GMC 1987 Touch Up Paint

1987 GMC Touch Up Paint (45 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 1987 GMC's Color Code

GMC placed paint codes in many different locations, making them difficult to find, and GM did not standardize the color plate location across makes and models. Codes are often found in the glove box or the spare tire well; otherwise they could be elsewhere. Typical format: 51/WA316N, usually preceded by BC/CC (e.g., BC/CC 51 or BC/CC 316N). Two-tone entries may use U or L for Upper or Lower (e.g., BC/CC U316N or BC/CC L316N).

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1987 GMC Background Info

The 1987 GMC Vibe

Welcome to 1987-the year GMC was transitioning the legendary square-body C10-C30 (technically the R/V series by then) and the Safari van was carving out its place in the suburban driveway. It was a time of high-back bench seats and heavy-duty steel. While the brochures showed a rainbow of options, we've focused our attention on the real survivors: Bright Red, Silver Metallic, Tan, and White. These are the shades that defined the era, whether they were hauling cattle in a Medium Duty Truck or shuttling the neighborhood in a G20 Vandura.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at an original 1987 finish, you're looking at the epicenter of "The Peeling Era." This was the dawn of the basecoat/clearcoat transition at GM, and let's just say they hadn't quite stuck the landing yet. You've likely got one of two problems: if it's Bright Red, it's probably gone chalky and oxidized enough to write your name in the dust. If it's Silver Metallic or White, you're likely dealing with delamination. That's a fancy word for your clear coat giving up the ghost and peeling off in sheets like a bad sunburn, or the white pigment losing its grip on the primer entirely. Once the sun gets a hold of that roof or hood, the bond turns to salt.

Restoration Tip

In this era, your biggest enemy isn't just the rust-it's air getting under the edges of your remaining finish. To keep that factory Silver or Tan from lifting further, you need to seal every single stone chip the second you see it. If you let moisture and oxygen get between that basecoat and the clear, the failure will spread like a bad rumor across the whole panel. Clean the chip, dab our matched color in, and level it off. By sealing the wound, you're effectively "nailing down" the edges of the clear coat to keep the rest of the hood from looking like a topographical map.

GMC Models Released in 1987

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