2010 Maserati Touch Up Paint (3 OEM Colors)

The 2010 Maserati Vibe

2010 was the year the GranTurismo and the Quattroporte were busy making every other car on the road look like a toaster. It was an era of high-revving V8s and a color palette that felt like a VIP lounge in Milan. We've kept our focus on the real survivors of this era-the shades that defined the brand's sharp-suited look, like Grigio Alfieri, Grigio Granito Metallic, and the deep, midnight-ink of Nero WB. If you're driving one of these today, you're not just driving a car; you're maintaining a 400-horsepower piece of Italian sculpture.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. By 2010, the robots in the factory had become almost too good at their jobs. They were calibrated for "efficiency," which is just a corporate way of saying they applied the bare minimum to make the car shine on the showroom floor. While the finish is beautiful, it's thin. If you look closely at your hood or front bumper, you're likely seeing a "constellation" of tiny stone chips. This era's clear coat is high-gloss but brittle; it doesn't take much for a pebble to punch right through to the primer, leaving your Maserati looking like it went ten rounds with a gravel truck.

Restoration Tip

Since we're dealing with the precision of the modern era, you can't go at this with a "more is more" attitude. When you're touching up these thin factory coats, the secret is Layering. Don't try to fill a chip with one big blob-it'll never level out and it'll look like a zit on a movie star. Build the color in thin, patient passes. Let it dry, then add another. You want to slowly bring the repair up to the level of the surrounding clear coat. This mimics that robot-applied precision and keeps the repair looking like it happened at the factory, not in your driveway.