures are no longer linked. Can people check their original posts?

 

[PabloCruise]

A fellow Mudder (Propilot) agreed to share some Toyota green sprayouts with me, and I thought I would return the favor by posting them in the "official" color code thread. These pictures were taken in full sunlight and are slightly washed out; in reality they are just a touch darker (at least darker than they show up on my monitor). But since dark colors always seem lighter when sprayed over a large area, this is probably a good indication of what a vehicle painted in these colors would look like.

Left to right they are:
Greyish Olive (6H9)
Fashion Green (T303)
Breath Green (T1654)

FWIW, Fashion and Breath Green seem to be different shades of the same basic color (hue?). If you had two vehicles painted in these colors I bet they would be hard to tell apart unless parked next to each other. Rustic Green, Fashion Green and 6H9 seem to be about the same shade, but with pregressively stronger olive tints. Breath Green is alot closer to Nebula Green that I thought it would be.

Would you say that Nebula Green falls between Fashion and Breath Greens?

 

[belaw]

Would you say that Nebula Green falls between Fashion and Breath Greens?

Not really. Fashion is a sage green color. Breath Green is the same (hue? tone?) only lighter. Nebula is about as light as Breath, but also a totally different green, sort of a light pastel green (almost mint green). Hard to describe, but here's a picture of a Nebula 40:

 

[Hogan]

Need help or opinions on what the color code is for this one. It's a 71 FST, heard it could be Sea foam Green, if it is what is the code?

 

[nicholastheczar]

Anyone know where I can get a color sample of Rustic Green 621? I went to Napa to have some mixed and they said they don't have the old enamal to mix the paint from the codes they have in there books? I'd like to have a swatch of it so I can take to ACE and have a gallon of their Rust Stop mixed so I can start the painting process. If anyone has any ideas on what I can do to get a good sample, I'm all ears!

Nick