2023 Porsche Touch Up Paint (43 OEM Colors)

The 2023 Porsche Vibe

Welcome to 2023, the year Stuttgart decided to stop being so serious and finally leaned into the rainbow. We've got 43 colors in the vault for this year alone, ranging from the heritage-heavy Ruby Star Neo to the "I'm definitely going too fast" pop of Shark Blue. Whether you're piloting a 911 through a canyon or humming along in a Taycan, the vibe was all about customization. Between the 718, the Macan, and the Panamera, the roads started looking less like a sea of "Banker Grey" and more like a bag of Skittles-though Crayon and Achatgrau still held down the fort for the sophisticated crowd.

Paint Health Check

Here's the cold, hard truth: we are living in the Thin Paint Era. Back in my day, you could practically measure paint thickness with a yardstick; now, Porsche uses robots so efficient they probably count every individual molecule. The finish on a 2023 model is surgically precise but incredibly lean. While the clear coat is hard and high-gloss, it's also brittle. This means your Cayenne or Boxster isn't just prone to "road rash"-it's practically a magnet for it. One stray pebble at highway speeds and that thin factory enamel will chip right down to the primer before you can say "flat-six."

Restoration Tip

Since the factory coats are so thin, the biggest mistake you can make is trying to fix a chip in one heavy shot. Don't blob it. If you go heavy, you'll end up with a "mountain" that sits higher than the surrounding factory finish, and you'll never get it level. Instead, treat it like a surgical procedure: build your layers slowly. Apply a tiny amount, let it settle and dry, then come back for another pass. You want to mimic that robot's precision by building the depth gradually until it's flush. Patience is the only way to match a finish that was applied by a machine calibrated to the micron.