2006 Fleetwood Touch Up Paint (61 OEM Colors)

The 2006 Fleetwood Vibe

Welcome to 2006-the year Fleetwood decided your motorhome shouldn't just be a vehicle, but a 40-foot rolling statement of early-millennial luxury. Whether you were piloting a Bounder, a Discovery, or a Southwind, you weren't exactly blending in. With a massive palette of 61 colors in our database, Fleetwood was clearly trying to offer every shade of "adventure" imaginable. We're talking about high-end metallics like Bordeaux Red Metallic, the earthy Copper Brown, and that quintessential Cashmere Silver. It was an era of deep, complex tones designed to look expensive under the desert sun, even if the factory was starting to get a little stingy with the actual material.

Paint Health Check

Here's the cold, hard truth: 2006 was the heart of the Thin Paint Era. By this point, the factory booths were run by robots that were programmed to save every penny. They started stretching the clear coat so thin it was basically just a suggestion of protection. On a massive Fleetwood motorhome, this means the upper radius of the roof and the front end caps have likely taken a beating. If you look closely, you'll probably see "checking"-those tiny spiderweb cracks in the fiberglass-or a clear coat that's starting to flake off in sheets like a bad sunburn. The robots were efficient, but they didn't account for ten years of baking in a Tucson RV park.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up these mid-2000s rigs, remember the golden rule of the robot era: Build layers slowly; don't blob it. Because the factory finish is so thin, a giant glob of touch-up paint will stick out like a sore thumb. If you're working with a heavy metallic like Vomela Silver Metallic or Gold Firemist Metallic, you need to apply multiple paper-thin coats to get the flakes to lay down correctly and match the original depth. If you try to fill a chip in one go, the metallic will "mottle" and look like a dark smudge. Take your time, let it flash off, and sneak up on the repair.