Toyota paint code 8B6
Strong Blue Metallic
ストロングブルーメタリック
- Paint code
- 8B6
- Name
- Strong Blue Metallic
- Colour
- metallic blue
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- BLUE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Strong Blue 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 8B6 too.
Has a 8B6 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 8B6, the car left the factory in Strong Blue Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Strong Blue Metallic it should say BLUE. 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 blue 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. Strong Blue Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
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Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 8B6?
8B6 is Strong Blue Metallic (ストロングブルーメタリック), a metallic blue paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 8B6?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Strong Blue Metallic should be registered as BLUE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Strong Blue 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