Nissan paint code KAD
Dark Metal Grey Metallic
ダークメタルグレーメタリック
- Paint code
- KAD
- Name
- Dark Metal Grey Metallic
- Colour
- metallic grey
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- GREY or SILVER
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Dark Metal Grey Metallic
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Elgrand E52built 2010–2026TE52
- Nissan Serena C27built 2016–2022GC27
- Nissan Leafbuilt 2010–2013ZE0
Other Nissan models outside our model library used KAD too.
Has a KAD 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 KAD, the car left the factory in Dark Metal Grey Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Dark Metal Grey Metallic it should say GREY or SILVER. 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. Dark Metal Grey Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Nissan grey paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code KAD?
KAD is Dark Metal Grey Metallic (ダークメタルグレーメタリック), a metallic grey paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in KAD?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Dark Metal Grey Metallic should be registered as GREY or SILVER. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Dark Metal Grey Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E52 (TE52), Nissan Serena C27 (GC27) and Nissan Leaf (ZE0). 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