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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Trucks / May 2008

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Center Caps for 4Runner '96 thru 2001

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Jimbobean - 12 May 2008 03:10 GMT
Does anyone know what color silver Toyota used on the  center caps for this
year (96-01) 4Runner?
Mine have flaked away and look pretty bad.  Called Toyota and they didn't
know.  Anyone have
any success painting them themselves?
Thanks!
~J
skipfromla - 12 May 2008 06:00 GMT
>Does anyone know what color silver Toyota used on the  center caps for this
>year (96-01) 4Runner?
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>Thanks!
>~J

I had the same problem with the center caps on my 2000 Tundra.  The
dealer's parts people didn't have a clue but one of the service
writers said they have a guy who refurbishes the center caps and all
he does is sand and paint them.  He suggested I go to Pep Boys or Auto
Zone and look for the correct color.

At Pep Boys I found some silver spray paint, Dupli Color, High
Performance Wheel Coating that looked like a perfect match.  There is
no color number but the cap shows the color.  I've done all 4 of mine
and they look better than new.

I feathered where the paint had flaked away with some light emery
paper and washed all the dirt and dust off.  I found that 4-5 light
coats of the spray paint, with 10 minutes between coats, worked the
best.  The light coats prevents bubbling, pooling and running.  

Good luck

Skip

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