2018 Fiat Touch Up Paint (46 OEM Colors)

The 2018 Fiat Vibe

By 2018, Fiat was leaning hard into the "Life is Better in Color" mantra, and our database proves it with a staggering 46 colors for this year alone. Whether you were zipping through traffic in a 500, hauling the family in a 500L, or pretending you were on the Amalfi Coast in a 124 Spider, you weren't stuck with just "Rental Car Silver." We're talking about high-character shades like Arancia Sicilla, the deep Blu Venezia Pearl, and the head-turning Giallo Sole. It was a time when the 124 Spider was bringing back the roadster soul, and the paint palette looked more like a gelato shop than a factory floor.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. By 2018, factory robots had become masters of "efficiency," which is just a fancy way of saying they got really good at stretching a gallon of paint across a dozen cars. While these modern clear coats have a brilliant, glass-like shine, they lack the "meat" of older finishes. On a 2018 Fiat, especially the 124 Spider and the 500X, the clear coat is notoriously thin and brittle. This means a single stray pebble on the highway doesn't just leave a mark-it often punches a crater right through to the primer. If you look closely at your hood and see what looks like a map of the moon, you're dealing with the classic "Robot Efficiency" fallout.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2018 finish, remember: don't blob it. Because the factory paint is so thin, a heavy-handed drop of touch-up paint will sit on the surface like a sore thumb. The secret to a "pro" repair on this era of Fiat is the layer-cake approach. Apply your color in 2-3 paper-thin coats, letting each one dry completely. You want to build the paint level up slowly until it's just a hair below the surrounding clear coat. This mimics the thin factory profile and keeps the repair flush, rather than creating a mountain of paint that you'll just end up knocking off the next time you use a car wash.