Do the Land Cruisers have the same thin paint issues that the 4Runners have?

[katekebo]

Good information, @katekebo .

How do you know this?

 

[Area 51]

Yes.
The paint is poorly done.

 

[GR8Santini]

Think what was posted might have come from older LC forum posts & YouTube vids dated back in Sept 2024. Hino has since been spun off & today Hamura is now 100% Toyota operations (April 2026).

Is the Tahara Plant the Preferred Plant for the LC Build?

 

[MSINAL]

Think what was posted might have come from older LC forum posts & YouTube vids dated back in Sept 2024. Hino has since been spun off & today Hamura is now 100% Toyota operations (April 2026).

Is the Tahara Plant the Preferred Plant for the LC Build?


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Thanks for posting, I was going to say: my hamura paint is about 3 microns thick. If you have a Takara you better not wash it too many times!

 

[wpage]

Be it as it may. Not seeing many Toyota's regardless of who painted, showing any thing like what seeing some GM paint jobs that flaked out...
Does Earl Shieb still do those chepo re paint jobs... "I'll paint any car for $39.95". Maybe not.

 

[Esquire]

I've never had an issue with Toyota paint on the Land Cruiser or the 4Runner -- Black.

German paint is supposed to be the greatest / thickest / most resilient paint in the world. However, when I was a kid in the early 90's, my parents had a red 300E which oxidized continuously from the day they purchased it new. Very sharp color, with the grey bottom, however, very weak paint.

Toyota's paint is nothing akin to this.

 

[katekebo]

I've never had an issue with Toyota paint on the Land Cruiser or the 4Runner -- Black.

German paint is supposed to be the greatest / thickest / most resilient paint in the world. However, when I was a kid in the early 90's, my parents had a red 300E which oxidized continuously from the day they purchased it new. Very sharp color, with the grey bottom, however, very weak paint.

Toyota's paint is nothing akin to this.

Paints have changed a lot from the 90s. It's like comparing a 1990s PC vs. a modern laptop.
In general, European manufacturers do use better paint and apply it thicker + add corrosion protection primer. The reason is that with European climate (and road salt), rust kills cars faster than mileage. So corrosion protection is something that European consumers consider higher priority than American buyers. Corrosion is also a low priority in Japan because they don't use road salt at all.
If you look at a modern BMW or Mercedes, paint looks way better than anything made by Toyota (including Lexus). There is no orange peel. Thickness is usually between 130 and 150 microns vs. 100 for Toyota and 120 for Lexus.
Cars are painted according to what the manufacturers consider highest priority. Japanese cars are definitely the worst in terms of paint thickness and rust protection, American domestics are somewhat better, and Europeans are definitely the best. Don't know much about Chinese cars, time will tell.