2005 Hummer Touch Up Paint (20 OEM Colors)

The 2005 Hummer Vibe

2005 was the peak of the "bolder is better" lifestyle. Whether you were piloting the original military-bred H1, the driveway-dominating H2, or the slightly-more-civilized H3, you weren't just driving; you were occupying a ZIP code. Our database tracks 14 distinct colors for this year, and they weren't exactly shy. You had the high-visibility "look-at-me" shades like Competition Yellow and Victory Red, balanced out by tactical, industrial metallics like Grenade Green and Stealth Gray. It was a palette designed for a vehicle that looked just as right parked at a red carpet as it did buried up to the axles in a muddy ditch.

Paint Health Check

Now, listen close, because 2005 falls squarely into the Peeling Era. These trucks were built with a basecoat/clearcoat system that looked a mile deep when new, but it had a nasty habit of "delaminating." Between the massive flat surfaces of the hood and the roof, the sun has had twenty years to bake that clear coat into a crisp. If your Hummer has spent its life outdoors, you're likely seeing those tell-tale signs: cloudy patches, white "ghosting" around rock chips, or clear coat that's literally flaking off in sheets. Once the bond between the color and the clear fails, the environment starts eating your pigment for breakfast.

Restoration Tip

My advice for a survivor from this era? Seal your chips the second you see them. On these 2005 GM-built rigs, a rock chip isn't just a cosmetic blemish-it's an entry point. Air and moisture will get under the clear coat at the edge of that chip and start lifting it like a cheap sticker. Use a high-solids touch-up to fill the crater and, more importantly, "bridge" the gap between the color and the surviving clear coat. If you lock down those edges immediately, you can stop the peeling before it turns your Black Diamond Metallic hood into a map of the moon.