Gen 5 Colors

Non-Stryker Colors to be added.

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The Stryker Colors

If you want to talk attention demanding, neck snapping, and painfully beautiful colors though, you need not look any further than the Stryker range of colors. Stryker Red, Stryker Green, Stryker Orange, and Stryker Purple represent the very best of Gen 5 paint quality and wow-factor! Let’s dive into what makes each one so special…

Stryker Red

The first of the illustrious Stryker colors formulated and produced, Stryker Red made its public debut way back in 2012 on the New York show car (made for the New York auto show of that year). The most expensive and complicated of its siblings, Stryker Red is a rich and complex color that invites getting lost in.

Highlights

• Paint Process: Orange base coat, multiple layers of translucent red paint on top of that, wet-sand each paint layer before adding more, then clear coat on top. [1]

• Time To Paint: 8 to 10 hours. [1][2]

• Amount Of Paint Coats: 3.

• Paint Code: PRK

• Paint Cost (in 2013): Around $14,600 dollars.

• Years Available: 2013.

• Available on these trim levels: GTS (2013).

• Fun Fact: There are a handful of Stryker Red 2014 SRT/Dodge Vipers out there. This is apparently because the production of these particular snakes took a little longer than anticipated.

Notes/Extra Info:

• Regarding the amount of Paint Coats: Because of some conflicting information during my research, I’m not completely sure if Stryker Red is “only” a three (aka Tri) coat process or more than that. BJ Motors (formally ViperExchange) says Stryker Red is a 6 stage process, but the Leather Bound version of Maurice Liang’s Gen 5 book says it’s a tri-coat paint. Kevin Fromm says as much too. Even when I asked Prefix, they said each Stryker received a ground coat, a mid coat, and then a clear finish on top (or three coats). Perhaps some semantics are involved…

• –– Speaking of semantics, I also asked about how many layers of paint are in Stryker Red (this is different from how many coats), and Eric Foster told me 7-10 between the ground, mid, and clear coat. Seems a follow-up email confirming how many layers of paint are in the other Stryker colors is in order to further understand the differences between the paints.

Community Contributions:

• Kevin Fromm: For information like paint codes and more for this and other Stryker Colors.

• Maurice Liang: For informing me he covered Stryker Red in the Leather Bound version of his Gen 5 book (page 176 for anyone curious).

• Jhan R. Dolphin (VP of Prefix: For giving me the opportunity to ask Prefix, the company that did the Stryker colors, some questions.

• Eric Foster (Director of Business Development at Prefix): For answering my questions about the Stryker colors.

• Jeff Gardner (aka ViperJeff): The importance of his work dissecting and consolidating Dodge Viper build data cannot be understated. Without his essential information, this and notable other areas of Viper knowledge would be far murkier and cumbersome to understand.

• Tim Champion: For asking about what trims the Stryker colors were offered on.

• And anyone else yet to be mentioned here!

Stryker Green

The second Stryker color to be released, Stryker Green is as unapologetic a color as the Viper is a car. Clearly a match made in the pit, right? Billed as an evolution from the Gen 4 color Snakeskin Green (SSG in Viper circles), SSG has a yellow undertone in the light, Stryker Green maintains more of its green color. Thus making it look comparatively less “lime” in the light.

Highlights

• Paint Process: Base green ground coat, then a tinted mid-coat, followed and finished by a clear coat.

• Time To Paint: 8 to 10 hours.

• Amount Of Paint Coats: 3.

• Paint Code: G7/PG7

• Paint Cost (in 2014): Around $5,700 dollars. [1][2]

• Years Available: 2014 to 2017.

• Available on these trim levels: SRT (2014 only with the Grand Touring Package), GTC (2015-2017), GTS (2014). Never offered/produced in standalone GT trim.

• Fun Fact: Stryker Green is the only Stryker color ever officially offered (by way of an option) on the SRT trim level.

Notes/Extra Info:

• Regarding 2015 to 2016 Stryker Greens: I want to shed some light on these two years of Stryker Greens specifically because, during my research, I came across yet another example of Dodge not keeping its information straight. The 2015 and 2016 Viper Feature Availability PDFs would have you believe Stryker Green (as a color) wasn’t offered, but that’s wrong. There is a caveat to this mind you, but it was indeed possible to get Stryker Green in 2015 and 2016.

