timportspeed

Anybody out there could tell me what is the best touch up paint out to use for TLs? Color of my TL is white diamond pearl, i want to cover up the rock chip on my hood and I want to paint to match.

huystAr

iTrader: (3)

i think the dealership might? im not even sure lol i need some for my wdp too -_-

YeuEmMaiMai

straight fron the acura dealer

nj2pa2nc

Yes go to a acura dealer-not that expensive and they usually have it in stock.

gostraight

your color code is NH 603P according to this place: http://www.touchuppaintonline.com/Acura/TL

I saw this post in Google and was looking for the touch up paint for this same color, so thought I should response

gostraight

it turned out that this is a tricoat color, so no touch up paint will give us the perfect match But at least it's a close match and it will keep the chips from rusting...

jptl04

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I've tried the dealer pens and bottles they suck! I got my touch-up paint from these guys
http://www.paintscratch.com/apple.html
Alot better and the match is nearly perfect.

Wdp is a 3 stage paint and you can get all three base, pearl, and clear. I highly recommend this over the pens. You can use tiny model paint brushes to apply each layer. I used it and can hardly tell where the rock chips are.

imj0257

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Yea go to your dealer they have a little bottle of touch of paint for each car color. I got my second bottle about a month ago, costs like ~$10.

BG74

Whatever you do don't buy the touch-up pen from Acura. It works great for ONE use - after that, the tip seems to dry out or something and the paint just won't flow smoothly - leading to a big blob in exactly the wrong spot.

cjTL

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I used a Duplicolor SSM pen and it matched perfectly, IMO.

YeuEmMaiMai

you do know that the acura touch up paint has a pen on one side and a brush on the other, right?

princelybug

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I use OEM.

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

The 'pen' part is a useless pos imo. I only use the brush part.

jptl04

iTrader: (1)

Yes I do. But did you know it's a piece of shit brush and applies way to much of that crappy touch up dealer paint? That's fine If you have huge chunks of paint missing.

Ive used the dealer pen and brush. Doesn't matter the paint sucks. The stuff I got from
That site is 100x's better. That's at least for WDP

jptl04

iTrader: (1)

Nice!

BG74

I feel like an idiot!! I never noticed the brush side! Doh!

gorr

My dealer had to special order touch up paint for me. Im waiting for delivery so I will keep everyone updated.

I love my new type S!!!

Gorr

Ch33sE1

Anyone notice that the paint on the 08 TL-S chips really easily? I bought my KBP 2 weeks ago and did a claybar/wash/wax the second I brought her home and there were barely any rock chips. After driving it for two weeks, I find chips everywhere along the hood. And I don't tailgate or anything so I'm wondering about the quality of the manufacturer's paint job. I've checked the car thoroughly and it hasn't been in an accident or anything.

I'm gonna purchase the touch-up paint to fix everything this week, and after that, I'm planning on putting the 3M clear cover on. Any input on doing all this would be great.

YeuEmMaiMai

never had a problem with my touchup paint straight from Acura 2002 CL-S taffia white so maybe it's a user error?

Ch33sE1
the paint on the 2nd gen cars chips just as easily too.

when you get your paint practice a little with it first so you get used to how the pen and brush work

vlo421

After a year of searching I finally found an awesome deal and got myself an 07 TL-S KBP 2 months ago. Haven't had time to claybar yet, but will post pics next time around. I DO notice since the last time I washed/polished/waxed that the paint on this car seems to chip easily. I'm afraid to touch it up myself so I'm wondering if I should go to a body shop ($40 - $45 quote). There's actually one small paint chip on there that started to rust so I wanted to have it done the right way before winter comes.

shftl

I've put 150K miles on my clear bra and I recommend it highly. I average 100 miles a day, on rural roads, including one stretch of gravel road, rural and urban interstates, and city streets, and I can't say enough good about 3M urethane. It's not indestructible, but it's close.

My vote is for Paintscratch, but their pens are no good either. Order by the bottle, and use tiny modeling brushes, as jptl suggests. Build up a blob, take it back down with 1500 or 2000 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper (wet), followed by car polish and and elbow grease and you can almost achieve an invisible repair.