2014 Porsche Touch Up Paint (33 OEM Colors)

The 2014 Porsche Vibe

By 2014, Porsche was hitting a serious stride. The 911 (991.1) was refined, the Cayman and Boxster (981) had finally shed their "entry-level" shadows, and the Panamera was making everyone rethink what a sedan could do. With 33 colors in the database from this year alone, it's clear Porsche wasn't holding back. It was a buffet of choices-everything from the high-voltage Racing Yellow and Sapphire Blue Metallic to the sophisticated Achate Gray Metallic. Whether you were driving a Cayenne through a suburban jungle or a 911 through a canyon, 2014 was about precision, performance, and a color palette that let you be as loud or as stealthy as you wanted.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. Look, these cars were painted by robots that are more precise than a heart surgeon, but those robots are stingy with the material. In 2014, the factory goal was "efficiency," which is just a fancy way of saying they used as little paint as possible to get the job done. While the finish is incredibly consistent, it's thin-we're talking total thicknesses that make a credit card look like a skyscraper. The real "Agitate" here is the road. Because the clear coat is so lean and brittle, your 2014 911 or Cayman is a magnet for "peppering"-those tiny, annoying rock chips on the front bumper and hood that look like someone hit your car with a salt shaker.

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing a chip on a 2014, you have to play by the robot's rules: Precision over Power. Do not just "blob" the paint into the chip and hope for the best. Because the factory layers are so thin, a big dome of touch-up paint will stick out like a sore thumb. Instead, use a fine-tip applicator and build the color in two or three "whisper-thin" layers. Let it dry for 20 minutes between passes until the color is just a hair below the level of the surrounding clear coat. This mimics the factory's tight tolerances and prevents you from having to sand down a mountain of excess paint-which is a dangerous game when the surrounding factory clear is already so thin.