2022 Cadillac Touch Up Paint (27 OEM Colors)

The 2022 Cadillac Vibe

By 2022, Cadillac was hitting its "Renaissance" stride, splitting its personality between the highway-ruling Escalade and the track-shredding CT5-V Blackwing. The factory didn't just give us a color palette; they gave us a personality crisis. With 27 colors in the mix, they moved away from the stuffy "Old Man" grays and into the era of the witty named shades. Whether you were rocking Black Meet Kettle Pearl, the cheekily named Some Kind of Blue Metallic, or the high-impact Cherry Pop Tricoat, your Caddy was designed to be seen-preferably from the valet stand or the rearview mirror of a German sedan.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. Back in my day, we measured paint depth with a ruler; now, they use a microscope. In 2022, the "Robot Efficiency" at the factory reached peak precision, which is a polite way of saying they applied just enough paint to cover the primer. While those Abalone White and Vivid Tricoats look stunning, the clear coat is applied so thin that a stiff breeze and a gravel truck can turn your front bumper into a game of connect-the-dots. We're seeing early signs of rock-chip "freckling" on the low-slung noses of the CT4 and XT4, and the occasional clear-coat tension release on the plastic trim of the larger XT6. It's a beautiful finish, but it's fragile as a glass slipper.

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing a chip on a 2022 finish, you have to fight the urge to "blob and go." Because the factory layers are so incredibly thin, a giant drop of touch-up paint will stand out like a sore thumb. Build your layers slowly. Use a fine-tip applicator to dab in a whisper-thin layer of color, let it dry, and repeat until the depth matches. If you're working with those tricky pearls like Galactica Metallic or Rift Metallic, patience is your only friend-mimic the robot's precision, or you'll end up with a repair that looks like a high-voltage wart.