Alpine White

[CFX]

This is for all the members who own Corollas in Alpine White.

Do you find the paint chips too easily? Or any other issues for that matter?

I'm looking at leasing a 10' Corolla XRS in Alpine White but a friend of mine, who works at Toyota in Cambridge, Ontario, informed me that this particular colour isn't as good as the rest. Apparently there's a mono-coat with no clear-coat, unless it's a White Peal colour, like on the Lexus.

[Tideland Prius]

Most paints are single coat IIRC except for the premium white paints (e.g. Diamond White Pearl or Blizzard Pearl).

Also just based on the naming process of Toyota, it appears that if there isn't a suffix (e.g. metallic, pearl, mica) to the colour name, there's no clearcoat.

e.g. black, alpine white, natural white

[joeylgarcia]

my opinion on that is that clear coat will make pure white or alpine white paint look yellowish and not white-white. clear coats are yellowish in color.

[jibbycanoe]

I have the alpine white and it is chipped all over the front end. I do not tailgate but we gravel the roads in here PDX and this winter has been pretty snowy/icey for us. not sure if it's worse then the other colors but it pisses me off that's for sure

[bennijai]

alpine white? is that the US super white? if so, there is a clear coat on it, as my front bumper has clear coat spots that has been chipped off but the paint is fine.

[djb383]

What car company doesn't use clearcoat on all colors these days??????

[CFX]

Originally Posted by djb383

What car company doesn't use clearcoat on all colors these days??????

Well apparently Toyota doesn't...

[Ichiban]

It does have a clear coat. All car companies now use base coat/clear coat or tri-stage, they don't use single stage anymore.

Source: I'm an autobody painter.

[djb383]

Originally Posted by CFX

Well apparently Toyota doesn't...

Oh really??????????????????????????

[ericgu22]

without clear coat, car's paint woul'dnt look good

[ZenithTheTV]

Ive got an 09 Alpine White XRS and I can tell you for sure it's got clear coat on the paint. Personally I've got a few chips in the front fender, nothing on the hood yet and Ive had the car for about a year, just coming up on 22k km.

I dont find that it shows chips any more than any other colour, but then again you can't compare with silver or champagne. Personally I believe that it all comes down to the roads you drive on and your following habits. If you keep your distance and avoid construction zones you'll be fine. Don't even bother with gravel roads, that'll just kill your front end and underbody haha.

[Ichiban]

[crazyimport]

Originally Posted by Ichiban

It does have a clear coat. All car companies now use base coat/clear coat or tri-stage, they don't use single stage anymore.

Source: I'm an autobody painter.

i work in PAINT at toyota canada plant. I paint your corolla's everyday

040 - (white) does NOT have a clear coat. It is a mono-coat paint, it is not a BASE/CLEAR finish

Aswell as the bumpers on the Matrix Red (3L5) This is a monocoat as well but the body is base/clear

Bumpers are monocoat(no clear) and body is base/clear

[iml2001ser]

My front end is all chipped up, so far i have 18k miles in about 6 months. I need to get it repainted, the paint seems pretty weak chips eeasily. Need to get a clear bra after repainting.

[saltydog]

mine has had very small chips here and there. went to pep boys and bought the touch up paint for about 6 bucks and every so often dab a few spots