2009 Infiniti Touch Up Paint (26 OEM Colors)

The 2009 Infiniti Vibe

By 2009, Infiniti was officially done playing second fiddle to the Europeans. This was the year of the G37 and the FX50-cars that looked like they were sculpted in a wind tunnel and powered by pure adrenaline. They didn't just give you a color palette; they gave you a buffet. We're talking 26 different shades ranging from the "stealth-wealth" Serengeti Sand Metallic to the deep, soulful Kishy Blue Metallic. If you were driving an M45 or a QX56 in 2009, you weren't just commuting; you were making a statement that you'd arrived, and you'd arrived in a metallic finish that could blind a man in direct sunlight.

Paint Health Check

Now, here's the cold, hard truth from the spray booth. We call this the Thin Paint Era. By 2009, factory robots had become so "efficient" that they were applying paint with the precision of a miser counting pennies. It's thin, folks. To make things more interesting, this was the peak of Infiniti's "Scratch Shield" clear coat technology. It was marketed as a "self-healing" clear that could swallow up swirls like magic. In reality? It was soft. While it could heal a light scratch from a stray fingernail, it was a magnet for stone chips. If you've got a G37 or an FX35 with 100k miles, your front bumper probably looks like it's been on the wrong end of a sandblaster.

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing chips on these 2009 beauties, you have to fight the urge to be heavy-handed. Because the factory coats were so thin, a giant "blob" of touch-up paint is going to stick out like a sore thumb. The secret is the slow build. Don't try to level the chip in one shot. Apply a tiny, thin layer, let it flash off, and come back for more. Think of it like building a stone wall-one layer at a time. If you take it slow and build the depth gradually, you can trick the eye into thinking that "Scratch Shield" is still doing its job.