2016 Coachmen-RV Touch Up Paint (4 OEM Colors)

The 2016 Coachmen-RV Vibe

Welcome to 2016-the year when "glamping" officially stopped being a punchline and became a lifestyle. Whether you were piloting a Mirada or a Leprechaun, Coachmen was leaning hard into the "mobile luxury condo" aesthetic. The color palette of the year reflected that shift; we've focused on the survivors that defined the era, like the sophisticated Dark Toreadour and the ubiquitous Light Antelope Beige Metallic. It was a time of high-end neutrals designed to look just as good in a state park as they did parked outside a steakhouse.

Paint Health Check

We are firmly in the Thin Paint Era now. By 2016, the robots in the paint booth had become surgical in their efficiency. They weren't spraying paint so much as they were misting a suggestion of color onto the fiberglass. While this gave the 2016 models a sleek, automotive-grade finish right off the lot, it left very little "meat on the bone" for the years to come. The biggest agitator here isn't just the sun-it's the heat. In darker shades like Black or the deep reds, the fiberglass underneath can "check" (that lovely spiderweb cracking), and the clear coat is often the first thing to surrender. If you're seeing a dull, hazy finish on the front cap or roof rails, that's the robot's "efficiency" finally catching up with you.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a 2016 Coachmen, you have to think like the machine that painted it. These factory finishes are incredibly thin, so your biggest mistake is going to be "the blob." If you try to fill a chip in one heavy pass, it'll stand out like a sore thumb against the flat factory profile. Instead, build your layers slowly. Apply a whisper-thin coat, let it flash off, and repeat until you've leveled the surface. Because the original clear coat doesn't have much depth, you'll want to be extremely surgical with your leveling-don't sand more of the surrounding original paint than you absolutely have to, or you'll burn through to the primer before you even know you've started.