1987 Ferrari Touch Up Paint (23 OEM Colors)

The 1987 Ferrari Vibe

Welcome to 1987-the year the Testarossa was busy defining the Miami skyline and the legendary F40 was just beginning to haunt the dreams of every teenager with a bedroom wall. This was the peak of "high-tech" aesthetics, where sharp lines and pop-up headlights demanded colors that looked like they were forged in a laboratory. While Rosso Corsa will always be the loudmouth in the room, we've focused our attention on the real survivors of the era: the icy Argento Metallic and the surgically clean White. These weren't just colors; they were a statement that you'd arrived, probably at high speed, and likely while wearing a linen suit.

Paint Health Check

If you're staring at an original 1987 finish, you're standing at ground zero of The Peeling Era. By the late '80s, Maranello was fully committed to the new-school basecoat-and-clearcoat systems, especially for those metallic finishes. The good news? It looked like glass on the showroom floor. The bad news? Early clear coat technology was about as UV-stable as a vampire in a tanning bed. If your Ferrari spent too much time under the Mediterranean (or Californian) sun, you're likely seeing "Delamination"-that heartbreaking moment where the clear coat decides it's no longer on speaking terms with the paint underneath and starts to lift in flakes. Throw in the legendary factory "orange peel" texture, and you've got a finish that requires a delicate touch.

Restoration Tip

The golden rule for 1987 iron is simple: Seal your stone chips immediately. In this era of paint, a tiny rock chip isn't just a cosmetic blemish; it's an entry point for air and moisture to get under the clear coat. Once that seal is broken, the clear will start to "bridge" and lift away from the base color, turning a five-minute touch-up into a multi-thousand-dollar respray. Keep a vial of matching Argento or White handy, and the moment you see a nick, seal it. Think of it like a tiny levee-if you don't plug the hole, the whole clear coat is going for a swim.