2023 GMC Touch Up Paint (33 OEM Colors)

The 2023 GMC Vibe

2023 was the year "Professional Grade" meant grills the size of a dinner table and enough cameras to film a high-budget heist movie. Whether you were piloting a Sierra 1500 through a job site or hauling the whole local soccer team in a Yukon, GMC gave you plenty of ways to stand out. We've got 30 colors in the database for this year alone, and clearly, the folks in the naming department were having some fun. When you've got options like "Pow Zinga," "Some Kinda Blue," and "Cherry Bomb Tricoat" sitting next to the classic "Summit White," you know it wasn't a boring year at the factory.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the peak of the Thin Paint Era. In 2023, the robots at the assembly plant were calibrated for maximum efficiency, which is a polite way of saying they sprayed that factory enamel as thin as a designer's hopes and dreams. It looks spectacular under the showroom lights, but out in the real world, it's a different story. We're seeing 2023 Canyons and Terrains picking up "road rash" on the rockers and hoods before they even hit their first 10,000-mile service. If you're driving "Onyx Black" or "Cardinal Red," those high-contrast stone chips to the primer are going to look like stars in a night sky if you don't get ahead of them.

Restoration Tip

Because these modern coats are applied with such "robot efficiency," there isn't a lot of material to work with. If you're touching up a chip, do not try to fill the entire crater with one giant glob of paint. It'll never level right and it'll look like a pimple on your fender. Instead, build your layers slowly. Apply a thin dab, let it dry, and repeat until you've built the surface back up to the level of the clear coat. For those fancy Tricoats like "White Frost" or "Radiant Red," patience is the only tool that matters-thin layers win the race every time.