Which is one reason I got several thousand $$ for "diminished value" because of my accident repair. It would take an anal retentive expert to ever tell my car has had paintwork and he'd have to look really hard. The thing that will eventually hurt my cars value will be the Carfax, not the quality of the repair.

The OP can't get any dimished value of course, but these days it's not unusual at all to have plastic bumpers front or rear repainted from minor damage. It really doesn't diminish the value of the car if done professionally..

Gee, thanks. I appreciate you saying that. If anything, it is your fault it is "going nowhere". Lots of off topic ranting and rambling.

From what I understand the difficulty between painting the plastic parts and the metal parts is pretty much night and day, so that is why repainting a bumper is no big deal.

It's no big deal because it's done all the time. Most minor fender benders are front/rear. Plastic takes no more prep than metal...in fact, usually less because it is a new, unblemished part being put on and painted off the car so no extensive masking time needed.. Smooth, Prime, Paint, Install. There is a flex additive added to the paint but that's about it..

Engineers have my pictures that the service manager took when he came over to my house. Nissan Corporate will be calling me back by Friday once they finish reviewing them.

Interesting that the OP never updated this thread after all the noise. :rolleyes:

Update, please! We wanna hear the last of it. Did the dealer respond properly?!

So what happened, did nissan repaint the car?

Reminds me of when I bought a brand new 1989 S-10 Pickup. Aspen Blue, I think. I was 17 yrs old, in high school, and working to pay for it myself. The paint started delaminating from the primer within a few months of delivery. Dealer first accused me of using the "new high pressure" car washes, and refused to do anything. Had to work with GM directly, and best I could get was multiple repaints over the years after the paint periodically pealed. Local newspaper (small town) wouldn't help me out - the didn't have the might to deal with GM, nor wanted to tick off the local dealership because they were an advertiser.

Turns out this was a problem that ultimately plagued GM and Chrysler and was a result of new govt regulation limiting the use of lead in paint, and paint adhesion.

So to this day, I've never bought another new GM car, and certainly never dealt with that dealer again. Not because the problem occurred, but because of how it was handled.

Hopefully flashburn didn't compromise too much. Personally, after first contact with dealer and Nissan with no quick response, I would have contacted my lawyer asap to understand my rights and best way to proceed.

You would have to get nissan to determine the paint as manufactures defect.

Paint is not covered under warranty. If it's environmental hazards you are probably SOL, unless you cause enough stink. (lawyer)

.....yeah, and at this point I would think it becomes an auto insurance claim, assuming it was not blistered at delivery.

Maybe the Nissan Mafia took him out?

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Id say that, except he was here posting on Christmas eve.

Absolutely no mention of his alleged paint issue. In subsequent posts. Much ado about NOTHING? :mad:

Should we spam his PM inbox until he responds???:excited: