Body Panels

Efficient and durable coatings for lightweight body panels

As the automotive industry continues its trend towards lightweighting in many body parts, highly durable and stylish coatings are needed to match. Our coatings for body panels sections align with trends around lightweight coatings for plastic parts. They're designed to be more lightweight and efficient, meaning lower fuel consumption for the vehicle. And, lower fuel consumption means reduced CO2 emissions.

Usage of plastic for automotive parts is increasing

And these parts are beginning to replace parts that used to be metal or wheel. We develop coatings for these parts, including for plastic panels to:

  • Increase weather & UV resistance
  • Increase chemical resistance
  • Increase rubbing and scratch resistance
  • Increase safety with reflectance properties

Coatings for plastic panels aesthetic performance

  • Ability to match gloss and color of car body
  • Better appearance/shining color effects
  • Hide surface defects (i.e. pores, marks and scratches)
  • Better quality cleaning
  • Use of special effects (soft, silk-feeling, textured, etc.)

Coatings for exceptional performance and style for body panels

  • Bumpers
  • Spoilers
  • Grills
  • Rocker panels
  • Doors
  • Fenders
  • Side view mirrors
  • Tailgate trunk lids

Our auto parts offerings

Chassis & Structure
Chassis and structural elements are exposed to the harshest conditions. Our coatings deliver exceptional corrosion protection, chip resistance and excellent durability.
Underhood
For areas like engine blocks, radiators, compressors and brackets, our products are designed to align with your existing process applications and help to reduce energy consumption.
Ride Performance
For all the components that help your customers have the smoothest experience possible, our coatings deliver exceptional performance and durability.
Trim, Frames & Rails
These exterior trim areas demand coatings that deliver both performance and appearance and our topcoats are designed for outstanding physical protection, toughness and style.
Interiors
Our interior coatings solutions are designed to deliver longstanding durability, scratch resistance, chemical resistance and comfort.
Body Panels
From integrated modules to coatings for plastic body parts, PPG meets your needs for areas like bumpers, spoilers, grills, rocker panels, doors, fenders, side view mirrors and more.
Flexible Coatings
Our products are specifically designed to deliver excellent topcoat performance and UV durability for rubber applications like door and sunroof sealing systems, lift gates and glass runs.

Meeting the unique needs of your industry

Autonomous Coatings
With autonomous vehicles being one of the primary mobility trends, the industry expects greater needs for advanced coating technologies and PPG is a leader in providing them.
Auto Parts
PPG provides coatings, applications, sealants and adhesives for a broad array of automotive parts for OEMs and Tier suppliers around the world.
Commercial Vehicles
Our multi-technology approach makes coatings process more efficient and cost-effective for our commercial vehicle customers while meeting the needs of lightweight vehicles, energy savings, and improved sustainability.
Electric Vehicles
As OEMs continue to accelerate investment in full electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion battery packs, PPG is meeting their needs with cost-effective coatings that deliver performance, durability and safety.
Traditional Vehicle Coatings
We offer everything from waterborne and solventborne primer, basecoats, clearcoats, powder primers and scratch resistant ceramic clearcoats for traditional vehicle types.
Wheel Coatings
With PPG Cetelon we specialize in paint systems for aluminum wheels, either solvent or water based and offer premium and ultra premium colors and finishes for OEMs and Tiers.