Volkswagen 2016 Touch Up Paint

2016 Volkswagen Touch Up Paint (48 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 2016 Volkswagen's Color Code

Volkswagen paint codes can be difficult to find. Most are located around the spare tire area, printed on a paper color id tag that is guaranteed to fall off and disappear just when needed; not on a metal plate in the driver door jamb. Typical format: LD7X/2R (two codes: LD7X and 2R). LD7X corresponds to Platinum Gray Metallic Clearcoat; 2R is also used for the same color. Really old Volkswagen can be nearly impossible to figure out.

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2016 Volkswagen Background Info

The 2016 Volkswagen Vibe

In 2016, Volkswagen was in a mood. While the rest of the industry was busy painting every commuter car some forgettable shade of "Generic Rental Silver," Wolfsburg decided to give us a palette with some actual pulse. We're talking 48 distinct colors in our database for this year alone. You had the GTI and Golf R tearing up backroads in Lapiz Blue and Carbon Steel Grey Metallic, while the Beetle was leaning hard into the retro-revival with Sandstorm Yellow and Habanero Orange Effect. Whether you were driving a refined CC or a workhorse Jetta, 2016 was a year where VW paint actually had some "look at me" energy left in the tank.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the peak of the Thin Paint Era. By 2016, the robots in the factory had become absolute surgeons-and that's not a compliment. This is what I call "Robot Efficiency." The factory mastered the art of applying the absolute minimum amount of paint required to cover the metal. It looks flawless on the showroom floor, but the reality is that your Passat or Tiguan is wearing a coat of paint thinner than a diner napkin. Because the layers are so lean, these cars are magnets for "road rash." A single pebble on the highway doesn't just chip the paint; it often punches right through the clear and the basecoat, leaving a crater that reaches the primer before you've even finished your morning coffee.

Restoration Tip

Since we're dealing with the factory's "less is more" philosophy, your repair strategy needs to be "slow and steady." When you're filling those inevitable stone chips on your hood, do not try to fill the hole in one giant, heavy-handed blob. Because the surrounding factory paint is so thin, a thick repair will stick out like a sore thumb. Build your layers slowly. Dab a tiny amount of paint into the center of the chip, let it dry, and repeat until it's level with the surface. This mimics that tight, factory-sprayed tension without creating a "beaded" look that screams "amateur hour." If you're working with those high-depth pearls like Onyx White or Deep Black, patience is your only friend-layering is the only way to get that metallic flake to lay down and catch the light the way it did in 2016.

Volkswagen Models Released in 2016

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