Nissan paint code BY6
Sword Metal
ソードメタル
- Paint code
- BY6
- Name
- Sword Metal
- Colour
- grey
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- GREY, SILVER or BLUE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Sword Metal
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 BY6 too.
Has a BY6 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 BY6, the car left the factory in Sword Metal.
- Check the V5C. For Sword Metal it should say GREY, SILVER or BLUE. 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 grey 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 grey paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code BY6?
BY6 is Sword Metal (ソードメタル), a grey paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in BY6?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Sword Metal should be registered as GREY, SILVER or BLUE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Sword Metal?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E51 (E51). 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