Toyota paint code 4X1
Steel Blond Metallic
スティールブロンドメタリック
- Paint code
- 4X1
- Name
- Steel Blond Metallic
- Colour
- metallic gold
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- GOLD, BEIGE, BRONZE, YELLOW, BROWN or GREY
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Steel Blond 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 Priusbuilt 2015–2023ZVW50
Other Toyota models outside our model library used 4X1 too.
Has a 4X1 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 4X1, the car left the factory in Steel Blond Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Steel Blond Metallic it should say GOLD, BEIGE, BRONZE, YELLOW, BROWN or GREY. 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 gold 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. Steel Blond Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota gold paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 4X1?
4X1 is Steel Blond Metallic (スティールブロンドメタリック), a metallic gold paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 4X1?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Steel Blond Metallic should be registered as GOLD, BEIGE, BRONZE, YELLOW, BROWN or GREY. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Steel Blond Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota Alphard 30 series (AGH30), Toyota Alphard Hybrid 30 series (AYH30) and Toyota Prius (ZVW50). 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