Daihatsu paint code R71
Tonico Orange Metallic
トニコオレンジメタリック
- Paint code
- R71
- Name
- Tonico Orange Metallic
- Colour
- metallic orange
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- ORANGE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Tonico Orange Metallic
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 R71 too.
Has a R71 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 R71, the car left the factory in Tonico Orange Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Tonico Orange Metallic it should say ORANGE. 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 orange 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. Tonico Orange Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Questions
What colour is Daihatsu paint code R71?
R71 is Tonico Orange Metallic (トニコオレンジメタリック), a metallic orange paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in R71?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Tonico Orange Metallic should be registered as ORANGE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Tonico Orange Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Daihatsu Hijet Truck S500 (S500P). 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