• –– The way to attain a Stryker Green snake in 2015 and 2016 was through the 1 of 1 program Dodge ran. Among one other difference (explained below), this meant your Viper would be a GTC. Not a GTS or GT or SRT, but a GTC.

• Regarding the difference between 2014 Stryker Greens and ’15, ’16, and ’17 Stryker Greens: Here’s where that caveat I mentioned above comes in (and one other for that matter). Generally speaking, the 2014 Stryker Green Vipers differ from later years by their unique “Stryker” dash plaque on the passenger side of the vehicle. This dash plaque also has a body-color, snake skin-textured back splash with the Gen 5 Viper logo offset to the far right side. That’s it. As far as I can tell, that is the only meaningful difference between  ’14 Stryker Greens and later ones. Excluding, of course, all the options you could add to your Stryker Green GTC.

• –– However, the dash plaque might not be a guaranteed tell-tale sign. Thanks to this Stryker Purple GTC I found during my research, I can’t be sure if the Stryker Green GTCs didn’t receive their own special Stryker plaque like this. Doesn’t seem common, as that’s the only GTC I’ve ever seen with such a badge (rather than the usual customizable one), but keep that in mind.

• –– Additionally,  I did find out there is one 2015 Dodge Viper GTS (not GTC) in Stryker Green. It being a GTS means it’s not a 1 of 1 car, and that means there’s a very real chance it has the original Stryker Green interior badge (not the customizable one GTCs usually come with). Potentially making it the only post-2014 Stryker Green Viper to have it. At this moment though, that’s just speculation.

Community Contributions:

• Kevin Fromm: For information like paint codes and more for this and other Stryker Colors.

• Jhan R. Dolphin (VP of Prefix: For giving me the opportunity to ask Prefix, the company that did the Stryker colors, some questions.

• Eric Foster (Director of Business Development at Prefix): For answering my questions about the Stryker colors.

• Jeff Gardner (aka ViperJeff): The importance of his work dissecting and consolidating Dodge Viper build data cannot be understated. Without his essential information, this and notable other areas of Viper knowledge would be far murkier and cumbersome to understand.

• Tim Champion: For asking about what trims the Stryker colors were offered on.

• And anyone else yet to be mentioned here!

Stryker Orange

While (semi quietly) announced in 2014 for the 2015 model year like Stryker Purple, Stryker Orange is technically the first of the two colors to hit the ground (according to their production dates). Fiery, vibrant, and all sorts of neck-snapping like its Copperhead and Toxic Orange predecessors (Gens 3 and 4 respectively), Stryker Orange is differentiated by its slightly more red hue.

Highlights

• Paint Process: Base orange ground coat, then a tinted mid coat, followed and finished by a clear coat.

• Time To Paint: 8 to 10 hours.

• Amount Of Paint Coats: 3. [1]

• Paint Code: KC/PKC

• Paint Cost (in 2015): Around $8,900 dollars. [1][2]

• Years Available: 2015 to 2017.

• Available on these trim levels: GT (2015), GTC (2015-2017), ACR (2016-2017). Never offered/produced in SRT trim.

• Fun Fact: Stryker Red and Stryker Orange have a similar ground (or base) coat!

Notes/Extra Info:

• Regarding the 2015 Stryker Orange GT models: While a surprising majority of Stryker Orange Gen 5s are ACRs (or ACR-optioned GTCs), Dodge did produce 11 Stryker Orange GT Vipers in 2015. Obviously not common, but they’re out there.

• –– Speaking of (especially) rare Stryker Orange Vipers, seems Dodge did a cheeky and made one Stryker Orange GTS in 2016! Talk about a unicorn.

• Regarding the “semi quietly” comment: This is due to the nature in which Stryker Orange was announced. If you look at this press release, dated the 1st of September 2014, Stryker Orange isn’t even in the bullet points as a key part of the 2015 lineup. You have to scroll a good ways before you see any mention of the color. However, in this press release (just 7 days later), you can see Stryker Orange is mentioned far closer to the top of the page.

