VolvoMaple Red MetallicTouch Up Paint — Paint Code 478
Maple Red Metallic is Volvo paint code 478. Volvo used 478 on the XC60, S60, V70, C30 from 2005 to 2011. 478 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Maple Red Metallic is sold as Maple Rot Metallic in other markets. Of the 19 Volvo red colours ordered from us, 4 have been ordered more often than Maple Red Metallic.
The kit is mixed to the 478 formula — the same code printed on your vehicle’s paint label — not colour-matched by eye. On panels that still carry their factory paint, that reproduces the original tone.
Where it will not match
Panels bleached by years of sun sit lighter than the factory formula. The kit reproduces the original colour, not the faded one.
A panel that has already been resprayed is no longer the factory colour, so the code will not describe it.
Metallic and pearl finishes are harder to blend across a large area than solid colours — they are at their best on chips and thin scratches.
Damage larger than a few centimetres, or down to bare metal over a wide area, is body-shop work.