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Nissan paint code AR1

Super Clear Red II

スーパークリアレッドII

Paint code
AR1
Name
Super Clear Red II
Colour
red
Finish
Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
V5C should say
RED or MAROON
Status
Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car

Models that came in Super Clear Red II

Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.

Other Nissan models outside our model library used AR1 too.

Has a AR1 car been resprayed?

  1. Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate (the “caution plate”) in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead, next to COLOR. Some later models put a sticker on the driver’s door pillar instead. If it says AR1, the car left the factory in Super Clear Red II.
  2. Check the V5C. For Super Clear Red II it should say RED or MAROON. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
  3. Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as red and usually prints the code. A sheet that says one colour with a code for another means the car was painted before it was sold in Japan. Our auction sheet translator flags that.
  4. Look for the old colour where a respray rarely reaches: the engine bay, door shuts, inside the boot lid and fuel flap, and under rubber seals.

Other Nissan red paints

Questions

What colour is Nissan paint code AR1?

AR1 is Super Clear Red II (スーパークリアレッドII), a red paint.

What colour should the V5C say for a car in AR1?

The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Super Clear Red II should be registered as RED or MAROON. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.

Which models came in Super Clear Red II?

Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 (BCNR33). Other Nissan models outside our model library used it too.

From our own colour table. The dot shows the colour family, not the paint itself. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected]. All Nissan colour codes