2018 Jaguar Touch Up Paint (29 OEM Colors)

The 2018 Jaguar Vibe

By 2018, Jaguar wasn't just about low-slung sedans for retired professors anymore. They were in the middle of an SUV-fueled identity crisis, throwing the F-Pace and E-Pace into the ring to fight for a spot in every suburban driveway from London to Los Angeles. It was a high-tech, high-gloss era where they weren't afraid to experiment with the palette. Our database tracks 29 distinct colors for this year alone-a massive buffet compared to the "any color as long as it's black" days. Whether you were rocking the electric pop of Caesium Blue Tricoat or the traditionalist's dream of British Racing Green Metallic, 2018 was about making the neighbor's German crossover look boring by comparison.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the "Thin Paint Era." By 2018, the robots at the factory had reached peak efficiency, which is a nice way of saying they learned how to stretch a gallon of clear coat across an entire fleet. The finish on your XE or F-Type is uniform and looks like liquid glass, but it lacks the "meat" of older paint jobs. This era is notorious for "Robot Efficiency" failures-specifically, a clear coat that's so thin it offers little protection against the real world. You'll likely see "sand-blasting" along the rocker panels of the F-Type or edge-chipping on the F-Pace doors where the panels meet. If you've got a metallic finish, keep an eye out for "cloud peeling," where UV exposure starts to compromise that razor-thin top layer, making it look hazy before it eventually lifts.

Restoration Tip

Because you're dealing with a factory finish that's thinner than a tabloid's reputation, you cannot approach a repair like you're frosting a cake. If you try to "blob" the paint into a chip to fill it in one go, the solvent won't outgas properly, and you'll end up with a soft, dull spot that stands out. Therefore, you must build your layers slowly. Apply a thin pass, let it tack up, and repeat until the chip is level with the surrounding surface. This mimics the factory's multi-stage depth without the risk of a high-build mess that'll just pop out the first time you hit the car wash.