Toyota paint code 3J6
Super Red III
スーパーレッドIII
- Paint code
- 3J6
- Name
- Super Red III
- 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 III for the SW20, and a separate colour listing gives its code as 3J6
Models that came in Super Red III
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 3J6 too.
In Toyota’s own catalogue
Toyota’s own listings name the colour (スーパーレッドIII) 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 (E-SW20), October 1989 to December 1991
Has a 3J6 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 3J6, the car left the factory in Super Red III.
- Check the V5C. For Super Red III 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 3J6?
3J6 is Super Red III (スーパーレッドIII), a solid red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 3J6?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Super Red III 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 III?
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