Subaru paint code 406
Light Silver Metallic
ライトシルバーメタリック
- Paint code
- 406
- Name
- Light 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 Light Silver Metallic
We believe these offered it too, but haven’t confirmed it yet:
Other Subaru models outside our model library used 406 too.
Has a 406 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead or a strut top, next to COLOR or C/T. If it says 406, the car left the factory in Light Silver Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Light 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. Light Silver Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Subaru silver paints
Questions
What colour is Subaru paint code 406?
406 is Light Silver Metallic (ライトシルバーメタリック), a metallic silver paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 406?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Light 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 Light Silver Metallic?
We believe the Subaru Impreza WRX GC (GC8) also offered it, but haven’t confirmed that yet. Other Subaru 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 Subaru colour codes