Toyota paint code 3L1
Orange Mica Metallic
オレンジマイカメタリック
- Paint code
- 3L1
- Name
- Orange Mica Metallic
- Colour
- mica orange
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- ORANGE or RED
- Status
- Confirmed: Toyota’s own catalogue lists Orange Mica Metallic for the SW20, and a separate colour listing gives its code as 3L1
Models that came in Orange Mica Metallic
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 3L1 too.
In Toyota’s own catalogue
Toyota’s own listings name the colour (オレンジマイカメタリック) 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, December 1997 to August 1999
Has a 3L1 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 3L1, the car left the factory in Orange Mica Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Orange Mica Metallic it should say ORANGE or RED. 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 orange 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. Orange Mica Metallic has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota orange paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 3L1?
3L1 is Orange Mica Metallic (オレンジマイカメタリック), a mica orange paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 3L1?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Orange Mica Metallic should be registered as ORANGE or RED. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Orange Mica Metallic?
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