Price gouging, such as over $20 to ship a little bottle via the US postal service. We have online shopped numerous dealer and manufacturer websites and touch up paint can be exceedingly difficult to find. The third method, which is probably the most inconvenient and expensive, is to visit a dealership and see what they have in stock. The OEM paint is sold under the private PaintScratch brand label. PaintScratch also guarantees their paint and color matching for your vehicle. PaintScratch also has over 100,000 different paint colors in its inventory. The second major auto paint provider is PaintScratch by Bio Pac. Showing a sample label, showing you where the label can be found, and showing you where the color codes can be found: If you need help finding your label, here is more information for each major vehicle manufacturer, Most commonly on theīut for some car manufacturers this can be an adventure as the placement of the label varies Some car manufacturers are very good at only putting this label one place.
Varies depending on the manufacturer, model, and year of your car. The information on your label, your paint code, and where this label is found in your vehicle Here is a sample label from a Chevy Camaro:įor this Chevrolet the "BC/CC" refer to Base Coat / Clear Coat and the "U" refers to the Upper Body of the car. Your vehicle will have a label which has your color code. The model of your vehicle (example: Camry is a model name of certain Toyota cars) They may be using "OEM" paint even if the label on the paint refers to a company other than yourĢ. In other words, when a dealer or repair shop repaints a portion of your vehicle after bodywork is done, Or, youĬan get OEM certified or standard paint with the label of another company that guarantees the color specification. Known and can be faithfully reproduced over various runs, over several years, in a hundred countriesĪround the world, by different providers.)īottom line: if you want Toyota "OEM" paint you can get paint that says "Toyota" on the label. Purple - (the "actual" reference would be a standard color specification so the exact color is More challenging is that auto makers have massive supply chains, various parts are coming from differentĬountries, and every little part (unlike tires) does not have the actual manufacturer stamped on it.įor paint a car maker may publish specifications - such as 1 part actual red and 1 part actual blue to get That makes sense and tires are an easy example because the tires say 'GoodYear' on the side. If you buy a Toyota and it comes with GoodYear tires then GoodYear is the OEM of the tires even though
It does not mean the maker of your car - which can confuse a lot of people. That means the manufacturer of the original product or OEM is short for Original Equipment Manufacturer.
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