Subaru paint code C3S
Spark Silver Metallic
スパークシルバーメタリック
- Paint code
- C3S
- Name
- Spark 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 Spark Silver Metallic
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Subaru models outside our model library used C3S too.
Has a C3S 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 C3S, the car left the factory in Spark Silver Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Spark 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. Spark 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 C3S?
C3S is Spark Silver Metallic (スパークシルバーメタリック), a metallic silver paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in C3S?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Spark 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 Spark Silver Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Subaru Impreza WRX STI GR (GRB). 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