Paint Quality Issues, Hype or not?

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Breaux on August 25, 2008 at 4:12pm

The paint is thin and scratches pretty easily. In my opinion Toyota came up with a new process to shoot the paint and decided that it could be a little thiner and achieve the same durability. The paint isn't bad but it isn't good enough for a $30K vehicle. Some of the trucks have it bad, others are minor (mine has a bad orange peel) while others are fine (My fathers is fine). The weird thing is that it is a chemical problem, the panels are painted by robots. Robots don't have rough weekends of partying and come in on Monday half hung over.


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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 25, 2008 at 5:48pm

You're probably right about Toyota using a new paint process. I suppose robots are alot cheaper in the long run than UAW union employees.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Breaux on August 25, 2008 at 7:56pm

And, sadly, sometimes smarter.

Do robots dream of electric sheep?

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Permalink Reply by Chris on August 27, 2008 at 12:45pm

I guess you never seen short circuit, Johnny 5 had lots of bad weekends

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Breaux on August 27, 2008 at 8:20pm

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Johnny get job painting trucks. OOOohhhhh. MORE INPUT!

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Permalink Reply by Kaz on August 25, 2008 at 9:03pm

My truck is still pretty young; I have only noticed the paint issue in the bed. I slid a cardboard box across the tailgate and it left noticeable scratches. In fact, everything that has gone for a ride in the back of the truck has left its mark. I figure a spray in liner is in order, my last tundra's paint was much tougher, I am disappointed with the paint quality for sure. Don't get me wrong I love the truck I am just extra careful with this one's paint. I'm also considering a clear bra before winter starts chipping up the front end.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Breaux on August 25, 2008 at 9:17pm

I have been looking at the 3M clear film.

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Permalink Reply by Kaz on August 25, 2008 at 9:21pm

What have you found on the 3M stuff, can we do our own installs?

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Breaux on August 25, 2008 at 9:35pm

Yes, You can buy rolls of the stuff and cut to fit. what I have been waiting for is a precut kit. Eventually there will be one but until then we could always cut our own. I found this company that thinks this stuff is made of enriched GOLD.

http://www.clearmask.com/vehicle_page.php

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Permalink Reply by Kaz on August 25, 2008 at 10:26pm

You are right about the pricing, goodness a couple hundo for the the tip of the hood? How much to spray the truck down with clear coat? :)

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Permalink Reply by Mickey Pitre on October 21, 2008 at 6:49pm

All trucks have that issue of scratching easy in the bed. My 03 F-150, 06 Silverado had the problem also.

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Permalink Reply by TXTee on October 21, 2008 at 7:07pm

I'm not too worried about the bed and even have a little damage to my tailgate from the loading ramps/motorcycles. The heavy duty bed liner was one of the first things I added b/c the dog rides in the back often and needed some grip in addition to better loading of the bikes. However, I did get some scratches on the side of the bed: 1) people think it's ok to pet loose dogs that are protecting their truck beds and she "went ape sh*t" on some people while I was in a winery, and 2) light bushes/tree branches etched a line or two. Fortunately, my truck is silver so they are not very visible but I can only imagine how upset I'd be if I had a darker colored truck. I think the paint quality is definitely less than what I have on my other Toyotas because my red 04 Highlander doesn't show as much and it's been through much more. The 02 silver Lexus shows practically no signs of scuff/abrasions. Since the Tundra is a truck I'm not as worried overall unless something major happens to the paint job in the next 2 years.

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