2025 Lincoln Touch Up Paint (17 OEM Colors)

The 2025 Lincoln Vibe

Welcome to the peak of "Quiet Luxury," where your SUV is marketed as a rolling "Sanctuary" and the dashboard is more screen than leather. In 2025, Lincoln went absolutely color-crazy, offering a massive spread of 17 different shades to make sure your Nautilus or Aviator didn't look like every other silver toaster in the country club parking lot. They finally moved past the "fifty shades of gray" era and leaned into earthy, sophisticated tones. We're talking about high-drama finishes like Chroma Caviar Pearl and the desert-inspired Pastel Adobe, alongside those deep, moody metallics like Cenote Green and Sunrise Copper. It was a good year to be a fan of variety, even if the Navigator was still big enough to require its own zip code.

Paint Health Check

Now, here is the "Salty Painter" truth: you are firmly in the Thin Paint Era. By 2025, factory robots had become so "efficient" at their jobs that they were stretching a gallon of clear coat further than a suburban dad stretches a paycheck. While those tri-coats like Diamond Red and Pristine White look like a million bucks under the showroom LEDs, that factory enamel is paper-thin. Owners of the 2025 models are already finding that a single pebble on the interstate can go right through the Agate Black and stare you in the face with white primer. The gloss is there, but the "meat" on the bone isn't. If you're looking at a 2025 today, check the leading edge of the hood and the flared fenders of the Corsair-that's where the robot precision usually leaves the most "room for improvement."

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing a chip on these modern Lincolns, you have to fight the urge to be a hero with a giant glob of paint. Because 2025 paint is so thin, a standard "blob and smear" repair will stick out like a sore thumb because it'll actually be thicker than the factory finish around it. Build your layers slowly. Apply a tiny amount, let it shrink and dry, and then add another. If you're working with a complex tri-coat like Glacier Gray or Lucid Red, patience is your only friend. Don't try to level it all at once; build the color until it's just below the surface, then let the clear do the heavy lifting. Don't blob it-the robots didn't, and you shouldn't either.