Souvenir 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.

The remaining 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.

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 wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir MP9 | Hot Rod is 0–0.08; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (88% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

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 12 skins of the MP9 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

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 check before buying

• 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 the Factory New quality suits

• 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.