2000 Newmar Touch Up Paint (15 OEM Colors)

The 2000 Newmar Vibe

Welcome to the Y2K era, where we all thought the computers would quit, but the motorhomes just kept on rolling. If you were piloting a Newmar Motorhome back in 2000, you weren't just driving; you were captaining a rolling beige palace. Our database tracks 11 colors for this year, and let me tell you, it was the "High Desert" aesthetic in full swing. From Kalahari Beige Metallic to Mojave Beige and Coronado Sand Metallic, Newmar gave you every possible shade of "expensive sand" you could imagine. It was a sophisticated, metallic-heavy palette designed to look good parked outside a casino in Vegas or a canyon in Sedona.

Paint Health Check

Since we're dealing with the year 2000, you are smack-dab in the middle of The Peeling Era. These rigs were sprayed with some of the best basecoat/clearcoat systems of the time, but twenty-plus years of sun takes a toll. The clear coat on these units doesn't just fade; it undergoes "delamination"-which is basically a messy divorce between the protective clear and the color underneath. If you've got one of the darker survivors like Midnight Pine Pearl or Anthracite, check the roof radius and the front cap. If the clear looks like it has a bad sunburn and is starting to flake off in silver-dollar-sized sheets, that's delamination knocking on your door.

Restoration Tip

When you're dealing with a 2000-era clear coat, your biggest enemy is moisture getting under a tiny rock chip and "lifting" the surrounding clear. To save that Topaz Metallic finish, you need to seal every chip the second you see it. Use your touch-up paint to "bridge" the gap where the clear coat meets the basecoat. By sealing that edge, you prevent wind and rain from getting a foothold and peeling the rest of your finish off like a banana skin. If the clear is already flaking, feather the edges with 1000-grit before touching up to keep the failure from spreading further down the side of the coach.