Mazda paint code 17W
Snow White Pearl Mica
スノーホワイトパールマイカ
- Paint code
- 17W
- Name
- Snow White Pearl Mica
- Colour
- pearl white
- Finish
- Pearl: layered and the hardest to match, so look closely at panel edges
- V5C should say
- WHITE or CREAM
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Snow White Pearl Mica
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Mazda models outside our model library used 17W too.
Has a 17W car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the caution plate, in the engine bay on older models and on the driver’s side centre pillar on later ones, next to COLOR. Mazda codes are two or three characters. If it says 17W, the car left the factory in Snow White Pearl Mica.
- Check the V5C. For Snow White Pearl Mica it should say WHITE or CREAM. 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 white 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. Snow White Pearl Mica has a pearl finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Mazda white paints
Questions
What colour is Mazda paint code 17W?
17W is Snow White Pearl Mica (スノーホワイトパールマイカ), a pearl white paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 17W?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Snow White Pearl Mica should be registered as WHITE or CREAM. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Snow White Pearl Mica?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Mazda RX-7 FD (FD3S). Other Mazda 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 Mazda colour codes