Toyota paint code 3Q3
Dark Red Mica Metallic
ダークレッドマイカメタリック
- Paint code
- 3Q3
- Name
- Dark Red Mica Metallic
- Colour
- mica maroon
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- MAROON or RED
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Dark Red Mica Metallic
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Toyota Alphard 30 seriesbuilt 2015–2023AGH30
- Toyota Alphard Hybrid 30 seriesbuilt 2015–2023AYH30
- Toyota Estima 50 seriesbuilt 2006–2019ACR50
- Toyota Mark X X120built 2004–2009GRX120
- Toyota Mark X X130built 2009–2019GRX130
Other Toyota models outside our model library used 3Q3 too.
Has a 3Q3 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 3Q3, the car left the factory in Dark Red Mica Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Dark Red Mica Metallic it should say MAROON 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 maroon 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. Dark Red Mica Metallic has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota maroon paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 3Q3?
3Q3 is Dark Red Mica Metallic (ダークレッドマイカメタリック), a mica maroon paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 3Q3?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Dark Red Mica Metallic should be registered as MAROON or RED. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Dark Red Mica Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota Alphard 30 series (AGH30), Toyota Alphard Hybrid 30 series (AYH30), Toyota Estima 50 series (ACR50), Toyota Mark X X120 (GRX120) and Toyota Mark X X130 (GRX130). 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