Toyota paint code 3M9
Rose Red Mica
ローズレッドマイカ
- Paint code
- 3M9
- Name
- Rose Red Mica
- Colour
- mica red
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- RED or MAROON
- Status
- Confirmed: Toyota’s own catalogue lists Rose Red Mica for the JZZ30, and a separate colour listing gives its code as 3M9
Models that came in Rose Red Mica
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 3M9 too.
In Toyota’s own catalogue
Toyota’s own listings name the colour (ローズレッドマイカ) but not the code, so they confirm the model offered it. These are the grades we checked:
- Toyota Soarer Z30 JZZ30Toyota’s used-car catalogue: Soarer 2.5GT-T, August 1997 to August 1999
Has a 3M9 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 3M9, the car left the factory in Rose Red Mica.
- Check the V5C. For Rose Red Mica 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. Rose Red Mica has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota red paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 3M9?
3M9 is Rose Red Mica (ローズレッドマイカ), a mica red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 3M9?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Rose Red Mica 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 Rose Red Mica?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota Soarer Z30 (JZZ30). 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