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My car was originally Silver and I can see it was then orange. Currently it is black. I'm not sure if they used the original paint color or not. I just found out there are many black paints to choose from out there. Silly me, this was the one color that I thought there would be only one choice.

I looked in the Tech Wiki for an original Black paint code and did not find one. So I searched the discussions and found a reference to Thunder Black, number 505. However number 505 in the Tech Wiki is Light Gray. Not sure if there is a PPG code for the original black, or a black that most folks use. Is there any one out there who can shed some light on this for me?

Per this chart, 505 is thunder black

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... t=c&ictx=1

jrusso07 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:03 pm Per this chart, 505 is thunder black

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... t=c&ictx=1

Ok Thanks Joe!

Someday you'll have to let me know how you found that. This is the one I found on tech wiki:
http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.p ... PaintCodes

If you want the "blackest" black (if that makes sense) use Toyota paint code 202. It cross references to many Toyota cars/years.

Yes, even black varies. I wish I had known that as well, as I would have gone with the blackest black I could find. Car must be straight though, and it's amazingly difficult to do it right EVERYWHERE, but soooo rewarding when it is. I didn't get there... one more try some day.

Gregs672000 wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:28 pm Yes, even black varies. I wish I had known that as well, as I would have gone with the blackest black I could find. Car must be straight though, and it's amazingly difficult to do it right EVERYWHERE, but soooo rewarding when it is. I didn't get there... one more try some day.

datsun1500 wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:37 pm If you want the "blackest" black (if that makes sense) use Toyota paint code 202. It cross references to many Toyota cars/years.

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