Nissan paint code QAB
Brilliant White Pearl
ブリリアントホワイトパール
- Paint code
- QAB
- Name
- Brilliant White Pearl
- Colour
- pearl white
- Finish
- Pearl: layered and the hardest to match, so look closely at panel edges
- V5C should say
- WHITE or CREAM
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Brilliant White Pearl
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Elgrand E52built 2010–2026TE52
- Nissan Serena C26built 2010–2016C26
- Nissan Serena C27built 2016–2022GC27
- Nissan Leafbuilt 2010–2013ZE0
Other Nissan models outside our model library used QAB too.
Has a QAB car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate (the “caution plate”) in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead, next to COLOR. Some later models put a sticker on the driver’s door pillar instead. If it says QAB, the car left the factory in Brilliant White Pearl.
- Check the V5C. For Brilliant White Pearl it should say WHITE or CREAM. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
- Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as white and usually prints the code. A sheet that says one colour with a code for another means the car was painted before it was sold in Japan. Our auction sheet translator flags that.
- Look for the old colour where a respray rarely reaches: the engine bay, door shuts, inside the boot lid and fuel flap, and under rubber seals. Brilliant White Pearl has a pearl finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Nissan white paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code QAB?
QAB is Brilliant White Pearl (ブリリアントホワイトパール), a pearl white paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in QAB?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Brilliant White Pearl should be registered as WHITE or CREAM. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Brilliant White Pearl?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E52 (TE52), Nissan Serena C26 (C26), Nissan Serena C27 (GC27) and Nissan Leaf (ZE0). Other Nissan models outside our model library used it too.
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