Mitsubishi paint code A31
Cool Silver Metallic
クールシルバーメタリック
- Paint code
- A31
- Name
- Cool Silver Metallic
- Colour
- metallic silver
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- SILVER or GREY
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Cool Silver Metallic
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
We believe these offered it too, but haven’t confirmed it yet:
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII to IXbuilt 2001–2007CT9A
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Xbuilt 2007–2015CZ4A
Other Mitsubishi models outside our model library used A31 too.
Has a A31 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the caution plate in the engine bay, next to EXT (the exterior paint). Codes are a letter and two digits, such as W37. If it says A31, the car left the factory in Cool Silver Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Cool Silver Metallic it should say SILVER or GREY. 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 silver 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. Cool Silver Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Mitsubishi silver paints
Questions
What colour is Mitsubishi paint code A31?
A31 is Cool Silver Metallic (クールシルバーメタリック), a metallic silver paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in A31?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Cool Silver Metallic should be registered as SILVER or GREY. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Cool Silver Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear L400 (PD8W) and Mitsubishi Delica D:5 (CV5W). We believe the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII to IX (CT9A) and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) also offered it, but haven’t confirmed that yet. Other Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi colour codes