2008 Fleetwood Touch Up Paint (62 OEM Colors)

The 2008 Fleetwood Vibe

Welcome to 2008, the year Fleetwood decided your Motorhome should have as many color options as a boutique hotel. We're looking at a massive 62 colors in our database for this year alone. It was the era of the "Full Body Paint" flex, where Fleetwood was moving away from simple decals and into sophisticated, multi-tone metallic schemes. The vibe was "High-End Neutral"-think Bodega Beige Metallic and Champagne Pearl-designed to make your 40-foot rig look like a rolling luxury condo. If you weren't rocking a pearlescent white like Dream White, you were probably leaning into the "earthy" trend with Copper Brown or Cypress Green.

Paint Health Check

Since we're firmly in the "Thin Paint Era," we have to talk about the reality of "Robot Efficiency." By 2008, factory paint was being applied by automated systems programmed to use as little material as humanly possible while still achieving coverage. While it looks sleek, it lacks the "meat" of older finishes. On a Fleetwood of this vintage, you're likely battling two main enemies: "Checking" and clear coat delamination. Because the layers are so thin, heat gets trapped in darker pigments like Obsidian or Bordeaux Red Metallic, causing tiny spider-web cracks in the underlying gel coat. Meanwhile, the clear coat on those high-exposure areas-like the roof radius and front cap-is probably starting to peel like a bad sunburn after fifteen years in the elements.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up a chip or a scrape on that Silver Gold Tricoat or Light Mocha Metallic, the golden rule is: Build layers slowly; don't blob it. Because the original factory finish is so thin, a single heavy drop of touch-up paint will sit high and look like a wart on the side of your coach. Instead, use multiple thin passes, allowing the paint to "flash off" and shrink down between applications. This mimics the factory's low-profile layering and ensures the repair sits flush with the surrounding finish. If you're dealing with the common "checking" in dark sections, remember that touch-up is a cosmetic fix-the goal is to seal the surface and hide the white lines, not to fill deep structural cracks in one go.