2020 Acura Touch Up Paint (22 OEM Colors)

The 2020 Acura Vibe

By 2020, Acura was leaning hard into its "Precision Crafted Performance" comeback, and the color palette finally caught up to the marketing. While the ILX and RLX were holding down the fort for the sedan crowd, the NSX was the high-energy heart of the lineup, bleeding its "Supercar" DNA into the rest of the fleet. We're talking about a year where you could get a family-sized MDX or a sharp RDX in 22 different flavors-including head-turners like Thermal Orange Tricoat and Indy Yellow Tricoat. It was a sophisticated vibe: half "executive boardroom" and half "track day enthusiast," with enough Apex Blue Pearl and Majestic Black to keep things interesting.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. Look, the robots in the factory are impressively precise, but they're also incredibly stingy. By 2020, clear coats were being measured in microns thinner than a strand of hair. The "Robot Efficiency" of this era means you get a gorgeous, mirror-like finish off the lot, but the durability is... well, let's just say it's sensitive. If you're driving a TLX or an MDX from this year, you've probably already noticed the "constellation" of rock chips forming on your hood and front bumper. The bond on some of those fancy Tricoats-specifically the whites and reds-can be a bit finicky, occasionally leading to premature peeling around the roof rails or trunk seams where the factory spray was at its absolute thinnest.

Restoration Tip

Since 2020 paint is all about "thin and fast" factory applications, the worst thing you can do for a repair is "thick and slow." Build your layers slowly; don't blob it. If you're filling a chip in Platinum White Tricoat or Iconic Red Pearl, resist the urge to fill the hole in one shot. Modern factory enamel doesn't like being applied in heavy "blobs"-it won't level correctly and it'll stick out like a sore thumb. Apply several paper-thin layers, letting each one dry, until you're just level with the surrounding clear coat. This mimics the factory's multi-stage process and keeps your repair from looking like a DIY disaster.