Nissan Color Samples Kit

1986 JDM MKII Silvia Dealership Color Sample Kit, Genuine Nissan.

Picture this: It's 1986 and you walk into your local Nissan dealership to check out the recently facelifted MKII Nissan Silvia. You take a look at the cars on the showroom floor, flick through the pages of the new lineup brochures, and consider how you would like to order your new Silvia. You take a seat at a desk in the corner of the showroom and the salesman reaches into his top drawer and pulls out the Color Samples for you to have a look at and help decide on your specification…

This is a genuine Nissan Color Sample kit that I recently added to the S12Silvia.com collection. I found it in Japan and had it sent to me here in Australia, it is complete and has somehow stood the test of time and remained in expceptional condition for over 40 years.

The padded black vinyl folder, which measures approximately 170mm in width and 75mm in height, opens up to reveal its contents…

Firstly, the five included color sample cards, painted in the exact color code to match the car. The color options for the Japanese MKII Silvia was very limited and these are the five listed color options in the MKII Silvia literature.

Unpacking the remaining contents of the kit reveal the transparent hatchback and coupe model cards, and the specification card…

The model cards are transparent, allowing you to place the paint cards behind them to get a preview of how the car would look specified in that particular color. There are two of each of the model cards so you can do a side by side comparison of the colors, helping you reach that final decision on which one to select…

Using the colors available I even got creative and imagined what it would be like to specify somthing different, in this case a white over gold two-tone scheme. One can only dream!…

The specification card lists the colors and models and states which color interiors were available with each exterior color…

Body Type	Coupe					Hatchback
Car Model	R-L	R-X	Turbo R-X	Turbo R-S	Turbo RS-X	R-X	Turbo R-X	Turbo R-S	Turbo RS-X
Interior Material	Plaid Plain Weave	Plaid Plain Weave	Bias Pattern Moquette	Block Pattern Plain Weave	Bias Pattern Moquette	Plaid Plain Weave	Bias Pattern Moquette	Block Pattern Plain Weave	Bias Pattern Moquette
Body Color
Crystal White #326	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown
Super Red #526	Brown	Brown	Brown	Black	Black	Brown	Brown	Black	Black
Beige M #331	Brown	Brown	Brown	Black	Black	Brown	Brown	Black	Black
*Super Red/Gray M Two-Tone #560	Brown	Brown	Brown	Black	Black	Brown	Brown	Black	Black
*Crystal White/Silver M Two-Tone #541	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown	Brown
M indicates metallic. * indicates special paint color. This sample may differ in color from the actual vehicle due to the paint.