2004 Pontiac Touch Up Paint (50 OEM Colors)

The 2004 Pontiac Vibe

Welcome to 2004-the year Pontiac decided to go bold or go home. You had the legendary GTO making a comeback with some serious muscle, the Sunfire and Grand Am holding down the high school parking lots, and the Vibe trying to convince us it wasn't a hatchback. In our database, we're tracking 32 distinct shades for this year alone. While the rest of the world was drowning in a sea of Galaxy Silver Metallic, Pontiac was busy throwing Orange Fusion Metallic and Barbados Mica Metallic at anything with a plastic body cladding. It was a time of transition, where "Excitement" meant more than just a tagline; it meant a color palette that actually had a pulse.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at an original 2004 finish today, you're likely staring at the poster child for the "Peeling Era." This was the height of clear coat delamination. Back then, the factory was getting efficient with its spray patterns, but the bond between that base color and the protective top layer wasn't always a lifelong marriage. If your hood or roof looks like it's suffering from a bad case of road-rash sunburn, you've got delamination. Once that clear coat lifts and the white, flaky edges start to migrate, the underlying pigment is a sitting duck for UV damage. On models like the Grand Prix or the Montana, those horizontal surfaces were the first to surrender to the sun.

Restoration Tip

The secret to keeping a 2004 Pontiac looking respectable is speed. You have to seal those chips immediately before the clear coat gets the bright idea to start lifting. If you see a small "halo" around a rock chip, the clear has already detached. Don't just dab paint in the middle; you need to gently-and I mean gently-use a fine-grit sanding pen to smooth the edges of the failing clear before applying your touch-up. This stops the "creep" and keeps the delamination from turning a tiny nick into a palm-sized flake. Seal it tight, or you'll be watching your Pulse Red turn into a dull, chalky pink faster than a GTO hits sixty.