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RX-8 colours & touch up paint codes.

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These are the colour codes for RX-8 touch up paint, Clearcoat denotes that clear lacquer should be applied over the colour basecoat.
Tricoat denotes that a midcoat and clear lacquer is applied over the colour basecoat.

Brilliant Black Clearcoat ..... A3F.
Lightning Yellow Clearcoat ..... A4J.
Sunlight Silver Metallic Clearcoat ..... 22V. (R3)
Strato Blue Mica Clearcoat ..... 25E.
Velocity Red Mica Tricoat ..... 27A.
Winning Blue Metallic Clearcoat ..... 27B.
Nordic Green Mica Clearcoat ..... 27C.
Titanium Grey Metallic Clearcoat ..... 29Y.
Phantom Blue Metallic Clearcoat ..... 32C. (Evolve)
Galaxy Grey Metallic Clearcoat ..... 32S.
Copper Red Mica Clearcoat ..... 32V. (Evolve)
Stormy Blue Mica Clearcoat ..... 35J. (Nemesis)
Sparkling Black Metallic Clearcoat ..... 35N. (Kuro & R3)
Crystal White Pearl Clearcoat ..... 34K. (40th Anniversary & R3)
Metropolitan Grey Mica Clearcoat ..... 36C. (40th Anniversary & R3)
Aurora Blue Mica Clearcoat ..... 34J. (R3)
Diamond Grey Metallic Clearcoat ..... 38E. (R3)
Aluminium Silver .....38P. (R3)
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What colours does the Mazda RX-8 come in? (UK)

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Colour                    Paint Code  Models
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Lightning Yellow          A4J         S1 (Launch to ?2004?)
Nordic Green Mica         27C         S1 (Launch to ?2004?)
Velocity Red Mica         27A Tricoat S1, R3
Brilliant Black           A3F         S1, PZ
Sunlight Silver Metallic  22V         S1, R3
Titanium Grey Metallic    29Y         S1 
Winning Blue Metallic     27B         S1 
Strato Blue Mica          25E         S1 (2004? on)
Galaxy Grey Metallic      32S         PZ
Copper Red Mica           32V         S1 Evolve & Nemesis (2006? on)
Phantom Blue Metallic     32C         S1 Evolve (2006? on)
Stormy Blue Mica          35J         S1 Nemesis (?2006? on)
Sparkling Black Metallic  35N         S1 Kuro (2006), R3
Metropolitan Grey Mica    36C         40th (2007)
Crystal White Pearlescent 34K         40th (2007), R3
Aurora Blue Mica          34J         R3
Diamond Grey Metallic     38E         R3
Radiant Red Mica                      R3 Import

Black Cherry Mica                     USA Shinka (2005/6), JDM Import

Pearlescent White                     Before the Anniversary - Coxy!
Tango Tony Orange                     Something special from Exiled-Viking
Supergirly Pink                       EssexGirlRacer
S1 = 2003 launch Series 1 (230PS and 192PS), and special editions
PZ = May 2006 S1 Prodrive edition (230PS) - suspension improvements
40th = 2007 S1 40th Anniversary edition (230PS) - new wheels, improved interior, nice paintwork
R3 = 2008 Series 2 (230PS) - exterior facelift, lights, engine, drivetrain & interior improvements

This is mainly UK oriented - some colours are known as other names in US and Japan, and other editions with colours which never made it to the UK were also released.

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There were discussions on Facebook about the rarest RX-8 colours and which ones were available in the UK. I just so happened to come across my original vehicle specification brochures from 2003/04/06. Thought I'd share here:

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Great info!

I also have an original R3 brochure, pic below :-D

As you can see, this is pre-2009 facelift which included the Metropolitan Grey Mica paint option

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Re: RX-8 colours & touch up paint codes.

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Merged into existing FAQ thread, before it gets buried under General...
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Arguably the rarest RX-8 colour should be "Phantom Blue" as only 100 examples of the Evolve in that colour were manufactured for the UK.

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warpc0il wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:34 pm
Merged into existing FAQ thread, before it gets buried under General...
moved the topic into open forum temporarily so members can add updates. when all the information is collated and the topic complete it can be moved back.
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Delanor wrote:
Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:07 pm
Arguably the rarest RX-8 colour should be "Phantom Blue" as only 100 examples of the Evolve in that colour were manufactured for the UK.

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Phantom Blue is indeed one of the rarest in the UK, however it was sold globally so isn't the rarest colour to adorn an 8 from the factory :)

I can't find figures, either, but I suspect Lightning Yellow was potentially rarer at one point... But no figures are made available on the colour breakdown. I have also seen more Phantom Blues than I've seen Nordic Greens on the road - it wasn't a very commonly chosen colour at all...

The rarest colour globally is Marble White which was on the Japanese 40th Anniversary Edition. It's the same colour that came on the 1967 Cosmo and was limited to 200 cars globally :)
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UK colours the Lightning Yellow is rare as was Nordic only ever seen one of each on the road and that was years ago, but as it was a standard spec` car choice numbers unknown, globally there were others eg "Shinka" in "Black Cherry"

Actually these days the only RX-8 I see on the road is my Crystal White are RX-8`s that rare now.

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Loving all the rarity comments about my yellow one, the wife found a website which broke it down by colour, 19 yellow on the road in the UK apparently :-k
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Folks, whats the deal with these Mazda-specific paints? Or are they really Mazda specific?
My poor R3 has a nasty ding right down to the metal in the front left wing from when a piece of masonry blew off the roof of our house in the storms last year, and richocheted off the car. The indignity of it!! (I'm extremely grateful it didn't go right through the windscreen...)
I'm trying to save up a bit of money to get that wing sanded down and re-painted - but can any old paint shop "just" mix up a batch of the RX8's Pearlescent Crystal White?
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Short answer, yes.

Long answer, the better the guy is at it the better it will look, but as it’s not a custom colour and white is relatively easy, see short answer :D
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sean.r3 wrote:
Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:25 pm

I'm trying to save up a bit of money to get that wing sanded down and re-painted - but can any old paint shop "just" mix up a batch of the RX8's Pearlescent Crystal White?
Are you saying you just want some Crystal White paint mixed at a local paint factors to use yourself? If you go to any repairers they will just get the paint mixed at a local factors.
The comparison of the match is really down to who does the mix, over the years I have had a few Crystal White paint mixed and they have varied from awful to spot on.

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Re-spraying car bodywork is beyond me unfortunately so I'll need to find a reliable panel shop to do it. Am cursing that I'm not back in New Zealand, my brother used to run a panel shop and had a good rep for quality work including paint matching.
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Any paint shop will supply you with a batch of "Mazda paint colour xyz" based on the recipe in their database.

A good paint shop will use this as a starting point and do an exact colour match against a sample you supply, which is often the fuel filler flap.
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Anyone know what colour the silver interior trim is?
Usual worn patches on transmission tunnel.
Also, the seat backs too?