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Toyota paint code 4T3

Bronze Mica Metallic

ブロンズマイカメタリック

Paint code
4T3
Name
Bronze Mica Metallic
Colour
mica bronze
Finish
Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
V5C should say
BRONZE, BROWN or GOLD
Status
Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car

Models that came in Bronze 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 4T3 too.

Has a 4T3 car been resprayed?

  1. 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 4T3, the car left the factory in Bronze Mica Metallic.
  2. Check the V5C. For Bronze Mica Metallic it should say BRONZE, BROWN or GOLD. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
  3. Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as bronze 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.
  4. 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. Bronze Mica Metallic has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.

Other Toyota bronze paints

Questions

What colour is Toyota paint code 4T3?

4T3 is Bronze Mica Metallic (ブロンズマイカメタリック), a mica bronze paint.

What colour should the V5C say for a car in 4T3?

The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Bronze Mica Metallic should be registered as BRONZE, BROWN or GOLD. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.

Which models came in Bronze Mica Metallic?

Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota Prius (ZVW30) 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