Paint question

[lhrocker]

I am looking to do some paint touchup on my white 95 Legacy Wagon. Where can I find a paint code for it, or do I just go to the dealer and ask for it by color? Is there a good 3rd party match for it?

 

Thanx,

Pete

[JohnnyB]

You can find the paint code on a metal placard under the hood. Can't remember where under the hood this is, I'm sure someone else will chime in. Take a look, should be easy to spot.

 

Check this link out too.

 

http://duplicolor.anthonythomas.com/match2/match_maker.cgi

[mattocs]

I believe it is on the driver side. It is the same plate that says which engine you have, and etc.

[TheBrian]

If DupliColor doesn't make your color paint, CarQuest can mix you up a spray can.

[JT95]

Should be on the driver side. My 95 is Glacier White, but I think there was another white that year as well. Go to an auto paint supply store and get a little can mixed up for you. Don't get base coat/clear coat supplies, as you can shoot the one step and it'll match just as well--that's what I did with my car. (No touch up paint will ever match perfectly.) If you don't have a paint gun/air compressor, there are these nifty little aresol spray nozzles that screw onto a skinny jar that are made for touch up spraying. I have an air brush I use for little paint jobs and it's a charm.

 

Stay away from the Dupli-Color cans of touch up paint at Wal-Mart. It would save you a few bucks, but not worth the quality cut, IMHO.

 

I was visiting my parents a couple months ago and had my wagon in Dad's garage doing some work on it. I caught him with a can of gloss white paint from his wood shop hitting some small rock chips on the front of my hood and fenders with a little paint brush. At first I was like "What are you doing??!!" but then I saw where he had hit and it looked fine. Unless a person were inspecting the paint on the hood (and who does that on a 95 wagon), you'd never know it. He just smiled and said "It looks better than the little paint chips did and you can put real paint on it later."

[forester2002s]

I bought a little OEM touch-up bottle (with small brush in cap) from my Subaru dealer. I think that it was about CAD$12 (about US$8).

 

It's OK for touching-up small areas or chips, but obviously not for a paint-job.

[brus brother]

On my 90 Loyale which was in the process of being consumed by rust, in between Bondo patches, I would routinely touch up areas with Rustoleum Gloss White... fairly ghetto, but hey, a 90 Loyale in the rust belt...

[subaru_styles]

here you go.....

 

http://www.paintscratch.com/

[NOMAD327]

Just as an aside, the retail outlets that sell paint dabbers seem to have ignored Subaru. (just like trying to find a key blank in a hardware store) The two tone Outback models also have a paint code for the bottom color, and both will be available at the dealer.

[brus brother]

Just saw that you are in NJ, but here in CT., most professional auto paint suppliers will make up a 16oz. spray "rattle" can for about $18 matched to the original code.

Let your fingers do the walking through the yellow pages

[ScoobyRu93]

I saw them at Auto Zone for $5.49. Not saying that they were the best quality, but it was very simple to find the right color. It had "Glacier White-Subaru" on it....