2008 Pontiac Touch Up Paint (100 OEM Colors)

The 2008 Pontiac Experience

Welcome to 2008-the year Pontiac was trying to go out in a blaze of glory. We're talking about the swan song of "Excitement," where the rear-wheel-drive G8 was ready to eat German sport sedans for breakfast and the Solstice was turning heads in every beach town. Whether you were hauling the family in a Torrent or a Montana, or daily-driving a Vibe or a G6, Pontiac gave us plenty of variety to work with. Our database has a staggering 100 colors for this year alone. They weren't just "painting" cars back then; they were experimenting with "Liquid Silver Metallic" and "Ignition Orange Metallic" to make sure these machines looked fast even when they were sitting in the driveway.

Paint Health Check

By 2008, we had firmly entered the **Thin Paint Era**. The factory robots became so efficient at their jobs that they could stretch a gallon of "Carbon Flash Metallic" across an entire fleet of G5s. While this meant a smoother finish off the assembly line, it left the clear coat vulnerable. If you've got a Grand Prix or a G6 that spent its life parked under the sun, you're likely seeing the "GM Peel"-that dreaded delamination where the clear coat starts looking like a bad sunburn. Between the stingy factory application and the inevitable rock chips on the nose of your G8, these cars are crying out for a bit of thickness to protect what's left of their dignity.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2008 Pontiac, you've got to play by the robot's rules: **build your layers slowly and don't blob it.** Because the factory paint is so thin, a heavy-handed application will stick out like a sore thumb. If you're filling a chip in "Liquid Silver" or "Victory Red," use several thin passes rather than trying to bridge the gap in one go. You want to mimic that factory-tight finish. Once your base is level, seal it up immediately; those thin edges are where the clear coat failure starts, so locking it down is the only way to stop the "peel" from traveling across the rest of the panel.