Chevrolet 1980 Touch Up Paint

1980 Chevrolet Touch Up Paint (55 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 1980 Chevrolet's Color Code

Chevrolet did not make it easy to find the color code. Over the years they used many different locations and did not standardize the color plate, so it can be hard to locate. Usually it is in the glove box or the spare tire well; otherwise, the search may extend everywhere. The typical code is 51/WA316N, usually preceded by BC/CC. Two tone codes can appear as BC/CC U316N or BC/CC L316N (U for Upper, L for Lower).

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1980 Chevrolet Background Info

The 1980 Chevrolet Vibe

Welcome to 1980, the year Chevrolet decided that if a color existed in nature-especially if it was a shade of brown, gold, or "Cinnabar"-it belonged on a truck. With a massive 56 colors in our database for this year alone, Chevy wasn't just building vehicles; they were painting a landscape. Whether you were hauling in a C10-C30 Series, taking the top off a Blazer, or sitting low in a Corvette, you had choices. From the deep, moody "Starlight Sable" to the quintessentially 80s "Russet Metallic," this was the peak of the earth-tone obsession before the world turned neon.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at original 1980 paint today, you're looking at the Single Stage Era. This was the time of thick, pigment-heavy acrylic lacquers and enamels. There's no clear coat "shield" standing between your paint and the sun. The biggest threat here is Oxidation. If your Suburban or Van looks like it's covered in a fine layer of white chalk, that's not dirt-that's the binder in your paint literally dying and rising to the surface. Single-stage paint is like a living thing; it's porous, it breathes, and if it's left out in the elements, it'll dry out until the color looks as flat as a chalkboard.

Restoration Tip

The secret to keeping 1980 steel looking showroom-fresh is simple: It needs wax or it dies. Because there's no clear coat, you can actually "shave" off that top layer of oxidation with a light polishing compound to reveal the fresh, vibrant pigment underneath. But don't stop there. Once you've brought back the shine of that "Dark Claret Metallic" or "Bright Yellow," you have to seal it. A high-quality carnauba wax or a modern sealant acts as the artificial skin the factory didn't provide. If you aren't waxing a 1980 Chevy at least twice a year, the sun is going to turn your classic back into a chalk drawing.

Chevrolet Models Released in 1980

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