Nissan paint code AR2
Active Red
アクティブレッド
- Paint code
- AR2
- Name
- Active Red
- 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 Active Red
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Skyline GT-R R34built 1999–2002BNR34
- Nissan Silvia S15built 1999–2002S15
- Nissan Stagea WC34built 1996–2001WGNC34
Other Nissan models outside our model library used AR2 too.
Has a AR2 car been resprayed?
- 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 AR2, the car left the factory in Active Red.
- Check the V5C. For Active Red 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.
- 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.
- 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 AR2?
AR2 is Active Red (アクティブレッド), a red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in AR2?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Active Red 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 Active Red?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 (BNR34), Nissan Silvia S15 (S15) and Nissan Stagea WC34 (WGNC34). 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