[QUOTE=SyncSubaru;533712]It is not...[/QUOTE]

Could have sworn it was my98 and earlier that weren't colour coded and my99-00 was.

99% sure when I was asking before I bought my M99, and its only the MY00 with colour coded doors :)

from wikipedia

GC8G (9/1999-9/2000)

The last version of the WRX is introduced on September 1999. There is no change in the mechanical specifications. Added features are newly-designed alloy wheels, [B]color-coded mirrors and door handles[/B], remote central locking, intermittent wipers with a timer and map lights. Red Mica had replaced Bright Red..

Well there ya go! I was wrong.

Hmmm. I wonder why my MY99 has Colour Coded Mirrors, but not Door Handles...

Mysteryyyyyy!

It's not hard to get them colour coded. I'd say a previous has had it done.
My my99 has black handles and mirrors.

[QUOTE=SyncSubaru;533722]Hmmm. I wonder why my MY99 has Colour Coded Mirrors, but not Door Handles...

Mysteryyyyyy![/QUOTE]

And the skirts below the doors, which are usually black on the MY99. It's not uncommon to get them painted.

my MY99 has colour coded door and mirrors, but its a very late 99 model. Love the bonnet vents too btw

Don't change a thing... well apart from that front number plate mount. That car is dead sexy!

[QUOTE=cougermoon;533866]my MY99 has colour coded door and mirrors, but its a very late 99 model. Love the bonnet vents too btw[/QUOTE]

Maybe they did it to shift MY99 stock before the MY00 arrived with colour coded everything? Would make sense - at a very quick glance only the rims are different between the two models.