2022 Peugeot Touch Up Paint (4 OEM Colors)

The 2022 Peugeot Vibe

By 2022, Peugeot was fully committed to its "Power of Choice" era, sharpening the claws on everything from the nimble 208 to the family-hauling 5008. The styling was aggressive, and the colors had to keep up. We've focused on the survivors of this digital-age palette-the essentials like Blue China and the show-stopping Bright Red Tricoat. It was a year of high-contrast visuals where even a "standard" White had to look crisp enough to cut glass under those LED "lion fang" daytime running lights.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the peak of the Thin Paint Era. In 2022, the factory robots were calibrated for "surgical efficiency," which is a polite way of saying they applied the bare minimum to get the job done. While that factory clear coat looks like a mirror in the showroom, it's notoriously brittle and thin. If you're seeing "pimples" or blistering on your roof or hood-especially on the lighter shades-you're likely dealing with the classic 2020s adhesion struggle. These modern Peugeots look fast, but their paint is essentially a high-tech skin that doesn't take kindly to stone chips or aggressive highway debris.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2022 finish, you have to fight the urge to be a hero with a single heavy coat. Because this paint is applied so thin at the factory, a big "blob" of repair paint will sit on the surface like a mountain on a pancake. Build your layers slowly. Apply a thin coat, let it flash off, and repeat until the level is just right. If you're working with the Bright Red Tricoat, remember that the depth comes from the layering, not the thickness-patience is the only tool that actually works here.