Daihatsu paint code S30
Grey Metallic
グレーメタリック
- Paint code
- S30
- Name
- Grey Metallic
- Colour
- metallic grey
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- GREY or SILVER
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Grey 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 S30 too.
Has a S30 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 S30, the car left the factory in Grey Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Grey Metallic it should say GREY or SILVER. 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 grey 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. Grey 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 S30?
S30 is Grey Metallic (グレーメタリック), a metallic grey paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in S30?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Grey Metallic should be registered as GREY or SILVER. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Grey Metallic?
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