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Nissan paint code QT1

White Pearl

ホワイトパール

Paint code
QT1
Name
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
Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car

Models that came in White Pearl

Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.

Other Nissan models outside our model library used QT1 too.

Has a QT1 car been resprayed?

  1. 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 QT1, the car left the factory in White Pearl.
  2. Check the V5C. For 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. 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 QT1?

QT1 is White Pearl (ホワイトパール), a pearl white paint.

What colour should the V5C say for a car in QT1?

The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory 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 White Pearl?

Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Stagea WC34 (WGNC34). Other Nissan models outside our model library used it too.

From our own colour table. The dot shows the colour family, not the paint itself. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected]. All Nissan colour codes