1986 Fleetwood Touch Up Paint (8 OEM Colors)

The 1986 Fleetwood Vibe

Welcome to 1986, the year of the ultimate American road trip. If you were rolling in a Fleetwood Motorhome back then, you weren't just camping; you were piloting a land-yacht with more presence than a Reagan-era motorcade. Fleetwood didn't just give you a place to sleep; they gave you a palette that could blend into a desert sunset or a coastal harbor. With eight distinct colors in our vault-ranging from the sophisticated Heather Firemist to the sea-breeze cool of Nassau Blue-they really tried to make sure no two rigs at the KOA looked exactly the same. Whether you were rocking Chamois or Light Teal, you were the king of the highway.

Paint Health Check

Now, let's talk shop. 1986 puts us right at the dawn of the "Peeling Era." Manufacturers were moving away from the thick, single-stage slabs of the 70s and experimenting with early basecoat/clearcoat systems. The result? A bit of a gamble. While the color beneath stayed vibrant, those early clear coats were notorious for "delamination"-that's a fancy word for your finish peeling off in sheets like a bad sunburn. If your Fleetwood has spent three decades baking in the sun, that Smoke Gray Metallic probably looks more like a topographical map on the roof and hood by now. Once the clear lifts, the party is over for the paint underneath.

Restoration Tip

Since you're working with mid-80s tech, your biggest enemy is an open wound. If you see a stone chip or a small crack in the clear coat, do not-I repeat, do not-wait until next season to fix it. On these rigs, once the air gets under that clear layer, it starts a chain reaction of peeling that's harder to stop than a downhill motorhome with no brakes. Clean the area, hit it with a color match, and seal it immediately. You want to lock that edge down before the wind on the interstate turns a tiny chip into a square foot of missing finish.