Help! Just bought 370z Needs Paint Work!
 

Hello, I just bought a 370z a few weeks ago brand new. I noticed when I bought it it had these weird marks embedded within the paint. The car is Gun Metallic. The manager told me when I bought the car to bring it back and they will take it to a body shop to fix it. Today they had their prep guys try to buff and polish out these stains in the paint but did absolutely nothing.
So now they told me to bring it back next week when an appointment is set up and I was told they will probably remove the clear coat from the whole car, fix the paint stains and scuffs and re clear the car. I don't really know if this is good or bad but my paint is in bad shape right now. I'm not a paint specialist or really not keen with paint work. I need some advice.

Sounds like the clearcoat has etched through in a few places.

I'm not really sure if it's possible for them to remove the clear safely, then re-clear the car. How many panels are affected? It might be easier for the dealership just to have the affected panels repainted.

I think it's actually good that happened and the dealer is covering.. you are gonna get a proper coat of clear, instead of the crappy factory job

Downside... it goes down as a paint repair on your car and brings the value down a lot.

It's actually little bits and pieces around the car. On the trunk by the spoiler, on the front left fender, top part of the hood. It seems to be scattered.

Really, how does this get documented? It's a brand new car, what shall I do.

I would like my paint and clear coat new but as long as it doesn't get documented like Unkown said. I'd rather it not done if it drops my value.

a few people have had that problem with gm. My paint has it a little between the spoiler and the rear window. I don't worry to much cause the only time anyone notices is when i point it out. That being said, the problem is underneath the clear coat. The only way to fix it is a repaint which should be covered under warranty.

Ok, here is a link to the thread: http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-r...-problems.html
A few excerpts concerning the GM issues:

So do I have to now contact Nissan North America? My dealer said that they will have a body shop take care of it but I feel it won't be the same. Will Nissan N.A. just honor a paint job done by factory?

See my post: http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...-car-true.html
I got my car just 3 days ago and the dealership said they clear coated the car. Can't find any evidence of a fresh clear coat job - no paint smell, I checked all the panel gaps, under the weather strips etc, no evidence of fresh clear coat. They say they do that because sometimes when the car sits for a long time waiting for a customer to buy it, the factory clear coat gets weathered and the only way to restore it is to recoat. Is it possible your dealer applied a fresh layer of clear coat before they did a good job buffing out the weather stains and in so doing, they locked in the marks for good?

YOu know, I have some same issues. Small stains that do not buff out. My Z is a the Brilliant Silver. This is interesting. Maybe Ill go and discuss with the dealer.

why did you take delivery if you knew the paint was bad? :confused:

old sap stains maybe? can you get us a pic?

I bought the car on the basis that these imperfections will come out and they have agreed to do whatever it takes to get it out but it seems very extreme. The dealer said they will take it to a body shop, but I will make an effort to call Nissan N.A. tomorrow to see if I can get something resolved. I will get a pic up later tonight. They are brown stains in the paint if anyone is familiar, but not just that also little scuffs and actually some glue residue from the white stickers they have when they arrived in the U.S.

Here it is guys....
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/...8d25fee2_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/...2f864dc7_b.jpg

lol... tree sap with branch marks. wow... almost looks like it's suppose to be there. :icon17: it's probably under the clear now and will need to repaint if they can't polish it out.

I doubt tree sap and branches. This car was in the showroom and there are no trees near the dealership which makes no sense. Many others have had this defect now that I'm reading in the forum. Apparently only way is a repaint.:shakes head: This is extremely frustrating.

yikes.....

I have that defect but its extremely mild by comparison. Its just one 4 inch line on the rear panel. Not as noticeable as yours either. Its really annoying that they can't pull nice paint jobs out when they aren't even producing that many Z's, yet they are using such high quality paints for our cars. Quality paint and sh1tty paint job doesn't match. Lol. I made my dealership aware of the defect. But I probably won't pursue it. It just pisses me off that a factory mistake will end up on a carfax like I did something wrong. But if I was in your situation. I'd fix it, because unlike my defect, yours is huge and extremely noticeable.

:iagree:

Yikes. :eek::mad:

I don't know what to do here have it fixed or try to make them give me a new car or reimbursed money(hey it's a long shot). Can't this be a Lemon as a factory paint defect that can't be corrected other than having it painted?

btw, is that hood unlatched? i noticed the parting line is not straight either in that pict.

I think lemon laws require you to have the car in for the same problem multiple times. I would just go after the dealership to get it repainted or see if they will let you exchange cars (that's a long shot though).

No the hood isn't unlatched. Maybe it's the picture?

Just spoke to Corporate, they said all they can do is offer to repaint. Idk what to do. It's a brand new car.