Painting Time

[Iceman25th]

I had posted this question on the FJ60 forum and got a good suggestion to post it here.
I have gathered together nice west coast doors, fenders and rockers and am getting ready to put them on the 1990 FJ62. Questions are developing. I am going to have a friend shoot the parts since, although I am fearless with a welder, spray guns horrify me. I am not going for the "keep it out of the woods and haul it on the trailer" look. The friend has remarked upon the fact that I can probably save money if I can find the paint equivalent to the Toyota 045 from another source. He says that the name Toyota on the paint raises the price.
Can anyone provide a recommendation on that issue and the best primer to use? Since the doors and fenders are off of the vehicle does anyone have any good suggestions for rust prevention? I live where the salt shakers are yellow and masquerade as Penn Dot trucks.

 

[jimd4x4]

Find a good paint store. Whether it be PPG, Dupont, Sikken, Sherwin Williams or Carquest. Bring your code to them they will be able to mix it for you. Also they can help you through the whole process of primers sealers and what not.

 

[Iceman25th]

Paint

Thanks for responding. That was pretty much what I had done in the past but after I saw what I was charged for the paint because it was a Toyota code irritated the hell out of me. After all, it is just white.paint. We got to thinking that I could most likely identify the same white in a non Toyota setting and save some money.. My FJ62 is a great truck and I use it every day but I don't need a classic restoration, just a good solid paint finish that will withstand PA winter crap.

 

[jimd4x4]

I doubt the Toyota code has anything to do with it. It is the pigments in the mixing colors that determine the cost. White are generally cheap red's are expensive. Automotive paint is expensive. I about tipped over when I walked out of the store with my paint. You could always do what a lot of other people do. Take a color sample to ACE Hardware and have them color match in Rustoleum.

Good Luck

 

[Eric Winkworth]

It interests me that reds cost more... especially because I've own several toyota/mazda/honda vehicles and so have friends that have 20 year old factory red paint that so oxidized and poorly maintained it almost looked pink when the vehicles were purchased. With hours of polishing and waxing all three of the said vehicles paint came back to an almost new looking finish... All cars had little to no rust also (which is extremely rare in the part of south western ontario I live in due to road salt and humidity)

It just makes me wonder why the red paint seems to hold up so much better then other colors....

Maybe it's just a coincidence because they all were oil undercoated fairly well which is a big factor in keeping the cancer off... I can tell you this none of them had seen a wash or wax in a decade at least!