1994 Hyundai Touch Up Paint (22 OEM Colors)

The 1994 Hyundai Vibe

Welcome to 1994, the year "The Sign" by Ace of Base was stuck on every radio and Hyundai was fighting tooth and nail to prove it was more than just a budget-bin Excel manufacturer. This was the era of the Scoupe and the rising Elantra-cars built for the commute but dressed up in the quintessential shades of the mid-90s. We've focused our attention on the real survivors of the decade: the timeless Ebony Black, the crisp Noble White, and the absolute 1994 icon, Platinum Sage Metallic. If you're driving a Sage Metallic Hyundai today, you aren't just driving a car; you're driving a rolling time capsule of the "Peak Teal" era.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at a 1994 factory finish, you're standing right in the middle of the Peeling Era. Back then, manufacturers were still perfecting the bond between the color and the clear coat, and let's just say the "Delamination Demon" was working overtime. On these early 90s Hyundais, the clear coat tends to give up the ghost on the horizontal surfaces-the hood, roof, and trunk-long before the metal starts to rust. It starts as a faint cloudiness, looking like a bad sunburn, and before you know it, the clear is flaking off in sheets like dry skin after a week in Cabo. If your base coat is still intact beneath that peeling clear, consider yourself lucky; you've got a fighting chance.

Restoration Tip

The golden rule for 1994 paint: Seal the chips immediately. Once a rock chip or a deep scratch pierces through to the base coat, moisture and air get under the edges of the clear coat and start the lifting process. Once that clear "lifts," there's no glueing it back down-it's a one-way trip to a full respray. Use a high-quality touch-up to bridge that gap and seal the edges of the factory clear coat. It's the only way to stop the delamination from spreading across your hood like a 90s fashion trend you'd rather forget.