2011 Scion Touch Up Paint (19 OEM Colors)

The 2011 Scion Vibe

Welcome to 2011, the year Scion decided the road needed more "lifestyle" and fewer boring beige boxes. Whether you were squeezing an iQ into a motorcycle parking spot, hauling gear in the xB, or pretending the tC was a Supra, you had choices. We're talking a massive 19-color buffet. Scion was leaning hard into the "alternative" look with colors like Army Rock Metallic and Cement Gray Metallic-colors that basically invented the modern trend of making your car look like a battleship or a piece of heavy machinery. If you went bold with Hot Lava or Voodoo Blue, you weren't just driving; you were making a statement that the neighbors definitely heard.

Paint Health Check

Here's the reality: by 2011, the factory robots had become absolute surgeons with the spray gun-and not in a good way. We call this the Thin Paint Era. The bean counters realized they could save a fortune by shaving the clear coat down to the thickness of a moth's wing. If you own a Super White or Blizzard Pearl model, you might already know the "Toyota Peel"-where the paint decides it's tired of being attached to the primer and starts flaking off in sheets. For everyone else, the enemy is "Road Rash." Because the factory finish is so thin and brittle, even a pebble with a mild attitude will leave a crater on your hood. Your clear coat is likely hard, but it's thin, meaning there's zero margin for error.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2011 Scion, you have to fight the urge to "fill the hole" in one shot. Because the factory paint is so thin, a big, thick blob of touch-up will stick out like a sore thumb and won't level correctly. Build your layers slowly. Apply a thin coat, let it flash off, and repeat. You want to sneak up on the surface level rather than burying it. And for the love of the craft, don't get aggressive with the sandpaper afterward; you've only got about half the clear coat thickness of a car from the '90s to play with. Treat it like a surgical repair, not a house painting project.