2023 Toyota GR Supra

Red is the least forgiving colour under studio light, and this 2023 GR Supra takes it. The owner went with three layers of Icon Rocklear, our permanent paint protection coating, and the red now reads deeper than it did new. The hex rig lays down clean and unbroken across the hood, over the double bubble roof, and along a rear haunch that curves the reflection without ever breaking it.

The A90 body is almost all curve. There is barely a flat panel on the car: the fenders swell over the wheels, the roof dips between two raised sections, and the tail is a compound shape that folds back into the ducktail. Curved surfaces are where a finish either holds a reflection or fractures it into pieces, so the detail frames in this set are the ones worth looking at closely. The wheel arch, the fender to headlight transition, the spoiler and taillight corner all show the reflection bending in one piece.

Icon Rocklear bonds into the factory clear coat rather than sitting on top of it as a sacrificial layer, which is why it does not need stripping and redoing. Reds are the paint family owners most often watch go chalky and pink after enough summers parked outside, and the coating resists that UV fade and the general dulling that follows it. It does not yellow, and it needs no waxing to keep the depth it has here.

Twenty six photos, shot in Milpitas: front three quarter, rear three quarter, straight on front, then the badge, hood, door panel, quarter panel, wheel and taillight details. More on the coating on our Icon Rocklear page.