Is PPW a pearle white? I can never see this color in person and hear it is. Anyone have a few pic lying around with the sun hitting your PPW or any closeups? help a brotha out i have something up my sleeve.

 

yes its pearl.... sucks to paint and its very expensive... look below at my pix....

 

here are a couple, bad pics though

 

i put a big one so you can tell, yes, it was marred when i first got it

 

Its definitely not a true pearl! It is a three stage paint but does not give off the colors a pearl does.

 

Nice, thanks. My father has been in love with the pearle white paint since he had it on his Olds 442 and told me that Pearle White has a split personality being classy and agressive so I'm thinking since I want this car to be something I can work on with himI may get that color for him (until I decide what color I want to repaint it ).

 

aww burst my bubble

 

Pearl is clear with some tint, thats all. So the PPW is a pearl, its a light golden tint. PPW without the top coat looks like bright, almost blue, white (take a look under the hood where they spare the clear), the clear is what gives it that creamy golden look.

Chris

 

!I could be mistaken but i believe pearls give off pinks and blues depending on the light. Well, you could be right, i'll take a better look at my car. I always thought of a true pearl paint job being kinda funky

 

Pearl white color is a beyotch to match if you have to paint a panel...especially if your car has been out in the sun for years and you have to repaint the entire bumper, you will never get the entire vehicle to match unless you paint the entire car.....and also, if you apply that clear bra, or those plastic rock chip protector on your vehicle, that will turn yellow quick...and that color on plastic will fade differently than that color on metal in the sun....so in the long run, your white on the bumper will look different than your white on the body....i love pearl white color, but I hate the upkeep

 

Pearl is just the technique of base, tint and clear, what people do with it is really the magic. I imagine Nissan was going for subtle so they could sell more cars. They already had the LS and DB colors for those wanting a flashy look. Its all tint in the top coat, Nissan chose a light golden tint in the top coat, it's still pearl though.

Funky is not the pearl, it's the people who choose tints like blue and pink for their pearl top coat

My other car is maroon and white with a (slightly darker than the Z) golden pearl topcoat and that car definitely changes colors from almost brown to nearly purple in the maroon section depending on the light, while the white looks like cream all the time.

Chris

 

QX1:
Bottom: White
Middle: Pearl
Top: Clearcoat

 

Cool. I have never taken a close up of my car.

 

Pearl not pearl Pearle not. Big deal. Everyone defines colors differently. Pikes Peak White and tiny silver flecks in it.

 

in Canada it is officially called

Glacier Pearl.

A Tri coat process and a $285.00 option!

 

Funky is not the pearl, it's the people who choose tints like blue and pink for their pearl top coat

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True!

 

Correct, that's the color I got, Glacier Pearl, but it's really the same as PPW in the US.

It's a very difficult color to match. When I picked up my car brand new, I can already tell that the paint on hood is very slightly different tone than the front bumper.

 

I love my PPW.

 

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