Buick 1986 Touch Up Paint

1986 Buick Touch Up Paint (39 OEM Colors)

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Paint Pen

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Paint Bottle

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customzied Color Paint Bottle. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the included basecoat delivers a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Spray Can

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using ourcustomized color Spray Can. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun.

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Pens

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish. Each order includes a basecoat and a midcoat pen.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Bottles

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customzied Color Paint Bottles. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the basecoat & midcoat deliver a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Spray Cans

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using our customized color basecoat & midcoat Spray Cans. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun. Each order includes a basecoat & a midcoat paint.

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How to Find Your 1986 Buick's Color Code

Buick used many different locations over the years, so the paint color plate can be hard to find. GM did not standardize the location. Commonly cited spots are the glove box or the spare tire well; otherwise it may be anywhere. The code format typically looks like 51/WA316N, usually preceded by BC/CC (BC/CC 51 or BC/CC 316N), and two-tone entries may show U or L (BC/CC U316N or BC/CC L316N).

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1986 Buick Background Info

The 1986 Buick Vibe

Welcome to 1986, the year of the "Quiet Power." Whether you were floating down the interstate in a plush Century or squinting at the futuristic digital dash of a Somerset, Buick was the undisputed king of the suburban driveway. While other manufacturers were busy chasing neon trends and cocaine-bright plastics, Buick kept it classier. We've focused our database on the two colors that actually survived the decade with their dignity intact: Black and White. In an era of experimental metallics that turned into a "rash" by 1990, these two are the eternal tuxedo for your Buick's sheet metal.

Paint Health Check

Now, let's talk shop. If you're looking at an '86, you are standing right in the middle of The Peeling Era. General Motors was transitioning hard into Basecoat/Clearcoat systems this year, and let's just say the "adhesion" part of the equation was still a work in progress. These early clear coats are notorious for "delamination"-that's a fancy word for your car peeling like a bad sunburn. If the clear coat on your roof or hood is starting to look cloudy or flaking off in sheets, you've got a "ghosting" problem. Once the sun gets under that clear and starts cooking the base color, it's a one-way trip to a total respray.

Restoration Tip

The secret to keeping an '86 Buick looking factory-fresh is aggressive chip management. On these mid-80s finishes, a single rock chip isn't just a cosmetic blemish; it's a breach in the hull. Air and moisture will get between that clear coat and the base color, causing the edges to lift and the peeling to spread. Therefore, you need to seal every pinhole chip the second you see it. Use our touch-up to bridge that gap and lock the clear coat back down to the primer. If you're working with White or Black, you're in luck-those solid pigments are much easier to blend than the temperamental metallics of the time, so don't be afraid to lay it on and level it out.

Buick Models Released in 1986

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