2006 GMC Touch Up Paint (29 OEM Colors)

The 2006 GMC Vibe

2006 was the year GMC decided the job site deserved a little "pizazz." You had the Sierra and Yukon Denali looking like they belonged at a red carpet event, while the Topkick was busy being a literal movie star. Back then, GMC wasn't afraid of a color wheel; we've got 29 shades in our database from that year alone. It was an era of "mass personalization" where you could get a Savana or an Envoy in everything from the "everywhere-you-look" Fine Silver Birch Metallic to the "get-out-of-my-way" Sunburst Orange Pri Metallic or the deep, moody Bermuda Blue Metallic. It was a good time to have eyes, but a tough time to be a body shop trying to keep up with the variety.

Paint Health Check

Here's the cold, hard truth from behind the spray mask: welcome to the Thin Paint Era. By 2006, the factory robots had become absolute masters of efficiency-and "efficiency" is just a corporate word for "stingy." While the finishes looked like a mirror on the showroom floor, the actual thickness of the clear coat on your Canyon or Sierra was thinner than a Vegas wedding vow. Because those layers were so lean, they're prone to "robot efficiency" failure. If your roof or hood looks like it's peeling like a bad sunburn, that's classic delamination. A single rock chip on the highway doesn't just leave a mark; it punches through that thin shell, giving moisture a VIP pass to start lifting the clear coat from the color coat.

Restoration Tip

When you're repairing a chip or a scuff on these mid-2000s beauties, build your layers slowly. Don't go in there trying to fill a crater with one giant "blob" of paint-it'll never level out right against that thin factory profile, and you'll end up with a visible bump that sticks out like a sore thumb. Instead, apply the color in thin, light passes. Let it tack up, then add another. You're trying to mimic that factory precision without the factory's stinginess. Once the color is uniform, treat that final layer with respect; since the original paint is thin, you don't have much room to aggressively buff or sand if you make a mess.