Nissan paint code KR4
Sonic Silver
ソニックシルバー
- Paint code
- KR4
- Name
- Sonic Silver
- Colour
- metallic silver
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- SILVER or GREY
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Sonic Silver
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Skyline GT-R R33built 1995–1998BCNR33
- Nissan Skyline GT-R R34built 1999–2002BNR34
- Nissan Silvia S15built 1999–2002S15
- Nissan Stagea WC34built 1996–2001WGNC34
We believe these offered it too, but haven’t confirmed it yet:
Other Nissan models outside our model library used KR4 too.
Has a KR4 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 KR4, the car left the factory in Sonic Silver.
- Check the V5C. For Sonic Silver it should say SILVER or GREY. 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 silver 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. Sonic Silver has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Nissan silver paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code KR4?
KR4 is Sonic Silver (ソニックシルバー), a metallic silver paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in KR4?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Sonic Silver should be registered as SILVER or GREY. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Sonic Silver?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 (BCNR33), Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 (BNR34), Nissan Silvia S15 (S15) and Nissan Stagea WC34 (WGNC34). We believe the Nissan Skyline R33 (ECR33) also offered it, but haven’t confirmed that yet. 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