Colour Coded Side Strips

[adamshaw]

Guys and Gals,

I have a Mr2 j reg in white. Only recently purchased. However the side strips are black, was this standard on the early models?? Looking about it seems to be although i have seen a few with colour coded.

Any ideas..?

Also can i get them colour coded cheaply?

The Car is a UK model

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[ricomr2]

Yes mate the rev 1 models (up to 1992) had black strips, they were colour coded from 92 onwards.

If your handy with a spray can you could do it yourself

and save yourself a bodyshop bill of anything upto £100

[sewelly]

alrite mate im a newbie too...got myself a new rev 1 with colour coded strips all done when i bought it thought you might want a quick look plus again im showing of my new car i will stop soon...well until i get my first mods on

[Razor_Rage]

Yes mate the rev 1 models (up to 1992) had black strips, they were colour coded from 92 onwards.

If your handy with a spray can you could do it yourself

and save yourself a bodyshop bill of anything upto £100

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they were not color coded until the Rev3's mate. so late 1993 and upwards. my early 93 Rev2 has a darker red then the rest of the body, so they're "semi-color coded"

[acf8181]

yeah, thats my understanding as well (its how i distinguish cars with aftermarket alloys)....

rev1 - black trim

rev2 - darker shade of same colour than body

rev3+ - coded

[Jesus]

Not strictly true... my 1994 Rev3 in Steelmist comes with bright silver strips as standard... but I got them colour coded.

[ricomr2]

Oops, My mistake!!

[KiwiMR2]

Not strictly true... my 1994 Rev3 in Steelmist comes with bright silver strips as standard... but I got them colour coded.

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AFAIA Type III (oct 1993 upwards) should ALL be colour coded, my Dec 93 Type III was.....your sure your's hasn't meet with an accident before you got it

Cheers

KiwiMR2

[Jesus]

AFAIA Type III (oct 1993 upwards) should ALL be colour coded, my Dec 93 Type III was.....your sure your's hasn't meet with an accident before you got it 

Cheers

KiwiMR2

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Is yours Steelmist too then???

Steelmist Silver had bright silver strips... but was the only one this way... apart from the Anniversary edition.

[GiJoe90]

Mines a late 1993 rev 3 and it has silver strips like Jesus said.......

I'm keeping mine that way though as it matches the wheels nicely :P

Joe

[Jesus]

Like so...

or...

...but haven't got any digital pics of mine before getting them painted.

In general though, Toyota did indeed start colour coding everything from 1993 onwards...

[GiJoe90]

Second one is mine as standard :) (Freewebs is a crap host for pictures!!)

Joe

[Billy C]

Didnt white also have silver strips as well???

[adamshaw]

Didnt white also have silver strips as well???

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its a rev 1 so it has black strips. do you know the paint code for it?