Subaru paint code 48W
Crystal Grey Metallic
クリスタルグレーメタリック
- Paint code
- 48W
- Name
- Crystal 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
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Crystal Grey Metallic
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Subaru models outside our model library used 48W too.
Has a 48W car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead or a strut top, next to COLOR or C/T. If it says 48W, the car left the factory in Crystal Grey Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Crystal 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. Crystal Grey Metallic has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Subaru grey paints
Questions
What colour is Subaru paint code 48W?
48W is Crystal Grey Metallic (クリスタルグレーメタリック), a metallic grey paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 48W?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Crystal 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 Crystal Grey Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Subaru Impreza WRX STI GD (GDB). Other Subaru 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 Subaru colour codes