Subaru paint code D4S
Crystal Black Silica
クリスタルブラックシリカ
- Paint code
- D4S
- Name
- Crystal Black Silica
- Colour
- metallic black
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- BLACK
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Crystal Black Silica
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 D4S too.
Has a D4S 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 D4S, the car left the factory in Crystal Black Silica.
- Check the V5C. For Crystal Black Silica 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. Crystal Black Silica has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Subaru black paints
Questions
What colour is Subaru paint code D4S?
D4S is Crystal Black Silica (クリスタルブラックシリカ), a metallic black paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in D4S?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Crystal Black Silica 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 Crystal Black Silica?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Subaru Impreza WRX STI GR (GRB). 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