2000 Mazda Touch Up Paint (49 OEM Colors)

The 2000 Mazda Vibe

Welcome to the year 2000-the era of "Zoom-Zoom" and the high-tech silver revolution. Whether you were tossing a Miata into a hairpin turn or hauling the team in an MPV, Mazda was leaning hard into that sleek, millennium aesthetic. While the rest of the world was worried about the Y2K bug, we were looking at the 626 and the Millenia and thinking they looked pretty sharp in the driveway. We've curated the essential colors from that turn-of-the-century catalog, focusing on the survivors like the iconic Classic Red and that trio of deep blacks that gave the Protege its street cred.

Paint Health Check

We are firmly in The Peeling Era. By the time 2000 rolled around, the factory had moved almost entirely to a basecoat-and-clearcoat system. It looked deep and glossy on the showroom floor, but the clear coat from this decade is notorious for "delamination"-that lovely stage where the top layer starts looking like a bad sunburn and eventually flakes off in sheets. If you're looking at your hood and seeing white, cloudy patches, your clear coat is waving the white flag. On these Mazdas, the horizontal surfaces like the roof and trunk are the first to go, especially if they spent their lives baking in the sun.

Restoration Tip

In this era, a rock chip isn't just a cosmetic blemish; it's an invitation for the clear coat to start lifting. Once air and moisture get under that top layer, the bond is toast. My advice? Seal those chips the second you see them. When you're touching up a 2000 Mazda, don't just "blob" the paint on and walk away. Use a fine-tipped brush to fill the crater until it's level with the surrounding surface. This seals the edge of the factory clear coat, preventing that "creeping peel" that turns a tiny nick into a palm-sized headache.