1986 Cadillac Touch Up Paint (47 OEM Colors)

The 1986 Cadillac Vibe

Welcome to 1986, the year of shoulder pads, the Top Gun soundtrack, and the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham-a car so long it needed its own zip code. While the factory brochures back then bragged about "Firemist" metallics and "Autumn Maple" hues, most of those fancy finishes didn't make it past the Bush administration. In our database, we've focused on the ultimate survivors of the era: Black and White. In '86, if you weren't driving a Cadillac in tuxedo colors, were you even really "making it"?

Paint Health Check

You're looking at the height of the Peeling Era. In 1986, GM was still figuring out how to make clear coats stick to the base color without acting like a bad sunburn. We call it "delamination." It starts as a tiny silver bubble or a rock chip, and before you know it, the clear coat is flaking off in sheets, leaving the dull, thirsty paint underneath exposed to the elements. If your Caddy's roof looks like it's molting, you've got classic mid-80s clear coat failure.

Restoration Tip

On these 1986 models, moisture is your absolute worst enemy once the seal is broken. To stop the "sunburn" from spreading, you have to seal every single rock chip immediately. If air and water get under the edge of that clear coat, they'll start prying it away from the basecoat like a putty knife. Use a precision touch-up tool to fill the crater and bridge the gap between the color and the clear-do it now, or you'll be watching your factory finish fly off in the rearview mirror on the highway.