2013 Ferrari Touch Up Paint (15 OEM Colors)

The 2013 Ferrari Vibe

The year 2013 was a sweet spot for Maranello. You had the 458 Italia screaming its naturally aspirated lungs out at 9,000 RPM, and the F12 Berlinetta proving that front-engine grand tourers could still humble a fighter jet. Our database for this year shows 15 distinct shades, a collection that tells the story of a brand moving from "just give me red" to a sophisticated palette of Blue Tour De France Metallic and Argento Metallic. It was an era of high-tech aggression-cars designed to be driven daily, which meant they finally started seeing the sun more often than the inside of a velvet-lined garage.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the "Thin Paint Era." By 2013, the robots in Maranello had become masters of efficiency, which is just a nice way of saying they learned how to stretch a gallon of clear coat across three more cars than they used to. While the finish is incredibly uniform, it lacks the "meat" of the hand-sprayed classics. The primary enemy here isn't oxidation-it's Robot Efficiency. Because these coats are so thin, stone chips on the low-slung noses of the 458 and F12 are almost a guarantee. If you look closely under a shop light, you'll likely see "orange peel" textures that came straight from the factory; the robots were precise, but they weren't always concerned with a glass-smooth depth.

Restoration Tip

When dealing with paint this shallow, your mantra is "build, don't blob." If you're filling a chip in that Rosso Scuderia or Yellow (PPG), do not try to fix it in one heavy pass. Because the factory paint is so thin, a single large drop of touch-up will sit on the surface like a pimple. Instead, apply the color in microscopic layers, allowing each to flash off before adding the next. This mimics the shallow profile of the modern factory finish and prevents the repair from looking like a topographical map of the Alps. Once you're level with the surrounding clear, let it cure fully before you even think about leveling it.