Paint chips !

Forumite

I was just complaining about this to a friend of mine this morning.

I rarely drive mine anywhere over the 45mph speed limit and still have 3 tiny pin marks on the front bumper and another running up beside the windshield.

Been calling the dealer to get some touch up paint but I keep hearing they cannot get it in chicane. WTF?!?!

kannibul

Gave my baby a hard once-over, and I can't tell where it was and the gloss is consistent and "right". A+!

Now I just gotta wait 1-2 weeks before having it detailed, like I was planning to have done this weekend...


Dealer's name:

Jackie Cooper Nissan, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Those guys will be a hell of a good review from me

NXTAZEE

You don't have to wait at all to have it detailed, if they did what I explained earlier. Sealing up over a tiny chip is perfectly fine. If it was repainted then you can still get it polished to perfection right away, but you should wait 30 to 90 days for the paint to gas off before you wax or seal it. If you don't wait to have it waxed or sealed it will not gas off and the paint will remain very soft. I say this assuming your detailer uses body shop safe products that do not contain waxes or silicons that will affect the gassing off of the paint. If so he will have to follow with an alcohol wipe down to remove the silicones.

Anyways I'm glad it worked out for you and that you sweet ride looks great once again.

NXTAZEE

I don't know how many coats of paint there are but I can tell you that there is an average amount of paint on them. I had a 370Z at my house last week and took a digital measurement of the paint, and it was very consistent at around 5 mills thick. Most paints I measure are between 4.5 to 5.9 mills thick. I tested a black 370Z and found the paint to be quite soft. The blue one which I measured was not as soft.

kannibul

Well, regardless, I'm going to hold off before I have it detailed.

I don't know exactly what they did, but it looks new. I have an eye for flaws and was LOOKING for something to be wrong. Nope, nadda...looks great!

AJChubbs

I was thinking of buying Quixx to take care of my first dent/scratch. Anyone have any experience with it? Consumer reports rated it very highly, also, my dealership is getting in a bottle of red touch up paint. I'd rather not shell out the cash to have it repaired just yet.

ZCarGo

I had to special order my touch up paint because it was a new color and they didn't stock it. It took about 3 days to come in. I think it ran about $12-15. They didn't seem to have any problems getting it.

I had to order the touch up paint after only two weeks and many chips and dings. Clear bra has helped tremendously and I'll never buy another car without making arrangements to have a clear bra installed. I can't say I've had any more dings on my Z as compared to any other car I've owned. At least in FL, there are a ton of dump trucks spraying your car with sand and rocks as they drive down the fast lane on the highways.

One note on the touch up paint. It has a dual dispensor with a ball point and brush. Expect to only use the ball point once before it dries up to never be used again.

-ZCarGo-

racerxj17

fyi, its not just nissan. car companies are required to use a water based paint now, to reduce ozone ********. toyota did the switch a few years back, and got a similar response from owners. water based paint will be softer, period.

kannibul

Sadly...

Too bad the whole car isn't made of aluminum. I'd sandblast it to bare metal and hit it with clear...

Or anodize it.