This is Michigan after all, the road salt capital of planet Earth. So I said, "time out- I'm not comfortable taking a drill to my new truck". So together we went outside to remove the gas cap door and, much to my dismay, we discovered that there is not a way to remove the door without drilling out factory rivets that hold the door in place. So I informed him that although I was not pleased about that, I would honor the request because I definitely wanted the cap's paint to match my truck. He said, that because Silver Sky Metallic was such a difficult color to duplicate, that the best way to ensure a close match was to send in my fuel filler door. would guaranteed that my cap's paint would match the Silver Sky Metallic color of my truck was if I sent A.R.E. When he returned and started entering info into his computer, I heard him say, "Huh?", to which I replied, "Huh, what?" The retailer then proceeded to tell me that according to A.R.E., the only way that A.R.E. retailer went out to my truck to copy down the paint code number and the VIN. X-series cap for my DCSB Limited.Īfter helping me choose my options, the A.R.E. caps and the 2014 Tacoma paint color "Silver Sky Metallic".Īfter considerable research and consideration, yesterday, I placed an order for an A.R.E. I mean paint color names from different manufacturers are really no different, I came from the MINI world and they have had seven (!!!!!) different names for silver since 2002.Crystal Silver Metallic, Dark Silver Metallic, Melting Silver Metallic (TBH this one is pretty cool), Pure Silver Metallic, Sparking Silver Metallic, Velvet Silver Metallic, White Silver Metallic.Consider this to be a FYI thread about A.R.E. At the end of the day, Celestial Silver Metallic is a pretty cool-sounding name. They have to call it something, so they throw names for the silver color at the wall until something sticks. Instead of referring to all silver-colored Gen3 Tacoma's as "silver".they differentiate the paint by code AND name. Toyota (clearly) changed the paint on some level, which warranted a new paint code. I would say it's less about selling vehicles than it is about differentiating paint colors/codes. Some of the other details are in the original post I linked. I have a 3rd gen 4Runner with -25mm offset F5's and they sling crap all up the side of the vehicle, so clean rigs don't stay clean too long, especially here in the PNW. I think it is the perfect combo for what I was going for. They are mounted on the SCS F5 in 17 x 8.5 -10mm offset. 34's were next to nothing, so I opted for the slightly taller 285/75/17's in E load. The price between the Toyo Tires AT3 for 33's vs. I didn't care for the too soft feeling that the OR's come with from the factory. I went with the RXT at stage 3 in the back. I REALLY like how it came out both looks wise and ride. I don't think we went maxed out, buy I did go with 650# coils over the standard 600# coils up front. I wanted to keep at least factory rake and give me some room to pack it up without looking level or getting into negative rake. I wanted a good AT that was snow rated and as light as possible. I sat on the parts for the better part of a year before I decided on what tire I wanted for the new build. He was very helpful in listening to what I was going for and helping to piece together my lift. I pieced it together after contacting Colton, memario1214 with Hotshot Offroad. I wished that having build details was standard practice as it would have helped out my research as well. Now you have mismatched body panels, and you're posting to TW about how the body shop screwed up & what should you do.Ĭlick to expand.I need to put this on my page. If Toyota just called their different silver-colored paints, "silver", there's a greater chance the body shop gets the wrong paint, and repaints your truck with, say, Silver Sky paint vs. It's probably easiest to imagine it this way.there's a situation where you need to have a repair done, so your Tacoma goes to a body shop in need of some bodywork and repainting. I mean paint color names from different manufacturers are really no different, I came from the MINI world and they have had seven (!!!!!) different names for silver since 2002.Crystal Silver Metallic, Dark Silver Metallic, Melting Silver Metallic (TBH this one is pretty cool), Pure Silver Metallic, Sparking Silver Metallic, Velvet Silver Metallic, White Silver Metallic. Click to expand.I would say it's less about selling vehicles than it is about differentiating paint colors/codes.
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