Paint peeling!
 

Some of the paint on my front bumper peeled after removal of my old clear-bra. The car is just over a year old... can anyone tell me if this will be covered under warranty? The car is all factory paint as far as I'm aware of.

You removed the clear bra yourself I assume?

No. Professional installer... He's working on it as we speak and he took the picture.

Another question of mine would be if Nissan does choose to honor a warranty claim am I forced to use a body shop of their choosing or can I use one that I select... I want to make sure the job gets done right and that they bake the new paint on.

I know that a member named omgZ had a paint peeling problem, and the dealer repainted it. But it was a little different, because he wasn't trying to pull off the clear bra; it did it all on its own.

I'll be curious to see how this ends up myself. Good luck.

Looks like moisture under paint. Covered under warranty, you will need a repaint. Call up corporate.

Thats probably a No??

Any work done outside of nissans hand is not warranted and thats unfortunate.

I would looking at it color chip paint if its in small spots?

Anything that there's no way you can't notice it? I'd have it repainted.

I could be wrong but you may want to see if the dealers going to help.

For your second question, The dealer would get a quote of cost and only cover that cost if your bodyshop charges more?

you need to cover the rest but I would ask the dealer to make sure

Good Luck and Very sorry to hear Rynil? I hope I spelled it right :ugh2:

You got the spelling spot on. Dealerships offer clear bra installation all the time so I would assume it wouldn't affect the warranty.

some would question this approach but does nissan need to know about the clearbra?

That is a possbile approach but it's not an option in my case as I'm having a new clear bra installed on the unaffected areas as we speak, just leaving the bumper portion out for a respray at this point.

And just a little FYI for anyone that cares to know... do NOT get VentureShield clear-bra... yellows within a year, stains bad and scuffs easy.

Oh BTW... all that stuff that looks like film in the picture is actually the clear bra being removed, the affected area is just above the emblem.

I guess I could say the clear-bra was being installed WHEN we noticed it... No need to mention a removal. ;)

its less than a year old they should cover it. there is no stipulation on it having clearbra or not that i know of.point is the paint should not de-laminate like that no matter what . If i had refinished that bumper at my shop i would cover it. and also we all know how shitty nissans paint is on alot of Z. its well documented on all forums.

That looks to me like it's the clear coat peeling, not the actual paint. It can be re-cleared.

yea when the clear peels off the base coat its known as de-lamination. its caused when the base coat dries for too long before being clear coated. This happens sometimes with factory refinishes because the force dry between stages.To repair it you have to sand and feather out the edge, prime it, re apply base color the repair area and clear coat the entire bumper.

i doubt nissan would cover that.

was that bumper repaired at the dealer before resale? if so, the dealer might fix it for you. but it's a known given (especially to a clearbra installer) if you peel back repainted surfaces the paint can pull up with it.

Nothing was repaired on the vehicle to my knowledge... again I can tell them that the installer noticed the peeling during installation rather than the peeling was caused by the removal of the clear-bra. There's no way for them to disprove that claim.

Wow that is scary. I've had a clear bra on for a year.

It's also scary that it started yellowing so fast on your car...
Did you ever wax it with a fully synthetic wax or did you just leave it alone?

Can this be re-cleared? It's still smooth.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6...c0202b_b_d.jpg

So you're asking the forum for their opinion on whether the dealership will buy your lie not how to fix? Maybe this should be in the general section instead of the tech section.

About the Clear Bra
 

I have Ultra VentureShield now for 2 yrs and looks great. My Z is black .

Lakeshow
that looks like it was "Burned" with a buffer. was that the case? if so when its cleared it will still look like that just shiny ><pour some water over it and see how it looks that should give you a rough idea of how it will look re-cleared. My professional opinion s it will need color blending and full clear coat on the panel.

Black would def hide discoloration better than white I'm sure.

Poor paint is poor paint... why should I give the dealer any more excuses not to honor a warranty claim?

It was waxed often by the clear-bra specific 3M wax that was provided by my original installer. In fact, my installer even commented on how well I was able to maintain the gloss on my original bra which goes to show how well I took care of it and yet it still yellowed.

A little update. I now believe there's a possibility that my bumper was repainted by the dealership I purchased it from. With close examination of the peeling areas there appears to be another layer of pearl underneath the top coat unless the layer that is peeling is the clear coat which I cannot fully discern.

Yeah the dealer was trying to buff out the stains but obviously didn't work. Taking it to a body shop tomorrow, dealer is going to apparently make my car new again. Will the whole trunk have to be cleared or just by the spoiler?

If you see shine under the area that peeled its poor prep work. If you see just a dull finish that with no sanding scratches then it's delam. Both are shitty since there's no way to know the extent of the issue. Generally I would strip all the paint off the entire bumper to repair it since my shop warranties our work for life.

Lakeshow
The only way to do it right is to base coat the damaged areas and clear coat the entire hatch. Don't settle for less .

Yeah I'm not going to settle for anything until I cannot spot that damage with my eyes. The spot still has metallic luster underneath and is fairly smooth but just discolored.