Subaru paint code C7P
Lightning Red
ライトニングレッド
- Paint code
- C7P
- Name
- Lightning Red
- Colour
- red
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- RED or MAROON
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Lightning Red
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 C7P too.
Has a C7P 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 C7P, the car left the factory in Lightning Red.
- Check the V5C. For Lightning Red it should say RED or MAROON. 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 red 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.
Other Subaru red paints
Questions
What colour is Subaru paint code C7P?
C7P is Lightning Red (ライトニングレッド), a red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in C7P?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Lightning Red should be registered as RED or MAROON. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Lightning Red?
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