Not strictly technical - restoring paint and paint codes ??

[markoneswift]

Hi all, as mentioned in my previous post I have a Cynos B and my question is how can I attempt to restore the paintwork ? It's a 94 model with green ( possibly champagne / yellow / gold ?? ) paintwork that is badly faded in areas such as the roof. I don't know if Toyota used two coat for metallics back then, does anyone have experience of trying to revive the paint on this age of car ? It looks as if the clearcoat has peeled away and it seems to be very common on cars of this age.
My other question is - if I have a crack at touching up the paint myself with an aerosol, how do I find a colour match ( is there a paint code somewhere ) and would the correct paint be available in an aerosol form ? The car is nowhere near perfect so not affraid to try it out ! Thanks

[Grrrrrrr!]

Tag like this somewhere on the car, probably the firewall in the engine bay. 576 is the paint colour code for this car.

[markoneswift]

Thanks man ! The give-away being the word "colour" I should look harder.....

[fangsport]

that will only give you what Toyota used at time of manufacture.............. it won't look anything like what is on the car now.

[Grrrrrrr!]

If the clear coat has come off, you need to sand off the failed basecoat(yes the basecoat has failed) , then redo the basecoat and clearcoat. For a cheap beater you might not want to bother.

[markoneswift]

Thanks again guys - a cheap beater is exactly what it is for now, at least. I have discovered, however, that it is the Jap spec Cynos B with the 5E-FHE engine so I'm happy that it's got a well spec'd motor in it. I might just turn it into a project one day......

[markoneswift]

Paint code 567 BTW if anyone knows the colour ???? Yellow-ish greeny gold ???

[Grrrrrrr!]

567 is "Signal Yellow" or sometimes "Super Bright Yellow" (same name as the 576 yellow above strangely enough) .. but i couldn't find that on a cynos, and doesn't sound like what you are describing..

Sounds like you mean
GREENISH YELLOW M.M, 569 aka TOYOTA GREENISH YELLOW PEARL

[markoneswift]

567 is "Signal Yellow" or sometimes "Super Bright Yellow" (same name as the 576 yellow above strangely enough) .. but i couldn't find that on a cynos, and doesn't sound like what you are describing..

Sounds like you mean
GREENISH YELLOW M.M, 569 aka TOYOTA GREENISH YELLOW PEARL

Yep, that's sounds ( looks ) about right - greenish yellow it is and it's metallic so pearl is right.

[markoneswift]

Here's a pic of the car if it helps to ID the colour

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[Grrrrrrr!]

Your car, you choose:

SUPER SILVER 3 M, 176
BLACK M, 205
SUPER RED 2, 3E5
BLUISH SILVER ME., 1A0
GREENISH YELLOW M.M, 569
DK.GREEN M.M., 6N7
TURQU0ISE M.M, 746
PURPLISH BLUE M.M., 8K9
PURPLE M.M, 924
ﾎﾞﾃﾞ- ｶﾗ-(ﾂ-ﾄﾝ), MI. GR. GREEN MCGR, 27V
ﾎﾞﾃﾞ- ｶﾗ-(ﾂ-ﾄﾝ), DK.BLUE M.M., 24Y

[markoneswift]

Your car, you choose:

SUPER SILVER 3 M, 176
BLACK M, 205
SUPER RED 2, 3E5
BLUISH SILVER ME., 1A0
GREENISH YELLOW M.M, 569
DK.GREEN M.M., 6N7
TURQU0ISE M.M, 746
PURPLISH BLUE M.M., 8K9
PURPLE M.M, 924
ﾎﾞﾃﾞ- ｶﾗ-(ﾂ-ﾄﾝ), MI. GR. GREEN MCGR, 27V
ﾎﾞﾃﾞ- ｶﾗ-(ﾂ-ﾄﾝ), DK.BLUE M.M., 24Y

Oh, the choices ! Thanks for the list, 569 is looking good at least for some touch-up work for now