...According to my brochures (have all 4th gen except '97 and that was easy enough to look up). I won't say this is the complete list...slightly shakey on 99.5 colors as Crimson Blaze wasn't listed in the '99 brochure. Quick notes...Pebble Beige is an OLD color...you could have gotten it on 2nd & 3rd gens...I don't know of any paint color (save black) that lasted thru 3 generations of the same model. I think Platinum Iris may be the rarest color Maxima...It was only offered on '96 GXE and GLE models and I can recall only ever seeing 1 maybe 2 on the road.

---1995
QNO--Arctic White Pearl
CG2--Pebble Beige Metallic
BM1--Deep Blue Pearl
AL0--Ruby Pearl
KN6--Granite Pearl
DJ2--Black Emerald
KH3--Super Black

---1996
QN0--Arctic White Pearl
CG2--Pebble Beige Metallic
LP0--Platinum Iris
BN6--Starfire Blue Pearl
AL0--Ruby Pearl
KN6--Granite Pearl
DPO--Deep Evergreen
KH3--Super Black

---1997
QNO--Arctic White Pearl
CG2--Pebble Beige Metallic
FS0--Sage Mist Green
BS3--Neptune Blue
LS5--Rosewood
LS6--Concord Mist
DP0--Deep Evergreen
KH3--Super Black

---1998
QNO--Arctic White Pearl
CG2--Pebble Beige Metallic
FS0--Sage Mist Green
BS3--Neptune Blue
LS5--Rosewood
KT3--Sterling Mist
DP0--Deep Evergreen
KH3--Super Black

---1999 & 1999.5
QT1--Icelandic Pearl
EV0--Sunlit Sand
KT3--Sterling Mist
BT4--Lakeshore Blue
CP2--Mahogany Pearl
FSO--Sage Mist Green
DP0--Deep Evergreen
KH3--Super Black
AR2--Crimson Blaze

 

98 - QT1, 95-97 jhad QNO i believe

 

I dunno...the brochure, paintscratch.com and the touch-up paints section of courtesyparts.com all say QN0 up to and including '98.

 

i have a 95 plat iris.
yes its a 1995
yes the color code is lpo

 

another '95 with a platinum iris.

 

Anyone have a link to an example, or better yet a MAX with the sunlit sand color? My car was cheaply repainted before I bought it, "as close as possible" and I know think it is Sunlit Sand but would like to verify.. thanks!

 

Please, for the love of god...visit my website. Simply click the image in my sig...

Go to the FAQ's and click on the question about colors.

...you're missing all kinds of stuff

 

If yours is 99.5, and beige, it's Sunlit Sand. Pebble Beige wasn't offered after 1998.
I'm also pretty sure I've seen examples of '98's that are QN0.

 

LP0 right here...

 

Thats explains it,I like the color better than pebble beige, but I could not figure how the color of my car was the closest to "pebble beige" that a paint shop could get... SE-L so it was definatelt sunlit sand.. thanks for the info.

Cool website, just the car picture is pretty damn small!

 

goto courtesyparts.com and click the touch up paint thingy and it lists all kinds of colorsT

http://www.courtesyparts.com/paint/maxima.html

 

Thanks. Pics can't really be made much bigger for the sake that many visitors run on smaller resolutions, plus it's sometimes hard to find a bigger pic. Maybe if people would actually help me, I'd make them bigger though
Their list isn't entirely accurate...

Not advertising or anything, but you're better off using my site

 

I can verify that many many hours were taken to put the list on Tatanko's site and it prob. the definitive reference on paint codes. I remember when he just had a view 4th gen colors hahah.

 

I can also verify this is a 2 year old thread brought from the dead

 

QT1 wasn't introduced until 1999

 

FS0--Sage Mist Green

1998 SE

 

Alright

Thanks for sharing

 

Correct me if I'm wrong... but the color code is supposed to be found somewhere in the serial number right?

After looking at the code list I went to go check out my serial number and none of those color codes were on it. It's a 97' SE and I'm sure it's sage green mist. I just can't figure out why I can't find the color code somewhere inside that number. So I guess Im wrong? I dunno.

 

Oh and great site Tanko... very informative on the color codes!!

 

95 wheres the GREEN!!!!???

 

You can find your color code on your firewall plate. It's that shiny metal plate in the back of the engine bay. 3-digit/letter code, off all on it's own, seperate from the VIN and everything else.
I have a little table where you can look at which colors were offered for each year. If you look, there's actually 3 greens available for that year.