2017 Fleetwood Touch Up Paint (69 OEM Colors)

The 2017 Fleetwood Vibe

Welcome to 2017, the year the "Full Body Paint" motorhome truly conquered the highway. If you were piloting a Fleetwood back then-maybe a Bounder or a Discovery-you weren't just driving a vehicle; you were captaining a 40-foot rolling canvas of metallic gradients and earthy neutrals. With 69 colors in our database for this year alone, Fleetwood wasn't shy about the palette. We're talking about a time when Bodega Beige Metallic and Iron Gray Metallic were the kings of the campground, and if you really wanted to turn heads at the diesel island, you showed up in Cayenne Red. It was an era of sophisticated shimmers and complex layouts that made the old "white box" trailers of the past look like ancient history.

Paint Health Check

Now, let's get real about what's under those swirls. By 2017, we were deep into the Thin Paint Era. This was the age of "Robot Efficiency." The paint booths at the factory were masterpieces of precision, but those robots were programmed to be stingy. They laid down the base and clear coat with surgical thinness to save weight and cost. The result? A finish that looks like a million bucks when it's new but has the structural integrity of a soap bubble when it meets a stray pebble on the I-95. On these big rigs, keep a sharp eye on the dark colors like Brilliant Black or Dark Brown. Because the coats are so thin, the heat absorption can cause "micro-checking"-tiny hairline cracks in the fiberglass substrate that eventually telegraph right through the paint.

Restoration Tip

When you're dealing with a 2017 finish, the golden rule is: Build layers slowly; don't blob it. Because the factory clear coat is so thin, you don't have much "meat" to work with if you try to sand things down level. If you catch a stone chip on that massive front mask, resist the urge to fill the whole crater in one go. If you drop a giant glob of paint in there, it'll shrink, skin over, and look like a mess. Instead, dab a tiny bit of color, let it outgas, and repeat until the chip is flush. You're playing a game of microns here, and in the Thin Paint Era, patience is the only tool that actually works.