1993 Honda Touch Up Paint (26 OEM Colors)

The 1993 Honda Vibe

1993 was the year of the sleek Prelude, the bulletproof Accord, and the Civic that every teenager was about to turn into a project car. Whether you were hauling the family in a Mini Van or trying to look cool in a 4th-gen Prelude, Honda's palette was all about that early-90s executive shine. We've focused our database on the true survivors of this era, the colors that defined the driveway: the deep Granada Black Metallic, the legendary (and often sun-weary) Milano Red, and the "it'll never look dirty" Sebring Silver Metallic.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the peak of the Peeling Era. By 1993, Honda had fully committed to the basecoat/clearcoat system, and while it looked great on the showroom floor, the UV protection in that early clear coat had a shorter shelf life than a cassette tape. If your Granada Black or Sebring Silver looks like it has a bad case of road-rash dandruff, you're looking at delamination. This is where the clear coat loses its grip on the color layer and starts to flake off in sheets. And if you've got a Milano Red that now looks more like "Milano Pink," that's the sun eating the pigment right through a clear coat that's given up the ghost.

Restoration Tip

In this era, your worst enemy is the "Edge Lift." Once a stone chip or a scratch breaks the surface, moisture and air get between the color and the clear, acting like a wedge to peel the rest of your paint away. The Golden Rule: Seal chips immediately. Don't wait for the weekend. Dab a bit of touch-up paint on any nick you find to keep the air out. Once that clear starts to lift at the edges, it's like a run in a pair of stockings-it won't stop until the whole panel is naked.