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Nissan paint code LP2

Midnight Purple

ミッドナイトパープル

Paint code
LP2
Name
Midnight Purple
Colour
purple
Finish
Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
V5C should say
PURPLE, BLUE or BLACK
Status
Confirmed by two independent sources

Models that came in Midnight Purple

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 LP2 too.

Has a LP2 car been resprayed?

  1. 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 LP2, the car left the factory in Midnight Purple.
  2. Check the V5C. For Midnight Purple it should say PURPLE, BLUE or BLACK. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
  3. Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as purple 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.
  4. 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 purple paints

Questions

What colour is Nissan paint code LP2?

LP2 is Midnight Purple (ミッドナイトパープル), a purple paint.

What colour should the V5C say for a car in LP2?

The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Midnight Purple should be registered as PURPLE, BLUE or BLACK. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.

Which models came in Midnight Purple?

Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 (BCNR33) and Nissan 180SX S13 (RPS13). 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