2007 Kia Touch Up Paint (48 OEM Colors)

### The 2007 Kia Vibe

2007 was the year Kia decided to stop being the "budget alternative" and start being a serious contender. While everyone was busy flipping open their Motorola Razrs and listening to Rihanna on an iPod Nano, Kia was flooding the streets with a redesigned Sportage, the family-friendly Sedona, and the surprisingly plush Amanti. Our database tracks 61 different colors for this year alone-a clear sign that Kia was throwing everything at the wall to see what stuck. We've got everything from the eye-searing Electric Orange Metallic to the "sophisticated-adjacent" Grayish Purple Metallic. It was an era of transition; the cars were getting better, but the paint was entering the "Robot Efficiency" age.

Paint Health Check

Here's the cold, hard truth: 2007 falls squarely into the Thin Paint Era. By this time, factory robots had become masters of "just enough." They applied base and clear coats with surgical, miserly precision. While it looked great on the showroom floor, that thin skin doesn't handle a decade and a half of road debris and UV rays without a fight. If you're looking at a 2007 Sorento or Spectra today, you're likely seeing "pepper-shaker" stone chips on the hood or the dreaded "cloudy crown"-the beginning of clear coat delamination on the roof and trunk. These coats were sprayed thin for speed and cost, meaning there's very little "meat" left for heavy buffing. If you burn through that clear, you're looking at a full respray.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2007 Kia, remember: build layers, don't blob. Because the factory finish is so thin, a giant glob of touch-up paint will stick out like a sore thumb. For those deep chips on the front of your Rio or Optima, use a fine-tipped applicator to apply thin, wafer-like layers of color, letting them dry fully between passes. You want to build the color until it's just below the surface of the surrounding clear coat, then seal it with a clear layer. This mimics the factory's multi-stage depth without creating a "volcano" of paint that'll just get sheared off the next time you hit the car wash. Patience is your best friend here; the robots were fast, but you need to be slow.