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Hello, this may have been asked a million times before, if so, sorry.

Trying to match my paint after fixing some rust on the R33 Skyline in QM1 Polar White? the paint i got looks more yellowish then it needs to be.

Has anyone had any luck or trouble before with trying to match up the paint. I need to find the right paint mix. Auotbarn dont have anything to mix and match.

You can see here in the image its quite different. Any help will be rewarded with a virtual potato...

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That looks like the holden version , serious they have a cross reference to it and the lazy person didnt ask enough questions

I ran across it twice now when i needed a rattle can to touch up my wheels the day before a show

Two places crossed it to some holden paint code ( my car is also qm1 )

It can also be the primer behind it is different ?

Bet on the first one holden colour

Autobarn has 2 different QM1. One being more darker and one being more, well, whiter. I've got both of them and haven't had any luck in having perfect match. Autobarn's database has QM1 Polar white and QM1 P(some long name no one knows how to say in english).

My QM1 compared to Terry's N1 which is also QM1, seems to differ as well. His one being bit more creamy and my one being bit more pure white. I believe there is something more to it than just "QM1". Also a member on here apparently bought the wrong touch up "QT1", but his feedback was a perfect match.

I'd say do a full respray on your bar and keep the mixture for future reference. I'm in the same boat as you, trying to touch up my front and rear bar, but looks like a full respray of the bar will be best way to go about it. Oh and of course try to match it with your car as close as you can.

The guy showed me both the qm1 at autobarn both had a tiny shade of yellow. Also I was just thinking before that the colour is very similar to a white Holden commodore I used to own maybe I can try that same colour to see if it's matches.

There are like 3 types of QM1 for nissan skyline!!

It sucks.

How about we all get 500ml of QM1 > meet for a BBQ > mix them all together > go home happy with about 495ml each?

Srsly, my painter had to adjust the QM1 that he made up because he'd learnt before that it varies.

He sprayed samples of QM1 on test cards and compared the test cards to my existing panels.

He said that Nissan has been making QM1 for decades.

The guy showed me both the qm1 at autobarn both had a tiny shade of yellow. Also I was just thinking before that the colour is very similar to a white Holden commodore I used to own maybe I can try that same colour to see if it's matches.

Autobarn lol

They kept trying to sell me the "qm1" crossmatched from the book and i know the paint code for the rattle cans from duplicilour comes up as holden sedan not nissan qm1 the pj number is different they had to refund my money cause it wasnt even close to polar white

My advice go to a car paint store the other guys are muppets at paint matching

My money is on holden colour or early generic nissan (70-80's) which had more yellow in it

Also r34 like mine had super hard paint code qm1 same colour just different mix of clear its worthless , someday I'll grind it back to metal and redo the whole car , its extremely nice when its done but damn its a lot of work

Thanks for the help everyone. If anyone else does any minor rust repairs here is what i did, i went to KGP here in Emu Plains and they matched the paint exactly in an aerosol can. And i managed to finnish the rust repair with a perfect match. So bottom line never go to Autobarn for paint help :D

here is the result of the work:

Pre Rust:

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Post Rust

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Edited by GetToDaChopa

Autobarn has 2 different QM1. One being more darker and one being more, well, whiter. I've got both of them and haven't had any luck in having perfect match. Autobarn's database has QM1 Polar white and QM1 P(some long name no one knows how to say in english).

My QM1 compared to Terry's N1 which is also QM1, seems to differ as well. His one being bit more creamy and my one being bit more pure white. I believe there is something more to it than just "QM1". Also a member on here apparently bought the wrong touch up "QT1", but his feedback was a perfect match.

I'd say do a full respray on your bar and keep the mixture for future reference. I'm in the same boat as you, trying to touch up my front and rear bar, but looks like a full respray of the bar will be best way to go about it. Oh and of course try to match it with your car as close as you can.

Bit off topic.

My R34 has QT1 colour. It's metalic pearl white (silverish/white colour if you get my drift) - You can buy QT1 from Infiniti USA :)

Just thought to come back and recorrect my remark about Autobarn. I used my QM1 Polar White that I got from Autobarn and it matches my panels. Just sprayed my spoiler and it was a great match. my front and rear bars need to be resprayed cause I think they a commodore white with the creamy tinge.

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