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Old 13 March 2014, 03:50 AM
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Default Touch up paint ?

Got a few little chips that need touching up just to take your eye off them, given there any no subaru dealers near me can anybody recommend somewhere to get a touch up kit ? Is it better to stick with genuine or use another brand.

Car is crystal grey.
Old 13 March 2014, 08:09 AM
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Get one from halfords mate, they mix up the colour for you and put it in a touch up pot
Old 13 March 2014, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by wrx scooby wrx
Get one from halfords mate, they mix up the colour for you and put it in a touch up pot
I didn't know Halfords offered this service - I've certainly never seen it in my local Halfords although they do have a very large selection of paints on the shelf although they don't have any Subaru paints on the shelf or listed in the book attached to the shelf.
Old 13 March 2014, 11:27 AM
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Well the one in kettering offers the service but they prob all don't
Old 13 March 2014, 12:16 PM
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It's not hard to google "Subaru crystal grey paint code"!!!! No shortage of threads on this forum either:

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...int-codes.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...7&postcount=10
https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...7&postcount=12
https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...7&postcount=30
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...buy-paint.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...28&postcount=5
Old 13 March 2014, 01:02 PM
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I'd go with paints4u, their matching is significantly better than Halfords and the paint seems better quality too. Get the paint with the lacquer premixed if you're just doing touch ups.
Old 13 March 2014, 03:26 PM
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+1 for paints4u, stay away from halfords, bought some spray cans from then to spray my skirts and the quality was awful, came up all bubbly, bought two more cans from paints4u and to my relief they came up a treat, easy to order online aswell

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Nor is it hard not to be a tool, try it sometime.

Originally Posted by ST-X
I'd go with paints4u, their matching is significantly better than Halfords and the paint seems better quality too. Get the paint with the lacquer premixed if you're just doing touch ups.
Thank you, this post was helpful and I appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by beardo47
Nor is it hard not to be a tool, try it sometime.
Trust me if I wanted to try I would succeed.
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Originally Posted by beardo47
Thank you, this post was helpful and I appreciate it.
No worries, happy to help.
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I've seen Subaru touch up kits on eBay
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