Over the past couple of years I've searched the net for this information. Most of it was out there, and other Hachi enthusiasts helped me fine tune it. It seems that this chart is fairly accurate now, but feel free to pop your hood and check your color code against my information. Look on your VIN plate attached to the firewall for the line that says Color/Trim. The first three characters after that are your color code. Let me know if you have information that doesn't match. Note: This is for US-spec cars only at this point.

Also, I am on the search for dealer brochures for the classic Corollas. If you have one please give me a shout so we can get it scanned and posted for everyone to view.

Modified by toyotareference at 9:42 AM 3/8/2012

Oh... for farts and giggles... in Europe there was a JCE15W...... yep... 4 wheel drive IS300 wagon!

http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/ USE it!

I've been wrong before... and at somepoint in time, I'll be wrong again

-84' Toyota Corolla SR5 Hatch ST20V (Sold to K.C.)
-91' Toyota MR2 N/A Targa 5S (Sold)
-86' Toyota Corolla GT-S Hatch RT16V (My new baby)

Prove me wrong, toyota may have said it was possible, just didnt happen.

The yellow ones are obviously painted, on the hatch in the garage there is overspray on the bolt/plastic tab in the fenderliner. Also note the blue/gray interior, which would NEVER be on a yellow car.

The levin and hatch arent even in this country, let alone stock color.

Pics of a yellow car dont prove that, color code vin plate and real cars would, i have owned 5 ae's in 10 years, still have 3. custom = custom

In japan there was a yellow levin, coupe. as nearly every levin is a coupe with whiteline tails.

u are the wrong one my friend....
luv-ya

Modified by Jinsoku at 1:58 AM 12/3/2009

p.s. the brown coupe is the color your mentioning.if you go to the site and click the little camera icon next to the color code the cars with that color pop up.if thats not light topaz metallic i dont know what else it would be?

i highly doubt it was custom because the thing had rust on it

on guy i know has a stock yellow SR% hatch with Yellow and Brown interior Automatic.

no one would lie about that

If i had a dollar for every time my open diff pissed me off, I'd have an LSD.
-Hachigo Pro

sr5ftw@gmail.com

Here is my AE86 (with a buddies MR2), does this look like 8D4 to you guys?

http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=42637

91 Corolla
86 GTS hatch
85 GTS hatch
77 Celica
73 Celica

Oh and to the OP thanks for the post very informative.

service manual- http://hachiroku.net/servman

Engine repair manual- http://www.importworkshop.com/toyota-sprinter.html

I have a few vids on youtube as well
please look up " Makako Tuning " and you can see the color there.
i do a walk around with the " new RAD" video i have.

It would be wonderful if you could help me locate the oem color of my car as when i am finished with the rust repair and restoration i am putting the same color back on from full chassis stripdown, so the engien bay, interior, trunk, underbody, roof, etc. will all be repainted.

You read the color code, look it up in a big book (or online these days) and the paint company has a list of whatever pigments and all are needed to match it up to stock.

Except--that's a match for new stock. And after 20+ years of sunlight and UV, most paint colors will have shifted or bleached out some, so the skill of the paint shop comes in matching what you've got. Unless you're doing a full repaint.

The color of the undercoats, primer, clearcoat, also all affect final color, so matching just the factory color code is just the start.

http://www.toyotareference.com/corollasport

Modified by toyotareference at 10:01 AM 3/8/2012