Infiniti JX35 Touch Up Paint (7 OEM Colors)

The Color Breakdown

The Infiniti JX35 might have only been on the scene for a short time before its name change, but it certainly dressed the part. We've recorded 7 specific colors for this luxury cruiser. While half the neighborhood probably opted for the 50 shades of sophistication found in Steel Gray Metallic or Silver Metallic, Infiniti actually got a little adventurous. They gave us the deep Dark Red Pearl and even a Light Green Metallic-a bold choice for a car that spent most of its life in the suburban carpool lane.

What to Watch For

Before you start dabbling, you need your "secret recipe" code. You'll find it on the manufacturer's sticker inside the driver's side door jamb. Look for a three-digit code (like KH3 for that deep Black Obsidian) near the bottom of the tag. Now, here is the honest truth: Infiniti paint from this era is famously "soft." It looks like glass when it's new, but it tends to pick up stone chips on the hood and tiny scratches around the door handles if you so much as look at it wrong. If you see some "cloudiness" on the roof, that's just the clear coat asking for a little attention before the sun does its worst.

Driveway Repair Tip

Since most of these colors-especially that White Pearl Tricoat-rely on a lot of metallic flake to get that "luxury shimmer," your biggest job is prep. Before you touch the car, shake your touch-up bottle for at least 60 full seconds. You want to wake up those heavy metallic particles that have been sleeping at the bottom of the bottle. When you apply it, think "less is more." Use the tip of the brush to dab the paint *into* the chip rather than painting over it. If you're working with the White Pearl, it requires patience; do one thin layer of the white base, let it dry, and then add the sparkly topcoat. Two thin whispers of paint will always look better than one big, gloopy raindrop.