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

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

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

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

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."

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.

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...

here you go.....

 

http://www.paintscratch.com/

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.

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

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....