Does your touch-up paint for the body match if you've used it? I tried to use it and it's much darker, and it the right paint code, 181.

 

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has anyone else used desert dune touch up paint? i'm have a bottle of 1A5, and the last time i used it, it was much darker than the rest of my truck.

jason, are you saying 181 is the correct color??

 

mine turns out ok... ill try to find it and get the code

 

mine too is 1A5 on the bottle, and on the sticker in my door

 

maybe my paint is just too faded...

 

My touch up paint is way darker too. Using it makes the chip worse...

 

It's usually because the clearcoat surface is micro-scratched and the touchup is just the color coat (ie touchup paint has no depth to it). Someone please correct me if I am wrong on this.

 

the side door of my 4runer got shot with a BB gun and chiped the paint off about the side of a quarter. i got the touch up paint, which it covered the bare metal but now there is a darker spot there. Im guessing that just because mine is a 96 the paint has faded too much to match.

 

my Runner's the "thunderstorm" grey color...and the touchup pen's color comes out slightly darker...but hey who cares!....I'll take a darker tone over rust any day!!!
-B

 

My dealer told me there are 3 different shades of desert dune, and he had to use my VIN to find out which bottle I needed. But with mine, it looks perfect! I'll get the code if you guys need it, but you probably have the wrong bottle.
Brett