Audi 1979 Touch Up Paint

1979 Audi Touch Up Paint (16 OEM Colors)

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Paint Pen

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Paint Bottle

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customzied Color Paint Bottle. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the included basecoat delivers a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Spray Can

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using ourcustomized color Spray Can. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun.

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Pens

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish. Each order includes a basecoat and a midcoat pen.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Bottles

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customzied Color Paint Bottles. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the basecoat & midcoat deliver a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Spray Cans

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using our customized color basecoat & midcoat Spray Cans. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun. Each order includes a basecoat & a midcoat paint.

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How to Find Your 1979 Audi's Color Code

Audi paint color codes are printed on a paper color id tag, often found around the spare tire area; some Audis also have a metal plate on the driver door jamb. The paper tag can fall off and disappear over time, leaving codes unavailable. Codes can include two parts, e.g., LY9H and P1; LY9H often corresponds to Polar White Clearcoat, and P1 can be used for the same white on some models. Older Audi models can be hard to identify by code; custom matching may be required.

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1979 Audi Background Info

The 1979 Audi Vibe

1979 was the year Audi decided to stop being the "other" German car and started throwing its weight around. Between the debut of the sleek Audi 5000 (the 100 for you purists) and the nimble 4000 (80), Ingolstadt was moving toward that "Vorsprung durch Technik" lifestyle. Now, our database shows a lone survivor from this era: Black. And honestly? That's all you needed. While the rest of the world was busy painting their cars the color of a moldy avocado or a burnt orange shag rug, the Audi guys knew that nothing says "I own the autobahn" like a deep, obsidian finish. It's the color of a midnight run through the Black Forest, and it's the only one that still looks sophisticated forty-plus years later.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at an original '79, you aren't dealing with the "peeling skin" of a 90s clear coat. You're in the Single Stage Era, my friend. This paint is basically a thick, pigmented armor, but it has a weakness: it's a living thing that breathes, and right now, it's probably gasping for air. Without a clear coat to hide behind, this paint suffers from "The Chalk." Oxygen and UV rays have been chewing on that black pigment for decades, turning your deep gloss into a grey, powdery mess known as oxidation. 1979 was also a few years before Audi started the full-body galvanizing process, so if you see a bubble near the wheel wells, that's not a paint defect-that's the iron returning to the earth.

Restoration Tip

Here is the golden rule for 1979 steel: It needs wax or it dies. If your Audi looks like a chalkboard, don't panic. Since it's single-stage, you can actually "shave" off the dead layer to find the fresh pigment underneath. Grab a high-quality compound and a buffer, but don't freak out when your buffing pad turns jet black-that's just the top layer of dead paint coming off to reveal the glory below. Once you've brought back the shine, you have to seal it immediately. Think of wax as the clear coat the factory forgot to give you. If you leave that fresh pigment exposed to the sun without a barrier, you'll be back to a matte-grey ghost ship by next summer.

Audi Models Released in 1979

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