Out of LA.??:happydance:

:yum:

Meh

Possession is 9/10 of the law. I guess if/when I get one in camel-fur color, I can call it that if I want.

:iagree: mine next

Yes. I hate it here. Always have. It was a cheap pit-stop on the road of life.

Planning on N Arkansas right up next to the Missouri state line. People there are better in my experience, the roads are awesome, land is cheap, the economy is repressed, and I love land/being able to shoot, etc. in my back yard so to speak.

its not so bad. this took me about 7 hours.

http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...tml#post984040

I can call my car a Veyron if I wish, but we all know what it really is :roflpuke2::roflpuke2::roflpuke2:


But for reals, that's a tasty interior color.

yea i loved it. i changed flavors though and i really like my new interior :tup:
http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_4180.jpg

I went from 'Halloween' to 'Captain America'
http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_4178.jpg

I just porter polished my blue. It took about 6 hours but wow what a difference. I may buy black again after now jumping into the polish group. I owned several black cars and couldn't get myself to buy another because of how hard it was to keep looking good.

I don't like the red as much as the orange, but at least it's not just some shade of grey. I feel like all car companies sell too many grey interiors.

I need to order some new stuff for my PC.

why? i heard mold is really good for polishing... :bowrofl:

How about stone white?:ugh2:

Is good. It's just that most cars have dark grey or black interiors.

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There absolutely is such a thing as self-healing paint (here's a link). My 2011 Infiniti G37x has it; Nissan only discontinued it for the '10 MY as they reworked the formulation. I don't know whether the '12 Zs have it but if they do there would be a sticker under the hood that says "Scratch Shield" on it.

Also, Zs do NOT have a single stage paint...they're all a basecoat/clearcoat formulation. The easiest way to prove this is to use some mild abrasive polish on your car. If the paint were single-stage, you'd see the paint's color appear on your rag as you polish. This definitely doesn't happen with the Z.

I can say from experience that the Scratch Shield paint is a royal pain to detail. It's very hard and only responds to certain polishes designed for hard and/or ceramic clearcoats (I use Menzerna polishes with some success). Even then it requires more work than a "standard" clear to remove defects. And I've yet to notice the self-healing feature actually work.

Heck I would not call it base, the Max commands just as much respect as the Z in Nissans line up & it has a huge enthusiast group following only 2nd to Z in Nissans lineup. Cost the same, great car and is where many of us go when we add a little one or 2....At least its not on the Altima or Sentra, at least not yet ;)

It's on the Juke though. :icon17:

(Which is fine because the Juke is awesome)

Buy the 40th from Canada with Nav, install oil cooler, problem solved...

There was no oil cooler installed in the US version either! Plus you get the fog light this way too!

Not really true... the reason paint doesn't come off is because you are polishing your clear coat not your paint. If you were to go abrasive enough you would eventually pull paint from any finish after wearing through the clear. I am not saying that the Z is or is not single stage, I am just saying that it has nothing to do with removing paint when compounding.

http://www.tuning.sk/images/news/nis...san-370Z-7.jpg

http://image.motortrend.com/f/auto_s...a+interior.jpg

http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...cd_gallery.jpg

http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/u...rd-500x375.jpg

http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...cd_gallery.jpg

The Z's steering wheel is less "round" than the Maxima I think. The Juke has a similar shape, but I know first hand, the Z's is nicer. The GT-R wheel would have been nicer though....although that might upset some GT-R owners, lol. That would be a cool mod come to think of it. It would go well with my GT-R starter button :icon17:

Hrmmm. That gray doesn't look so bad. More of a "platinum" type color.

The lighter color interior is what i have, it's called stone white.

The first Z I test drove was Chicane Yellow with Stone White interior. I liked it, but I was too worried about how well the color would wear. Figured it might get dirty or stain too easily. Plus I have always liked dark interiors.

My favorite color combo for the Z is the 40th, though. I love that interior.

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My purchase has finally been justified

If you want I can print my post out and send you an autographed copy. :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

Well, black is out. Guy who wraps all my cars is strongly against it, and if he says it's too much work, I promise I will think so even more. Recommended gun-metal gray. Leaning heavily toward it and a gray interior. That gray looks platinum.

If I got black interior, does Nissan offer stitching preferences, or is it all material-color?

On another note, a nearly full wrap with Avery Nanofusion is only going to run me about $1300. Includes front, mirrors, lights,rockers, whole hood, whole fenders (front and rear), and 50% of the roof (might upgrade to full roof, likely will at this price).

No factory stitching options. Easy upgrade though.

Uh oh....lol. :driving: yeah it is an awesome ride!

You just said the exact same thing I did. When you polish a car that has a clearcoat (and clearcoat IS paint), you can't see it on your rag because, uh, it's clear. That doesn't mean you're not removing paint, because you are, you're just removing clear paint. Single-stage paints don't have any clear on top of the color coat so when you polish those you can actually see the paint that's coming off.

I wish I would've gotten my rocker panels clear-bra'd; they're shredded and I only have 5K miles on the car, but I can always get 'em repainted at some point. However, the car's not a Ferrari or anything...don't you think a nearly full wrap is a little overkill?

Spending $1300 to wrap everything but the hatch, doors, and rear-bumper is far from over-kill. I am not a fan of re-painting anything. Once it leaves the factory, I'm not going to be putting any more paint on it, and I'm going to do my damndest to keep any from coming off of it. I had my Z06 wrapped in all the "bad" areas, and plan on doing the same for the 370Z. However, my Z06 is white. I can BARELY see the lines of the bra. I'd rather do whole panels the next time I wrap, which is why I plan on spending a few hundred $ more this go-around and having every panel I am getting wrapped, FULLY wrapped. No lines.

I promise that a competent shop will charge you more than $1300 to re-paint rockers PROPERLY and PM them well, especially with your silver paint. Silver is a flat out BITCH to PM. Just changing the air-pressure will change the hue of it. Flat out nightmare. I'd rather not.

Little late on this but damn I wish I got my Z in any color than BLACK!!!! I am not a fan of re-painting as well just because for the cost I can just go with FI!
As for swirling... Like another member posted on here on page one I think, if you take care of it you will have no issues which I have been but I am getting really tired of taking my sweet A55 time washing my car to prevent this so I plan to vinyl this b-otch soon, thinking of satin gray... or white...or dark gray... still trying to make my mind up. Hate to thread jack but any suggestions guys? :))

Matte lambo blue...

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^ I know right, the perfect color and wheels stance combo period.

Almost every Z comes from the dealer covered in swirls regardless of paint color. I decided to hire a mobile detail guy for less than $300 to restore the paint. It was worth every penny to have the swirls removed and the brilliant deep finish restored. I hired the guy back in April of this year and I have used the ONR rinse-less wash process ever since. Nearly 7 months later, it's still swirl free.

The trick is buffing out the damage (either DIY or pro) and using a protective wash method to prevent damaging the paint again.

No swirls
 

I have a black 2009 and have no/minimum swirls. I always use Mcguires Ultimate Detailer after every drive. Its a pain but if your the kind that warrants perfection, then you have to work on it. I've even been complimented by a black Corvette owner that I have a great paint job. The Vette is black. ( after reading my post)

I don't understand why you're coming back to a 370z? You could have bought an aftermarket oil cooler to get rid of the "fatal flaws." I think it's just because you're sick of having a base car that you see in every block. No wonder you stayed here to troll around.