1995 Peterbilt Touch Up Paint (1 OEM Colors)

The 1995 Peterbilt Vibe

Welcome to 1995, where the chrome was thick, the mudflaps had "class," and the Peterbilt 379 was the absolute undisputed king of the interstate. If you were running a 330 or a 385 back then, you were probably listening to "Dust on the Bottle" on the cassette deck while watching the sun glint off a hood that seemed ten miles long. Our archives for this year have been distilled down to the survivors-the colors that actually stayed on the road. Specifically, we're looking at Medium Red, the iconic, heavy-duty shade that defined the owner-operator hustle of the mid-90s.

Paint Health Check

We call 1995 the heart of "The Peeling Era." By this time, the factory had moved away from the thick, single-stage slabs of the past and into the world of early basecoat/clearcoat systems. The finish looked like a million bucks on the showroom floor, but twenty-five years of UV rays and road salt have likely turned that clear coat into a liability. If your roof or hood is starting to look like a sunburned tourist-cloudy, white, and flaking off in sheets-you're dealing with delamination. Once the clear coat loses its bond to the base, it's only a matter of time before the moisture gets underneath and turns your legendary rig into a "patina" project you didn't ask for.

Restoration Tip

In this era, your biggest enemy is the "creep." When a rock chip hits 90s clear coat, it creates a tiny pocket where the clear starts to lift from the base. To save the finish, you have to seal chips immediately before the clear has a chance to start crawling back. Because we're dealing with Medium Red in a catalyzed spray can, you're getting a chemical-resistant, hardened finish that mimics the factory's original durability. Sand the edges of any peeling clear back until you hit a "solid" edge, then use the catalyzed spray to lock it down. That hardener is the only thing standing between you and a full strip-down respray.