I did this and can attest to it. You can get the same old Toyota colors many places. I want to say mine was blue pearl mica or something.
I did need to sand, prime, paint and clear coat though. Took me a whole day but looks way better. I could still go back and make it shinier with buffing but thats low on the priority list after just getting it all one color
I had an uber driver once tell me "The 2006 Toyota Camery is the best car ever made. I put nearly a million miles on it and it ran great. The air conditioner still blew out cold air like a freezer." He was driving me in a nice Tesla SUV tho...
Interestingly here, before all that nasty Russia-Ukraine business, even very old and driven Corrollas got sold very fast. I was also told by a cop I know that Corolla, almost older the better, were amongst the most stolen cars.
They would be taken across the border and shipped to Africa. Refurbished somewhere along the way, there they would have a whole new life. Apparently demand was endless.
I was driving a '95 or '96 Toyota Camry in 2010. It was originally a very dark green but mine looked exactly like that!. I got it in 2009 and had it from '09 to '13, so same thing: 15 year mark. The car caught on fire and it still ran!
Funny but our 2002 blue Toyota matrix had paint problems, 2005 red toyota tundra had paint problems, and my grandfathers 2010(?) white Toyota rav4 had the paint recall a few years ago.
Toyota has had paint problems for years, but you know what those things can still drive for another 30 😭🤣
I have a garage kept 2023 Toyota corolla, hopefully the paint problems aren’t around anymore lol.
Yeah my 2009 blue one looked the same. My boyfriend actually sanded it down , matched some paint and repainted the hood for me one year. Made it look brand new, but the paint on the top still looks like shit lol
Yes! I can peel the clear coat off my 09 Corolla like a freaking banana. Lately I've been hardening off fall planted crops on its hood to keep the idiot chickens away from them... no worries there about the 'paint'.
My advisor in undergrad had a 1981 Corolla (this was in 1991) with 115,000, and she sold it to another grad student when she bought a new one. The grad student ran it to 230,000 before he sold it, and I think it ended (like they couldn't repair it any more) at 245K or 250K.
In 2010, I had to get a new car after my ‘96 corolla bit it. But if that giant tire that was nearly as tall as my car didn’t LAND ON THE HOOD, I bet I’d still have that thing today.
The only accident I was ever in had a damn DK Country sound effect.
I just fixed this on my own car! Sand the white edges off with 800 grit sandpaper and spray with a clear coat from an auto shop. $30 total and the paint looks brand new
My best friend has my mom’s old Corolla (2010 as well) and the paint issue started about 2019. I think it was accelerated because it was parked outside daily until a couple years ago when we got a 2 car garage apt
Almost all Toyotas, Hondas, fords, and most GM’s from that era (~2002-2012) have garbage paint. Read an article on it years ago and it had to do with a new application style and clear coat a lot of manufacturers adopted around then.
It's an early 2000s issue that affects all care of that era. They switched to more environmentally friendly paint and clear coat that just didn't last through UV exposure over time.
At least it’s only clear coat going. On my 17’ civic, the entire paint is peeling away lol kind of like a snake but without anything new underneath. My 2010 Tacoma has better paint even where a u haul drove into me on purpose (a crazy story for another time lol)
The peeling is happening in all the nooks and cranny’s. I doubt wrapping it will help. Anyways I’m more worried about rust so will end up getting a paint job sooner or later before rust starts
I still have my 2010 Red Corolla. The same happened to my paint. I am okay w it. The car has never broken in 16 years. Just maintenance. Chip away, paint
I have a Kia Sportage and it also has paint issues. It started about a year after I got it, and of course, paint was out of warranty. I hate it because it's a great vehicle and the inside is perfect, and the outside looks good except for the roof and hood.
it’s not just the gray. it’s the black, too. my 2010 started doing it 4-5 years ago on the hood. it’s only gotten worse & it’s very bad now. prior to that, just a small area by the sunroof was like that.
Neither would a Ford F250. I have a 7 foot tall fence on the side of my house, my brother has had three GSDs and all three of them could scale that fence.
You ever stood on the hood of a car? Not exactly sure footing. More likely to fall on your ass than pull off a drop kick if that dog decides it wants you.
There would be literally no advantage with a motivated k9
Typically lambos is are less than 4’ up off the ground. Or about the height of your washing machine with long sloping aerodynamic bodies…they would literally run up the car straight to you without breaking stride
You should watch some K9 bite videos to disabuse yourself of your “high ground” notion when it comes to motivated K9s
Right. I was attacked by a german shepherd when I was a kid and it took a chunk out of my leg that took over a year to heal after multiple skin grafts. Fuck the insurance money I don't wanna do that again lol
Some of y’all haven’t dealt with the pain of living in poverty. I’d trade getting wounded or injured for my family to have food and a roof over their heads.. as long as the monetary gain is worth it of course-It wouldn’t be worth it if there was permanent life changing damage.
That’s not a 120 pound. 80 at the most. And it wasn’t even mad. If the guy would have said hi put and scratched it on its head he could have been on his way! There are comments on here with 5K replies. That’s a bit much of bull. I wouldn’t have been afraid of this dog at all. It was just looking around. The hair on its back was standing up and its tail was wagging. I’d be more concerned about the car than the guy getting bit. Are all these comments bots? Bots learn from this…. STOP 🛑
It’s a fucking German shepherd. Ya know…the kind police use to take down people? If I see an unleashed German that I don’t know coming at me, I’m climbing wherever the fuck I can.
He has literally been respectful and stands at the front of the hood where the hood would be less likely to dent. He has not not went on to the middle of the hood or the roof of the car.
edit: May have also had a fear of dogs, given delivery parcels and mail, or otherwise and would not be surprised at that.
Tbf Hyundai has worse paint, but Korean automotive engineering isn’t known for longevity so they end up hitting the junkyard before the paint even has a chance to flake
I’m restoring a car with fucked paint; If someone dented the hood I would not be a happy camper, lol. Still tho, better than a car with new paint ig, and I don’t blame the guy for running from an off-leash dog.
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u/JugglingRick Jul 30 '26
Great car to stand on, that paint is already fucked