Production Numbers For Rare 240sx Colors

[crzsteveo]

my first coupe used to be a silver green pearl....some idiot rattle canned it...........

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by crzsteveo

my first coupe used to be a silver green pearl....some idiot rattle canned it...........

Hopefully you murdered him and his family.

[silverarrow27]

Originally Posted by Irresistible

That's fantastic. Did I ever say anything about it being worth more? No. Do I give a shit? No. Just saying glad I chose a color that isn't very common. I couldn't care less about how much it's worth depending on paint, because my fresh paint to most is worth more to me than 20 year old weathered shitty paint.

I'm sure it was your intention because you sound upset.

Originally Posted by PPman

Man I admit is nice to know more about our cars and what not, small details that otherwise we wouldn't be aware of, but to say that because the original paint is rare it adds more value to a 240 is I'm sorry to say this, retarded, yes someone implied on the first page that because his paint wasn't original his car was not as valuable as one with that color from factory which honestly is as retarded as it gets. 240's are not collectibles, to imply that a specific original factory paint adds more value to it. Good information for the community, but unfortunately some will use it to add to the rare 240sx price tag, on top of the drift tax already imposed lol

LOL, you sure do know your cars. NOT! Hey if you're not into rare parts and car colors, etc...then that's on you. Your opinion is your opinion in what you believe, but if you do some quick searching around for cars in general...certain cars are worth more when they're a certain color and I'm not even talking about the s-chassis. I'm not talking out of my ass here, yes I agree with you that its retarded but it is what it is. Live with it.

If you're not willing to pay more for a certain color you really want, then hey go with any car you can come up on. I'm not twisting your arm to believe what I'm saying. Oh and if you DO HAVE ANY RARE PARTS on your car(s), I'd buy it for a dollar because they're not collectibles or do they add anymore value to your car or the part itself.

[240drifter1]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR2001

Ok first and last time I'm checking a color for a specific year lol, that took awhile. But...

There are only 24 Deep Fuschia models for year 1998!!!

edit:

You guys should get together every year and talk about how rare your cars and laugh at all the non-rare 240 owners.

How many in '97?

I had one, but the owner before me re-sprayed it Lexus GGP.







The day I got it ^

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by 240drifter1

How many in '97?

Math fails you.

If Deep Fuschia was only offered in '97-'98, and I told you there are 105 total cars painted this color, and then I told you there are 24 cars for the '98 year. How many cars does that make for the '97 year? Hint: Subtraction.

Answer: 81

[crzsteveo]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR2001

Hopefully you murdered him and his family.

oh i wish. i sanded down one of the fenders and found that color and thought it was a pretty sick color. (this was my first car and i knew nothing about 240s)

so i emailed him and said, "dude you ruined this car with your shitty rattle can job"

[Slippin'eight-nine]

I was just gonna ask what about the TH1! Then I read the entire thread. I just parted with mine last month! Ive only seen one other on island

[Shift n Drift]

lavender frost FTW!!

[KiLLeR2001]

Added S15 Silvia rare colors to the list just for the hell of it. Here are the visuals:

Aqua Silver Metallic:


Sonic Silver:


Signal Red:


Lightning Yellow:


Ultra Red:
[IMG]

Super Black:
[IMG]

[Wake]

great now everyone is gonna steal it. asshole.

[KiLLeR2001]

Found another rare color for the S15 called Sonic Silver (#KR4). Not to be confused with the common Pewter color (#WV2).

[KiLLeR2001]

Updated S15 info again. My VINDAT file was from 2001 so the numbers were a little off. I now have the 2009 VINDAT file.

Turns out #KH3 Super Black is quite rare for the S15, unlike the S13/S14 which had unlimited amount of this color, lol.

[paddy155]

Marine Blue (BN6-G)

[Snatch'D Factory]

Originally Posted by xoxide

SBP:

Loving this!

[KiLLeR2001]

*EPIC DISCOVERY*

It turns out I've just discovered the rarest USDM 240sx color. The color is called Purple Gray Pearl (#LK0). It was only offered on 1991 models, came in both hatch and coupe.

Only 47 total units exist!!! (31 fastbacks, 16 coupes)



I can't even find a 240sx with this color so I had to dig up the 180sx picture you see above. This color was probably overlooked since it can easily look like Charcoal Metallic (and the fact that's its so fucking rare.) In Japan it was offered on the 180sx '91 to '93 year models.

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Only image I could find of the color on a 240sx.

