Mitsubishi paint code U17
Titanium Grey Metallic
チタニウムグレーメタリック
- Paint code
- U17
- Name
- Titanium 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 Titanium Grey Metallic
We believe these offered it too, but haven’t confirmed it yet:
Other Mitsubishi models outside our model library used U17 too.
Has a U17 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 U17, the car left the factory in Titanium Grey Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Titanium 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. Titanium Grey Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Mitsubishi grey paints
Questions
What colour is Mitsubishi paint code U17?
U17 is Titanium Grey Metallic (チタニウムグレーメタリック), a metallic grey paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in U17?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Titanium 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 Titanium Grey Metallic?
We believe the 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