I ordered some touch up paint for my obsidian black sedan. The paint code per the dealership was 999PP-YDKH3. I found a Nissan paint that is 999PP-SDKH3, which is 'super black'. Is it just different names or actually different colors? Thanks for the info.

 

Not sure what year/model you have but a little research turned up this on . It should be KH3.

You should have a 3-character code starting with K on a data plate located on the passenger side strut tower in the engine bay.

The photo below is from my 2008 G37S Coupe and indicates color trim K52 for Blue Slate.

 

OP was asking what the difference was, if any, between Infiniti's YDKH3 and Nissan's SDKH3. Only difference is the name. The paint color is the same/ KH3 is KH3.

 

I've always known that the data plate was what you went off of using the 3-characters for the paint code but do you have any idea what the YD and the SD stand for?

 

Near as I can tell the Y denotes Infiniti (like the G) while the S denotes Nissan (like the Z). Different car lines, different paint names, same paint color.. as long as the paint code matches all will be good.

It is all in how Nissan classifies parts numbers and part distinctions across both Nissan and Infiniti lines.

 

make sure you test it somewhere inconspicuous I bought blue slate perfectly matched to the paint code on the door from the damn dealer and didn't test it first and it was like 20 shades darker than the factory paint and looks like **** now.

 

Was it on a outer, more exposed to the sun part of your car that it looked 20 shades darker?

 

Side of fender, hood and vertical part of trunk. The front end was painted by infiniti last year. I’ll take a photo if I can later the touch paint is literally a shade away from black.

 

Thank you, all. I was trying to figure out whether the prefix to the code -KH3-meant something. The Nissan version seems to blend in fine, as well as would be expected on an almost 10-year-old car.