Toyota paint code 8W7
Dark Blue Mica Metallic
ダークブルーマイカメタリック
- Paint code
- 8W7
- Name
- Dark 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
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Dark 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 8W7 too.
Has a 8W7 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 8W7, the car left the factory in Dark Blue Mica Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Dark 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. Dark Blue Mica Metallic has a mica 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 8W7?
8W7 is Dark Blue Mica Metallic (ダーク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 8W7?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Dark 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 Dark Blue Mica Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the 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