2024 Mazda Touch Up Paint (17 OEM Colors)

The 2024 Mazda Vibe

Welcome to the era of the "Premium" Mazda. Whether you're staring at the massive CX-90, the rugged CX-50, or the evergreen MX-5, the 2024 vibe is all about looking like a hundred-thousand-dollar luxury car for a fraction of the price. Our database is tracking a buffet of 17 colors for this year, and it's a sophisticated spread. We're seeing a heavy lean into the "grayscale" trend with shades like Aero Gray and Polymetal Gray Pearl, but Mazda still knows how to flex with their "Premium" colors. Artisan Red Premium Tricoat is the new king of the hill, replacing the brighter reds with something deeper and more mature. It's a sharp-looking year, but as any salty painter will tell you, beauty this refined is often skin deep.

Paint Health Check

We are firmly entrenched in the "Thin Paint Era." Back in the day, we had enough lacquer on the hood to sand it for a week; today, these factory robots are so efficient they're applying finish in microns. The 2024 factory enamel is a marvel of precision, but it's brittle. Because the layers are applied so thin to save weight and cost, they don't have much "give." If you're driving your Mazda3 or CX-5 on the highway, a stray pebble doesn't just leave a mark-it often punches a tiny crater straight through the clear coat. You'll likely notice "road rash" or peppering on the front bumper and hood much sooner than you'd like. The finish is designed to look like a mirror in the showroom, but it's fragile against the realities of the open road.

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing chips on a 2024 model, you have to respect the robot's work: Build layers slowly; don't blob it. Because the factory finish is so thin, if you try to fill a chip with one heavy drop of paint, it's going to sit on the surface like a sore thumb. Instead, use a "thin and often" approach. Apply a tiny amount of paint into the center of the chip, let it dry and shrink down, and then add another layer. You want to slowly bring the repair up to the level of the surrounding paint. This is especially true for the Tricoats like Snowflake Pearl or Artisan Red-patience is the only way to match that factory-thin profile without making the repair look like a pimple.