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Dodge Maximum Steel Metallic Touch Up Paint — Paint Code KAR
Maximum Steel Metallic is Dodge paint code KAR. Dodge used KAR on the Ram, Challenger, Charger, Ram 2500/3500 from 2012 to 2026. Maximum Steel Metallic also appears as code AY096/111-KAR and HWB 301201. Of the 63 Dodge grey colours ordered from us, 16 have been ordered more often than Maximum Steel Metallic.
Paint codesKAR
- Paint code
- KAR · AY096/111-KAR · HWB 301201
- Production years
- 2012–2026
- Finish
- Not recorded
- Gloss
- Not recorded
- Shade family
- Grey
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Is KAR the same as AY096/111-KAR?
- Manufacturer code
KARUsually the one on your car’s label - Standard number
AY096/111-KAR - Supplier code
HWB 301201
A single factory colour is often recorded under more than one code: the manufacturer’s own code, an industry standard number, and a supplier code. They all mix to the same paint. The code printed on your vehicle’s paint label is the one to match.
Which Dodge models came in Maximum Steel Metallic (KAR)?
Will KAR match my Dodge if the paint has faded?
The kit is mixed to the KAR formula — the same code printed on your vehicle’s paint label — not colour-matched by eye. On panels that still carry their factory paint, that reproduces the original tone.
Where it will not match
- Panels bleached by years of sun sit lighter than the factory formula. The kit reproduces the original colour, not the faded one.
- A panel that has already been resprayed is no longer the factory colour, so the code will not describe it.
- Metallic and pearl finishes are harder to blend across a large area than solid colours — they are at their best on chips and thin scratches.
- Damage larger than a few centimetres, or down to bare metal over a wide area, is body-shop work.
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What you get.
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Package content
| Item | Basic | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
 Paint | 25ml | 50ml | 100ml |
 Correct N Clear | 50ml | 50ml | 100ml |
 Paste | 25ml | 25ml | 25ml |
 Wax | 25ml | 25ml | 25ml |
 Brush | 5pcs | 5pcs | 10pcs |
 Microfiber Cloth | Included | Included | Included |
 Surface Cleaning | Included | Included | Included |
 Sponge | Included | Included | Included |
 Surface Leveling | Included | Included | Included |
 Gloves | Included | Included | Included |
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