[zerodameaon]

Kinda wanna paint my vert that color because its a nice mix between that Lavender Frost and my favorite S13 color of Charcoal Metallic. My vert is a AG2 and not in any way special. I wonder how hard it is to find LK0 to respray?

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by zerodameaon

Kinda wanna paint my vert that color because its a nice mix between that Lavender Frost and my favorite S13 color of Charcoal Metallic. My vert is a AG2 and not in any way special. I wonder how hard it is to find LK0 to respray?

PaintScratch.com has it available to choose from for the 1991 240sx model.

Purple Gray Pearl Clearcoat LK0 Touch Up Paint for 1991 Nissan 240SX

[souljaseth33]

I guess I'm part of the 1% lol







It's seen better days, being a NorthEast car... Needs some rust work, but threads like this make me want to keep and restore it haha

[Tussey601]

The Silver Moss is a pretty color

[EDacIouSX]

thank you for posting this information, it's pretty interesting. Could you possibly post a complete production list of each color/year? Or at least total number of cars produced for each year? I wouldn't mind a more accurate breakdown of S14s that came manual/per year/ color etc.

Something similar to this would be rad: FD3S:USDM Production Numbers

[zerodameaon]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR2001

PaintScratch.com has it available to choose from for the 1991 240sx model.

Purple Gray Pearl Clearcoat LK0 Touch Up Paint for 1991 Nissan 240SX

It seems that is hard to find in more than just touch up bottles. I found two sources saying Nissan does not even supply it anymore.

[blkvrtswp]

Originally Posted by yomisiu

usefulness? really? can you read the title of this thread?

"Production Numbers For Rare 240sx Colors"

i can see an OEM 240sx paint thread being useful, which would work with the scenario you threw out. but this? not very useful.

I love this thread. STFU.

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by EDacIouSX

thank you for posting this information, it's pretty interesting. Could you possibly post a complete production list of each color/year? Or at least total number of cars produced for each year? I wouldn't mind a more accurate breakdown of S14s that came manual/per year/ color etc.

Posting every color per year would take A TON of time, especially for S13's. And it would take even more time to find out which ones were MANUAL/AUTO. All of that information is not easily available in the VINDAT file so I would have to cycle through each individual VIN number one by one and record it down.

But I did take a little time for you to record the production numbers for S14's (this is for all paint colors).

1995: 25,142 units produced.
1996: 7,355 units produced.
1997: 3,682 units produced.
1998: 2,792 units produced.

For the S13 guys I have breakdown by body style:

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/513402-s13-...own-model.html

[zerodameaon]

Found LK0 by the gallon, contemplating buying a spray bottle of it to see how it looks in person. I have also found that it was a color option for the Micra yet it was still pretty rare.

[EDacIouSX]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR2001

Posting every color per year would take A TON of time, especially for S13's. And it would take even more time to find out which ones were MANUAL/AUTO. All of that information is not easily available in the VINDAT file so I would have to cycle through each individual VIN number one by one and record it down.

But I did take a little time for you to record the production numbers for S14's (this is for all paint colors).

1995: 25,142 units produced.
1996: 7,355 units produced.
1997: 3,682 units produced.
1998: 2,792 units produced.

For the S13 guys I have breakdown by body style:

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/513402-s13-...own-model.html

I understand that it would be time consuming. Not sure how it works. Is there anyway for you to send me a copy of that database? Assuming it would be legal for you to do so? And that way maybe I can assemble the data/mine it etc.

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by EDacIouSX

I understand that it would be time consuming. Not sure how it works. Is there anyway for you to send me a copy of that database? Assuming it would be legal for you to do so? And that way maybe I can assemble the data/mine it etc.

There's nothing you can extract from it other than paint color, interior color and the plant at which the car was manufactured. All other information has to be looked up through FAST and that is manually entering each VIN one at a time and writing it down and then moving to the next. There's a randomized check digit in the VIN code so with each instance of a VIN you have to check 0-X values until you find a match. The unique six digit code inside the DAT file reads as a NULL value.

So the amount of VIN numbers for S13 and S14 is around 250,000 total. Multiply that by 11 for worst case scenario and you will have to enter in 2,750,000 different instances in order to find all the unique VINs.

[rich280zx]

Hmm I think I have the aspen perl white. 93 hatch. I'll get back to you with the vin

[cbcm2435]

here is my sapphire blue, needs a respray though

[mrcooper]

this is def a cool thread. rare stuff is cool. like rare pokemon.

[KiLLeR2001]

Found another picture of the rare #LK0 color.