Nissan paint code GAE
Phantom Black Pearl
ファントムブラックパール
- Paint code
- GAE
- Name
- Phantom Black Pearl
- Colour
- pearl black
- Finish
- Pearl: layered and the hardest to match, so look closely at panel edges
- V5C should say
- BLACK
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Phantom Black Pearl
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 GAE too.
Has a GAE 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 GAE, the car left the factory in Phantom Black Pearl.
- Check the V5C. For Phantom Black Pearl it should say BLACK. 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 black 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. Phantom Black Pearl has a pearl finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Nissan black paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code GAE?
GAE is Phantom Black Pearl (ファントムブラックパール), a pearl black paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in GAE?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Phantom Black Pearl should be registered as BLACK. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Phantom Black Pearl?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E52 (TE52). 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