Toyota RAV EV Paint Info
The Color Breakdown
Toyota didn't go too wild with the palette for the RAV EV-mostly sticking to a theme of "classic reliability"-but with 13 recorded colors, there is more variety than you might expect. You've got the workhorse Super White 2, the flashy Blue Pearl Metallic, and enough variations of Silver Metallic and Quicksilver to make a rainy day in Seattle look colorful. They even threw in some Dark Green Pearl for the adventurous types and specific Medium Gray Metallic just for the lower cladding. It's a sophisticated lineup that says, "I'm driving the future, but I'd like it to match my garage."
What to Watch For
Before you pop that cap, we need to talk about the "Toyota White" elephant in the room. If your RAV EV is Super White 2 (040), you might notice the paint doesn't just chip-it sometimes likes to peel off in flakes like a bad sunburn. This is a known quirk where the paint and the primer decide they aren't on speaking terms anymore. Also, keep in mind that your paint code is hiding in plain sight: open the driver's door and look at the sticker on the jamb. You're looking for a three-digit code next to "C/TR" (Color/Trim). If you see a code like /040/U1B9, don't panic-that just means you have a two-tone setup where the first code is your metal body and the second is your plastic cladding.
Driveway Repair Tip
Since many of these colors are Pearls or Metallics, the "magic" is all in the settle. Those tiny sparkles are heavy and like to sink to the bottom of the bottle while it sits on your shelf. Give that touch-up bottle a vigorous 60-second workout before you open it to wake up the metallic flakes. When you go to fix a chip, don't try to fill the whole hole in one go. Think of it like a tiny cake: apply one thin layer, let it dry for 20 minutes, and then come back for a second "frosting" layer. This keeps the paint from looking like a raised bump and helps those metallic sparkles lay flat and catch the light correctly.