Nissan paint code QX1
White Pearl (three-coat)
ホワイトパール（3コートパール）
- Paint code
- QX1
- Name
- White Pearl (three-coat)
- 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 White Pearl (three-coat)
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Skyline GT-R R34built 1999–2002BNR34
- Nissan Skyline V35built 2003–2007CPV35
- Nissan Elgrand E51built 2002–2010E51
- Nissan Leafbuilt 2010–2013ZE0
Other Nissan models outside our model library used QX1 too.
Has a QX1 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 QX1, the car left the factory in White Pearl (three-coat).
- Check the V5C. For White Pearl (three-coat) 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. White Pearl (three-coat) 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 QX1?
QX1 is White Pearl (three-coat) (ホワイトパール（3コートパール）), a pearl white paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in QX1?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory White Pearl (three-coat) 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 (three-coat)?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 (BNR34), Nissan Skyline V35 (CPV35), Nissan Elgrand E51 (E51) and Nissan Leaf (ZE0). 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