Toyota paint code 3E5
Super Red II
スーパーレッドII
- Paint code
- 3E5
- Name
- Super Red II
- Colour
- solid red
- Finish
- Solid: no flake, the easiest to match
- V5C should say
- RED or MAROON
- Status
- Confirmed: Toyota’s own catalogue lists Super Red II for the SW20, and a separate colour listing gives its code as 3E5
Models that came in Super Red II
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Toyota models outside our model library used 3E5 too.
In Toyota’s own catalogue
Toyota’s own listings name the colour (スーパーレッドII) but not the code, so they confirm the model offered it. These are the grades we checked:
- Toyota MR2 SW20 SW20Toyota’s used-car catalogue: MR2 GT-S (E-SW20), December 1991 to October 1993; MR2 GT, December 1997 to August 1999
Has a 3E5 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the manufacturer’s plate in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead or a front strut top. It’s printed with the trim code as COLOR/TRIM (C/TR): in 040/FB20 the paint code is 040. If it says 3E5, the car left the factory in Super Red II.
- Check the V5C. For Super Red II 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 Toyota red paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 3E5?
3E5 is Super Red II (スーパーレッドII), a solid red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 3E5?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Super Red II 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 Super Red II?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota MR2 SW20 (SW20). Other Toyota 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 Toyota colour codes