Daihatsu paint code T17
Champagne Metallic Opal
シャンパンメタリックオパール
- Paint code
- T17
- Name
- Champagne Metallic Opal
- Colour
- metallic gold
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- GOLD, BEIGE, BRONZE, YELLOW or SILVER
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Champagne Metallic Opal
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 T17 too.
Has a T17 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 T17, the car left the factory in Champagne Metallic Opal.
- Check the V5C. For Champagne Metallic Opal it should say GOLD, BEIGE, BRONZE, YELLOW 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 gold 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. Champagne Metallic Opal has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Questions
What colour is Daihatsu paint code T17?
T17 is Champagne Metallic Opal (シャンパンメタリックオパール), a metallic gold paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in T17?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Champagne Metallic Opal should be registered as GOLD, BEIGE, BRONZE, YELLOW or SILVER. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Champagne Metallic Opal?
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