Originally Posted by The BlueMax (Post 1069934)

I don't know what to think about Asian paint it seems to be hard and brittle. Although I haven't had too many paint chips, certain types of bird droppings can be fustrating. I was at the gym thur. and when I came out there was a real large bird dropping on my roof [passenger side] it didn't look especially bad but when I got home and removed it I found etching in the clear coat in the areas that were harder to remove. I have several coats of good wax but they didn't protect the paint long enough. Domestic paint seems to be softer than asian paint and more forgiving to clear coat etching. Its really kind of sad that Nissan's paint can't resist this type of contamination for a longer period of time. This bird dropping only took an hour to penatrate where I would of had maybe 6 or more hours with my domesticlly painted car:mad:

Originally Posted by The BlueMax (Post 1069934)

I don't know what to think about Asian paint it seems to be hard and brittle. Although I haven't had too many paint chips, certain types of bird droppings can be fustrating. I was at the gym thur. and when I came out there was a real large bird dropping on my roof [passenger side] it didn't look especially bad but when I got home and removed it I found etching in the clear coat in the areas that were harder to remove. I have several coats of good wax but they didn't protect the paint long enough. Domestic paint seems to be softer than asian paint and more forgiving to clear coat etching. Its really kind of sad that Nissan's paint can't resist this type of contamination for a longer period of time. This bird dropping only took an hour to penatrate where I would of had maybe 6 or more hours with my domesticlly painted car:mad:

Originally Posted by jaedub (Post 1070139)

getting rid of dead hookers off your front bumper is harder than bugs imo

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1069937)

hey billybob :icon17: it's not the Asian paint. it's the crap your local birds are eating that's creating very acidic poop. there is a huge variation between bird dropping damage. some crap you can leave on for weeks and no issue. some crap you leave it for a few hours and it etches the paint.

Originally Posted by Inner-Self (Post 1071583)

Fill a bucket with HOT water and soak a towel in it for a minute...then place towel or towels on the "bugged area" for a couple of minutes. Will come off easily with a nice spray or wipe.:tup:

Originally Posted by ZCarMan (Post 1067570)

If you can invest in a clear bra of some type. In addition to helping protect the front from rock chips and the like, it makes it easier to clean dead vermin off as well. Just let whatever you use soak into the bugs to soften their little dead bodies up and they'll wipe off much easier.

Originally Posted by Baer383 (Post 1071735)

I still think it's funny how all you guys are using all these chemicals.:shakes head:

I took my car out for about 4hrs today brought it home sprayed it with a garden hose and bugs came right off,dried it then put it in the garage.
You are making something simple complicated.:icon14:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1072354)

nono, you're making things complicated. you drive a civic. if that was mine i would drive 4hrs and just keep the pos outside with no wash. let the rain take care of that. put a bar of soap on the roof. ;) :tup:

Originally Posted by Baer383 (Post 1072362)

I'm talking about my Z.:icon14:

Originally Posted by Waizzz (Post 1067813)

I just used Goo-Gone to get a ton of dead bugs off of my brothers Prius.

Word to the wise, don't let the bugs stay on your car too long it's really bad for the paint.