2003 Jeep Touch Up Paint (40 OEM Colors)

The 2003 Jeep Vibe

Welcome to 2003-the year the Grand Cherokee (WJ) was the undisputed king of the suburban carpool lane, the Liberty (KJ) was still trying to prove its "Trail Rated" badges were earned, and the Wrangler (TJ) was enjoying its prime before it got a second set of doors. In our database, we've got 17 distinct colors for this year, and man, Chrysler really leaned into the "technical" look. One out of every four Jeeps leaving the lot back then was Bright Silver Metallic, but we also saw the rise of the earth-tone era with Light Khaki Metallic and Dark Khaki. Whether you're rocking Atlantic Blue Pearl or the classic Flame Red, these Jeeps were built to get muddy-but they were painted to look sophisticated doing it.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at a 2003 factory finish today, you are officially in The Peeling Era. By the early 2000s, Chrysler had mastered the art of basecoat/clearcoat systems, but they hadn't quite figured out how to make them stick together for the long haul under a hot sun. This is the era of Delamination-where the clear coat decides it's had enough of the base coat and starts to lift, looking like a bad sunburn on your hood or roof. If your Steel Blue Pearl is starting to show white, flaky edges, the clear coat bond has failed. At this age, you're also likely seeing "orange peel" from the factory and some localized fading if it's spent its life parked outside the garage.

Restoration Tip

The secret to keeping a 2003 finish alive is Immediate Intervention. Because this era is prone to clear coat failure, you cannot leave a rock chip exposed to the elements. Once moisture and air get under that clear layer at the edge of a chip, it starts to "bloom" and lift the surrounding clear coat. Solve it: Seal every single chip immediately with a high-quality solvent-based touch-up. If you see the clear coat just starting to cloud or flake at the edges, don't just wax over it; you need to carefully sand back the failing clear and reseal the area before the delamination spreads across the entire panel like a slow-motion plague.