Touch Up Paint, Dealer Far Away

thisisludicrous · June 27, 2006

I need to touch up a small spot on the roof - no idea how it got there. The closest dealer is almost 2 hours away. Dealer says there's no Toyota cross reference for a '95 LS400 code 4N1 (Crystal Quartz Metallic), at least they cross referenced the lower cladding (dark taupe). Dealer says they can't ship the paint via USPS (hazardous/toxic/flammable) and they'll need at least 2 weeks notice to order the stuff for me if I want to show up in person. I occasionally am in the same town as the dealer, but I usually don't have two weeks notice that I'll be there myself. And a $6 can of touch-up paint just doesn't merit nearly 4 hours in the car by itself.

Any ideas? Any other way to get this can shipped to me? Many thanks in advance.

SKperformance · June 27, 2006

There are many dealers in the states that ship touch up paint.

longo

park place

carson

and a couple of others have it and ship them.

good luck

obergc · June 28, 2006

I haad purchased a few items from Sewell Lexus in Texas previously ( http://www.lexus-parts.com/ ) and when I queried them about touchup paint for my 93 LS, silver Taupe colored, they sent me a bottle of touchup paint AT NO COST, they even paid shipping.

1990LS400 · June 28, 2006

I've also had good experiences with Sewell and they have the exact touchup paint you need: http://www.lexus-parts.com/partdetail.asp?...ubCategoryID=87

But a local Toyota dealer was able to order touchup paint for my 00 LS -- they have both Toyota and Lexus logos on them.

thisisludicrous · June 28, 2006

As always, thanks gentlemen. Your info was spot on. Sewell's got my money, but I'll have to wait a few days extra for the UPS truck. The disturbing news was that I had called several dealerships that SKPerformance had mentioned, and none had any 4N1 in stock, then they all said the same thing, that the Lexus National dealership database claimed the paint to be "Discontinued" and "No longer available."

Even Sewell could not provide me with an 'original' touch-up tube of paint. I spoke w/ the manager there who told me that my order would be computer-matched to the color, and sent in a 1.0-2.0 oz. can for me to apply. I suppose it's the best I can do - the other places also mentioned computer-matched paint, but the smallest increment I could get was 1 US quart, just a tad more than I actually need, so I passed on those offers.

So, that's the bad news for us owners of older models - Lexus seems to be giving up on the support of those colors. To be fair, everyone I spoke w/ said this was the first they had seen of a paint color being discontinued. I have a sneaking suspicion that it won't be the last, though.

Unless, of course, this is all just a big conspiracy against me...

Thanks again!