Toyota paint code 8L5
Blue Mica Metallic
ブルーマイカメタリック
- Paint code
- 8L5
- Name
- Blue Mica Metallic
- Colour
- mica blue
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- BLUE
- Status
- Confirmed: Toyota’s own catalogue lists Blue Mica Metallic for the JZZ30, and a separate colour listing gives its code as 8L5
Models that came in Blue 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 8L5 too.
In Toyota’s own catalogue
Toyota’s own listings name the colour (ブルーマイカメタリック) 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 8L5 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 8L5, the car left the factory in Blue Mica Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Blue Mica 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. Blue Mica Metallic has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota blue paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 8L5?
8L5 is Blue Mica Metallic (ブルーマイカメタリック), a mica blue paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 8L5?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Blue Mica 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 Blue Mica Metallic?
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