2022 Aston-Martin Touch Up Paint (24 OEM Colors)

The 2022 Aston-Martin Vibe

Welcome to 2022, the year Aston Martin decided that if a car didn't look like a piece of high-end jewelry or a wet fighter jet, it wasn't worth the aluminum it was stamped from. Whether it was the Vantage, the DB11, or the DBX SUV trying to convince us it could track-day, the palette was nothing short of a chemist's fever dream. We're talking about 24 distinct shades in our database alone-from the "cement-chic" of China Gray to the retina-searing Yellow Tang Pearl. It was an era of high-impact pearls and deep, brooding metallics like Ultramarine Black Pearl and Maroon Black Pearl Metallic. If you bought one of these, you weren't just buying a car; you were buying a statement that said, "I have excellent taste and a very patient detailer."

Paint Health Check

Now, here's the cold, hard truth from behind the spray gun: we are firmly in the Thin Paint Era. Back in the day, you could practically sculpt a car out of the lacquer thickness; in 2022, those robots in Gaydon are so efficient they'd make a miser look generous. They lay down a basecoat/clearcoat system that is technically perfect but surgically thin. The result? These beauties are magnets for stone chips-"peppered" is the word we use in the shop. You'll also see a fair bit of "orange peel" texture in the clear coat, even on a six-figure sticker price. And don't get me started on the micro-marring. If you look at Jet Black or Midnight Blue Pearl under a shop light, you're likely to see holograms and light scratches just from someone looking at the car too hard.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2022 Aston, remember that you're dealing with a factory finish that's as delicate as it is beautiful. Because the clear is so thin, my best advice is to build your layers slowly; don't blob it. If you've got a chip in that Hyper Red Pearl or Morning Frost White Tricoat, you can't just drop a heavy bead of paint in there and hope for the best. Use a fine-tipped applicator and apply multiple whisper-thin layers, letting each one set. You want to mimic that robot-applied precision. If you go too heavy, you'll end up with a high spot that's a nightmare to level without sanding through the surrounding factory clear-and on these cars, there isn't much clear to spare before you hit the color.