Daihatsu paint code R40
Shining Red
シャイニングレッド
- Paint code
- R40
- Name
- Shining Red
- Colour
- red
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- RED or MAROON
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Shining Red
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Daihatsu models outside our model library used R40 too.
Has a R40 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the caution plate, whose position varies by model: look in the engine bay first, then the door pillars. Some Daihatsus share Toyota’s codes. If it says R40, the car left the factory in Shining Red.
- Check the V5C. For Shining Red it should say RED or MAROON. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
- Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as red and usually prints the code. A sheet that says one colour with a code for another means the car was painted before it was sold in Japan. Our auction sheet translator flags that.
- Look for the old colour where a respray rarely reaches: the engine bay, door shuts, inside the boot lid and fuel flap, and under rubber seals.
Other Daihatsu red paints
Questions
What colour is Daihatsu paint code R40?
R40 is Shining Red (シャイニングレッド), a red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in R40?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Shining Red should be registered as RED or MAROON. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Shining Red?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Daihatsu Copen (L880K). Other Daihatsu models outside our model library used it too.
From our own colour table. The dot shows the colour family, not the paint itself. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected]. All Daihatsu colour codes