Saab 2003 Touch Up Paint

2003 Saab Touch Up Paint (13 OEM Colors)

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Paint Pen

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Paint Bottle

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customzied Color Paint Bottle. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the included basecoat delivers a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Spray Can

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using ourcustomized color Spray Can. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun.

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Pens

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish. Each order includes a basecoat and a midcoat pen.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Bottles

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customzied Color Paint Bottles. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the basecoat & midcoat deliver a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Spray Cans

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using our customized color basecoat & midcoat Spray Cans. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun. Each order includes a basecoat & a midcoat paint.

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How to Find Your 2003 Saab's Color Code

Saab paint codes are normally on the drivers door jamb. On old Saabs, color codes are about impossible to find; other cited locations include the engine compartment and the trunk area (inside the transmission is a joke). Typical code format: 230, which corresponds to: 230 Scarabe Green Metallic Clearcoat. Same Color Code, Different Name: the same paint across models may be called Green Clearcoat or Mystic Green Clearcoat.

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2003 Saab Background Info

The 2003 Saab Vibe

Welcome to the peak of the "Born from Jets" era, where 2003 was all about the redesign of the 9-3 Sport Sedan and the continued quirky dominance of the 9-5. In my shop, 2003 feels like the year the world decided it wanted to look like a high-tech toaster. Silver Metallic and Steel Gray Metallic were the uniform of the day-architects and college professors couldn't get enough of them. But for the real Swede-heads, we saw the occasional flash of Lime Yellow or the deep Chili Red Pearl. We've cataloged 7 of the survivors in our database, focusing on the tones that actually defined the Swedish tarmac before GM's influence fully took the wheel.

Paint Health Check

If you're staring at a 2003 Saab today, you're likely dealing with the "Peeling Era." By 2003, the factory was using a two-stage basecoat/clearcoat system that looked brilliant in the showroom but didn't always play nice with the sun. The biggest heartbreak? Delamination. Once a rock chip pierces that clear coat on the hood or roof, the air gets under the edges and starts lifting the clear like a bad sunburn. On the Laser Red models, you'll see the clear go milky before it flakes away, leaving the basecoat to oxidize into a chalky pink. If your roof looks like it's shedding skin, you're officially a victim of early-2000s clear coat technology.

Restoration Tip

In this era, a "small chip" is a ticking time bomb. The moment you see a nick in the paint, you need to seal it-period. If you leave it open, moisture and air will tunnel between the color and the clear, and once that delamination starts, the only real fix is a full sand-down and respray. When you use our touch-up, don't just "dot" the center; make sure you overlap the edges of the surrounding clear coat slightly. This "caps" the clear and prevents it from lifting further. It's the difference between a five-minute fix today and a $500 trip to the body shop next summer.

Saab Models Released in 2003

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