Yay! Finally got my first paint chip
 

Front bumper :shakes head: i know this has been said before, but man nissan paint really sucks, their paint dept should really be ashamed of themselves. Even worse, went to the dr chip website and it looks like their touch up paint doesnt match our pearl white paint too well either. Considering getting a clear bra but its reaaally expensive. Can anyone with a pearl white give me their inputs using dr chip? How about the clear bra? How effective is it on a PW? Thanks in advance :tiphat:

Dr color chip.
Clear bra

Good luck, lol
You don't have any other options. Bite the bullet

No clear bra? Who is really to blame, hm? Joking...or am I!?

I went on a rather spirited cruise last weekend and now have a huge bra scrape. Whew! Glad I had one!

:icon18: that was fast! I expected this after the fifth post :bowrofl:. But yeah, you may be right :shakes head:

:tiphat: Sorry, been drinking so couldn't resist. :icon17:

Small chip, you won't have an issue with dr. color chip. If you have a larger area, it may be a problem. Honestly, even though I know where my repairs are I have trouble finding them now, but it IS still possible if you're really looking. Others will never find it if you don't tell them where to look.

I just used dr colorchip on mine and it didn't work very well. It colors the chips, but doesn't fill them in at all. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Just don't worry about it OP. Just take it to a paint shop when your bumper's really bad and in dire need of paint.

You should see my front bumper. In the next year or two, complete bumper and hood paint and clear bra.

Literally a few hours after posting this, I noticed a 1/4" size chip on my right side skirt. Motherf****r! Now I want to get the whole skirt painted. But I won't :mad:.

If the car looks good from 10 feet away your doing good!:ugh2:

DR. Colorchip works for small chips, but you have to use multiple layers to fill in the chip. But my car is red not PW...... Good Luck.

P.S. If anyone ever meets the (DOUCHEBAG) who decidid to use this crap paint on our cars I got $100 and a 12 pack of any beer of their choice for the person who kick's his A**...:rolleyes:

Make that $105 dollars:tup:

Thanks. I think il have to get a clear bra eventually

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Sorry to hear that angelo, didnt mean to send everyone to check the paint on their cars :eekdance:

sorry to hear that P's_Z... my car get a front bumper paint chip like a week that i take it from the dealer...

One week! :shakes head: hope it was low enough for the front lip to cover it

Yes bro!!! the front lip are going to cover that paint ship :happydance: well when the fvcking paint shop decide to paint the lip :mad:

if you guys are going to keep your cars longer than a few years, definitely get clearbra installed.

my G is 9yrs old and while i was very careful not to drive too close to the car in front, i have a lot of tiny impacts on my bumper. :( i should've clearbra'ed.

as a lessons learned, i clearbra'ed my Z's frontend a few months ago. she has 2 sesame sized chips which i touched up prior to installing the clearbra. i dont want the tiny speckles on my Z.

IM NOT DRIVING TO CLOSE TO THE OTHER CARS BECAUSE I DONT WANT ANY OTHER PAINT CHIP LOL!! :tup:

yah, i was hoping this would save my car too. :icon18:

take it from me, do the clear bra. most clearbra shops can do custom installs so they just take a big sheet and cut it while they apply to aftermarket bits including your new lip. :)

im going to check that my friend!!! thanks for the advice ;):tup:

Clear bra is a must... I had 90% of my car done with the car off the truck from Nissan.. I even painter taped the entire front at the dealer for my 10 mile drive to the clear bra installer so there would not be 1 rock chip :)
My wife even led as the pace car so no cars would get in front of me too close ;)

If you go clear bra read up on the best clear bras for white. Some will yellow over time so go with something that has a good rep for non yellowing properties.
Also NEVER use anything besides clear bra safe sealants as most products contain butane, kerosene, petroleum and other ingredients that yellow or cloud up the clear bra.

volk -wat do you recommend as far as waxes and sealants for clearbra?

i only use Griot's SpeedShine on my car as it contains natural wax. as long as the bra lasts 2-3yrs im fine replacing it. :)
my z is only driven on dry weekends.

I believe Griots is great stuff, I bought some of the Xpel nano sealant that contains no dyes, petroleum etc but i havent used it yet.

My old installer used to use Zymol on my Venturesheild clear bra and that was great stuff as it contains no petroleum distillates.

Besides those 2 above i know there isnt a ton to choose from that doesnt contain petroleum. The Xpel stuff was pretty inexpensive as well, i tried their cleaner spray on my wifes clear bra and it smelled identical to Windex and seemed to have ruined the part of clear bra i tested it on. So i dont recommend the cleaner spray.

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Will definitely consider the clear bra kenchan! Thanks for the advice

Thanks for the info Volk!!!

Hey carlitos, let me know if you hear where can we get the clear bra installed. Ill do the same if i find out first ;)

I do recommend Ventureshield as the first option, then LLumars new film (which is what I have similar to Ventureshield) and Xpel seems to be good as well.

Ventureshield- Virtually NO orange peel, strong film, if you scratch it you can use a heat gun to remove the scratches
Llumar- Strong film, virtually no orange peel, strong film, has self healing properties like ventureshield where heat will remove scratches.
3M- a lot of orange peel, strongest of all films but is the hardest to install. You can treat it like paint and it handles it fine (this meaning abrasive compounds to get a scratch out as this film is a clear coat not just a top coat).
Avery Dennison- Very orange peeled, slight cloudy look to it not recommended.

Keep in mind the films are not scratch proof so treat the film as well as you would your paint. I use Adams Merino wool wash mitt and dab dry with their "softest" micro fiber towel and the film is flawless.

Any questions don't hesitate to PM me or ask on here and I wiill give my input experience. All the films above I have had on my car or wifes car so I have 1st hand experience with them.

I dont believe you OP, show us a pic NOW!

the 370z is impervious to rocks, spit, bird poo, and the oh so illusive key

A light breeze chips the paint

Awesome Volk Z! Thanks again for the info, good to know theres a few options out there to consider instead on pulling the trigger on the first one that comes up

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No problem, at a minimum I would recommend Front bumper, headlights, full hood and full fenders. I recommend full hood so you don't have a line across your hood blatenly showing you have clear film on it.

Make sure the installer will wrap the film as well. My hood, fenders, doors and rear fenders are all wrapped so no lines. You can't tell I have clear bra.

Its the best investment you can't see :)