• Regarding a question from Tim Champion: Yes, Stryker Orange is the only Stryker color to be offered specifically –but not exclusively– on the ACR (thus making it the only “ACR Stryker color”). The 2016 and 2017 Feature Availability PDF (found here) show it being available on that model, real life examples such as this one and this one from BJ Motors corroborate the feature sheet, and so to does the invoice sheet for Zac Karo’s Stryker Orange ACR-E (which isn’t a GTC).

Community Contributions:

• Kevin Fromm: For information like paint codes and more for this and other Stryker Colors.

• Jhan R. Dolphin (VP of Prefix: For giving me the opportunity to ask Prefix, the company that did the Stryker colors, some questions.

• Eric Foster (Director of Business Development at Prefix): For answering my questions about the Stryker colors, including confirming that Stryker Orange and Red share similar base coats.

• Zac Karo: For letting me look at his invoice sheet to confirm some details about Stryker Orange.

• Jeff Gardner (aka ViperJeff): The importance of his work dissecting and consolidating Dodge Viper build data cannot be understated. Without his essential information, this and notable other areas of Viper knowledge would be far murkier and cumbersome to understand.

• Tim Champion: For asking about what trims the Stryker colors were offered on.

• And anyone else yet to be mentioned here!

Stryker Purple

Last, but certainly not least, we have arguably the most unique of all the Stryker colors. Announced in 2014 for the 2015 model year alongside Stryker Orange (though produced later), Stryker Purple shares no immediate predecessor with prior Viper Gens. This color is characterized by its vividness and rather angry aura.

Highlights

• Paint Process: Base metallic purple ground coat, followed by a blue mid coat, then followed and finished by a clear coat.

• Time To Paint: 8 to 10 hours.

• Amount Of Paint Coats: 3.

• Paint Code: PHL/NHL

• Paint Cost (in 2015): Around $8,900 dollars. [1]

• Years Available: 2015 to 2017.

• Available on these trim levels: GTC (2015-2017). Never produced in GT or GTS trim levels ([1][2][3]). Never offered/produced in SRT trim.

• Fun Fact: Stryker Purple is the rarest of all the Stryker colors (with less than 40 ever made).

Notes/Extra Info:

• Regarding Stryker Purple not being produced in GT or GTS trims: Notice how I carefully choose my words there. I said never produced in those trims, not never offered. If you look at the 2015 Dodge Viper Feature Availability PDF, it shows that Stryker Purple was optional on both GT and GTS models. Perhaps another example of discrepancies between initial planning and final production?

• Regarding the GTC trim: Just to clarify something for anyone who’s a little disappointed by the lack of Stryker Purples in GT or GTS trim: The GTC model is merely a template. A model that has every Gen 5 option (or nearly every option) ever offered available to the customer with little to no restrictions. Want an ACR with the GTS Laguna Leather interior? No problem! Want the SRT 6-vent hood but with the Anodized Carbon paint job (but not a TA)? Absolutely! Or in this case, a Stryker Purple ACR-E or even a Stryker Purple TA 2.0. Both latter cases were perfectly acceptable, and were produced! All of this is to say: Don’t fret about all the Stryker Purples being GTCs, you can still get one as an ACR or (in broad strokes) a GTS if you so desire.

Community Contributions:

• Kevin Fromm: For information like paint codes and more for this and other Stryker Colors.

• Jhan R. Dolphin (VP of Prefix): For giving me the opportunity to ask Prefix, the company that did the Stryker colors, some questions.

• Eric Foster (Director of Business Development at Prefix): For answering my questions about the Stryker colors, including the cool tidbit about Stryker Purple’s mid-coat.

• Jeff Gardner (aka ViperJeff): The importance of his work dissecting and consolidating Dodge Viper build data cannot be understated. Without his essential information, this and notable other areas of Viper knowledge would be far murkier and cumbersome to understand.

• Tim Champion: For asking about what trims the Stryker colors were offered on.

• And anyone else yet to be mentioned here!