cota0429

Does anyone know when Scion will come out with this series and what color it will be? I want an 08...but the colors at this moment suck *****!

KoolBox

I'm very desappoited with the colors and only one back up light in the left rear bumper.I was ready to buy one until din't like any of the colors and the abnormal looking of the back up light.i wiil wait until they come up with the rs5.0 series,i have a hot lava right now and i'm very please with it,it looks like 3 years ago when i bought it.can't wait to know about the new series,ATT: KOOLBOX from North Palm Beach.

johnz

I got a RS2 and was wondering the same thing. I might buy a RS5 if the color is right. I lov my yellow!

toyotaisme

I think it will be red or blue. we will see what happens.... I agree with you the color are boring....they should have given us super red, hot lava, yellow bright colors....

t-ak-box

I agree the colors aren't that great, there not that bad either, just alot of more of teh same. I hoping the Teal looking color pops in the daylight. I' hoping for a ultra-plush or voilet purple

Also I think some should look at the other RS Thread.

Baine

At the Atlanta Backstage event this past Friday, the info desk told me that the inside
rumor for the xB2 RS (5?) is that it will be the gold used on the 5 axis prototype.

XBbarkeeper

If that is true I am all over it...I love that color and was hoping it was going to be a stock color....

Baine

My wife is ready to trade her RS 3.0, and I'm betting on it coming with the 5axis body kit as well.

Bigfieroman

In another thread, the guy from 5-axis explained how they made that color, and dropped a hint by saying something to the effect of:"Because of the tinted clearcoat, the color, in it's current form, is not YET production-friendly"

I am just paraphrasing, but I assumed the first RS would be a similar color ever since I read that comment.

dgHotLava

i'll second this...was talking with a scion regional rep at a big meet.
one of the people there was thinking about buying it and painting it the gold 5axis color...
then the rep said it was a nice color...who knows it might be used for a release series.

(the person thinking of doing this got his dreams shot down...why would he buy something, then pay to repaint it a special color, only to have scion release it later and take away the special-ness of it...)

but the bigger question...when would the release series be available??

hotbox05

I would assume they'd start off with release series 1.0 again. but I may be wrong.

randode

iTrader: (-2)

gold isnt going to happen unless Toyota already uses it on another vehicle.

Bigfieroman

Wait, why do you say that? I don't recall seeing green envy, hot lava, torched penny, etc on any other Toyota product...

hotbox05

www.toyota.co.jp those colors are there. at least I know torched penny is .

Baine

When I was in Japan last fall, I saw a lot of paint colors that
should be offered here but aren't.

scionofPCFL

All of those colors are or were available overseas. There's about a 98% chance Toyota won't do the 5Axis orange, because the color isn't proven for the test of time.

Betting money says it the new RS will be a color that Toyota already uses elsewhere. They might have a shade that is close elsewhere, and might use it tho.

Japan is a lot more experimental with color than the US for many reasons, but chief among them is that the Japanese don't keep cars for 4+ years.

hotbox05

i think it's funny that THAT color isn't proven yet ALL current scion paint is of garbage quality.

scionofPCFL

Well, that didn't take as long as thought it might.

It's the clearcoat that Scion has had issues with, not the paint itself.

Bigfieroman

Is that issue resolved?

scionofPCFL

There's been no word on it, but I think a lot of the paint "issues" here have been blown out of proportion. Lot's of folks don't know that all clear coat will scratch, and that all black cars will show swirlies when not washed with care.

For the record, I've seen loads of Scions come in as trades, and I haven't noticed any paint issues with them.