2018 Fleetwood Touch Up Paint (67 OEM Colors)

The 2018 Fleetwood Vibe

By 2018, Fleetwood wasn't just building motorhomes; they were building rolling luxury condos. This was the era of the high-gloss "Full Body Paint" look where more was definitely more. Our database is sitting on 67 different colors for this year alone because Fleetwood seemingly wanted to use every metallic pigment known to man. Whether you're piloting a Discovery or a Bounder, you're likely swathed in a complex tapestry of Bodega Beige Metallic, Iron Gray Metallic, and Bordeaux Red Metallic. It was a time when "neutral" didn't mean boring-it just meant five different shades of sophisticated silver and champagne fighting for dominance on your passenger-side slide-out.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. By 2018, the factory robots had been calibrated for "maximum efficiency," which is just a polite way of saying the paint is thinner than a Vegas wedding vow. While the finish looks like a mile-deep pool of liquid glass when it's clean, that high-solids clear coat is surprisingly brittle. On these big Fleetwood rigs, the front caps are absolute magnets for rock chips that flake off in jagged chunks rather than small dents. You also have to watch out for "checking"-those tiny spiderweb cracks that show up on the darker fiberglass panels like Brilliant Black or Obsidian when the sun bakes them too hard. The paint is tough, but it doesn't have the "meat" on its bones that the old-school rigs had.

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing a chip on a 2018 finish, remember: **Build layers slowly; don't blob it.** Because the factory finish is so thin and the clear coat is so tight, a giant drop of touch-up paint will sit on the surface like a sore thumb and won't level out. Use a fine-tipped brush or a toothpick to apply the color in "whisper" coats. If you're working with a metallic like Silver Gold Tricoat or Champagne Pearl, multiple thin layers are the only way to get those tiny metallic flakes to lay down correctly. Let each layer dry until it's tacky before adding the next; patience is the only thing that's going to save you from a repair that looks like a high-altitude bird strike.