MP9 | Hot Rod (Factory New)

Skin overview

MP9 | Hot Rod is a solid candy-red anodized finish over a chrome base, with no pattern, just one deep glossy colour across the painted parts. In Factory New the red stays even and saturated on every edge, so the chrome underneath shows only as a metallic shine through the paint. This is the grade for buyers who want the finish exactly as intended.

Item type: smg. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Anodized: the colour is in the metal coating itself, so wear shows mostly as dulling rather than a rubbed-off pattern.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear.

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver, the top rail and the trigger guard are coated in a transparent red anodized layer over chrome, which gives the colour a deep, metallic gloss that shifts with lighting. The ribbed front vertical grip and the pistol grip carry the same red, and their grooves create light and dark bands across the surface. The muzzle end, the folding stock and the magazine stay in plain grey metal, framing the red body. There is no pattern, so every copy looks the same. On worn copies the red first thins on sharp edges, the top rail, the ribs of the grips and the corners of the receiver, showing the chrome base underneath.

In Factory New the anodized red is intact on every painted part, including the edges of the top rail and the ribs of both grips. The chrome base shows only as a uniform shine under the paint, not as bare spots. In game the gun reads as a clean, glossy red block in the hands at any distance. Copies near the upper end of the range may carry barely visible specks on the sharpest edges, invisible in normal play.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of MP9 | Hot Rod is 0–0.08; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (88% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Mirage Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Mirage Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 9 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 18 skins of the MP9 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, chrome and holo stickers suit the glossy red and echo the chrome base. Black and white designs give a clean contrast, while red stickers can blend into the body and lose their outline. The flat side of the receiver above the grip is the most visible spot.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float within the wear range, as lower values keep the edges of the top rail and grip ribs cleaner.
• Inspect the top rail and the front grip ribs in close-up, since these are the first places where the chrome shows through.
• The finish has no pattern, so there is no reason to pay extra for a particular pattern index.
• On Souvenir copies check whether the applied stickers fit the red finish, as they cannot be scraped off without damage.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the anodized red without any marks on the edges.
• Sticker crafters who need a flawless base around the applied stickers.
• Players on the CT side who want a bright, clean MP9 in hand.
• Pick it if an untouched finish matters to you.