yah, unless baked, the paint needs a good few months to cure. :) maybe they can touch it up for you? :confused:

:icon14:

Stupidity does comes with a price-tag.... :icon17:


I think it'll be more useful if you do lots of tracking....

Yes, otherwise the adhesive can screw up the clear coat....

Hope they can have it touch-up :icon17:

Just spoke to the guy. They can touch it up but of course there's no clear over the area to protect it. Otherwise I'm looking at having to pay to sand the area down again and fix it. :shakes head:

I really hate this car.

mr.alcheng- hummm.... i just want to rid the latency.

my G has almost no latency even though it's drive by wire... my Z has like 9-10ms.

do you have nail polish? you can use enamel clearcoat once the base coat dries completely. :)

i'd find a local artist that has experience with air brush. he/she can touch up using plastic model paint for cheap.

have them touch it up and put on Ventureshield when it's the right time, it worth the money..


Time is money... expensive money... :icon17:

:tup: on the nail polish.

Did I mention I <3 you Ken? :icon17: I'll be going that route then and then....

.....I'm getting the venture shield on the hood at the very least. $175 installed won't hurt me.

DD'ing a nice car is hard to do when you care about it as much as we do.

:tup:

ms.pint - you can also buy automotive clearcoat touchup bottles at your local autoparts stores for pretty cheap.

if it's a large area you can get automotive grade clear from places like below in rattle cans, pens, jars, etc.

Touch Up Paint from PaintScratch.com
PaintWorld - Automotive Touch Up Paint and Supplies

Truth.

:iagree:

on the opposite end of the spectrum, dd'ing a Fit is easy.

a douch in a nice bimmer accelerates to cut himself off when i change lanes infront of him with plenty of room to spare. then the douch blows his horn, pulls in front, cuts me off, then brakes, then acclerates, and then appears to be thinking wat he could do next to annoy ... by that time im thinking, 'do you really think i care wat happens to this car?' the fool is on you buddy if you cause an accident.

never know if i might 'accidentally' press the throttle by mistake. wink wink. :icon17:

mr.onzedge- box with red X showing... (broken image link)

hmmm...

I used to drive a bimmer... that was before I had the 350z..

Look at the overall quality of the bimmer drivers in recent years....

I am glad I don't own one anymore.... :icon17::icon17:





BTW, Mr.kenchan, you might want to check what I'd post in that Indian Mod thread.... :icon17:

mr.alcheng- the other day another person in a different bimmer was nice and let me in when utility truck suddenly decided to stop and cut off a lane.

i think bimmer folks are either real elite folks or losers that are weak inside but want to cover it up with fancy. :shakes head:

:icon18:

:iagree:

But with the trend of style from bimmer.... X5, X1, 6, M6 and that crossover 6 :ugh2:

I can see they are getting more and more of those losers.....

which I don't know why those group will have the money to afford those bimmers.... :ugh2: :wtf2:

:tiphat:


I laugh for a bit too when I was writing it up.... :icon18:

meh..... more snow is coming down again.......... :icon14:

going out for some din din! Woody's !

Ken, how long do you think I should wait before I try the clear nail polish on the touch up spot?

ms pint- usually wait a good day for base coat to dry before i apply clear. :)

give it 48hrs to be sure. then after you apply clear, dont touch it for 3wks minimum. you can wash the car, but try not to rub at it or anything.

mr.alcheng- they can't really.... they just lease. :icon17:

affording a car to own (title) vs affording monthly payments is completely different. :D

:iagree: it's like the first time you track your car and you end up with all kinds of marks you didn't realize you would and you :shakes head: but then realize it was fun as hell! :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

hey Gale, whatchoo think of P-Zero Trofeo

I don't have any experience with the Trofeo specifically. Pirelli is a good brand, sometimes overpriced. Got a line on a good deal? You're going to need something stickier for the track aren't you?

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4612/techy.jpg

http://www.pirelli.com/mediaObject/p...rofeo_img2.jpg

I like Pilot Super Sports.

Sorry to be the voice of doom here, but you need to find out if the paint the shop is using is water based or solvent based. The nail polish may not be the best thing to apply to water based paint.

You need to just take a deep breath and relax on this. Let the guys fix the paint before worrying about clearing it. If you are going to put clear bra over the spot anyway, you'll never that it was never clear coated.

When I painted the backings for my Z badges, I didn't clear them because I was applying clear bra to them.

They were a PERFECT match to the rest of the car.

Pint you've got way too much going for you to continually stress over these types of things and making yourself sick. IT IS NOT WORTH IT!

I want to see a smiley face from you young lady! :icon17:

mr.alcheng- is this a good sign that temps is now coming back up? :)

thats how i see it here. probably a couple more days of snow and Spring! :tup:

:tup: I was just looking into some tires for street use... something to replace the OEM tires with for daily driving..

Afternoon Star Trek joy:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...71058185_n.jpg

OMG! Would you fools stop being such :postwhore:s!!! Ima trying to catch up on my reading and you guys are adding pages faster than i can read them :bowrofl:

:icon14: ruh roh!
:bowrofl: :iagree: me too! You got us al!!! :tup: :bowrofl:
:shakes head: lol!!!
:tup:craptastic!!! Ginormous too?!:tup:
:eek: :tup::bowrofl:
Uh oh!! Red shirt alert!
On PSS:
:facepalm: orly?! Who'd a thunk it!!!!:bowrofl:

:iagree: with Mr. Gurney. When I can afford for the Z to not be a DD, then I will buy a new body kit, get it clear bra'd and give away all my OEM body kit :tup: For now, I just don't worry about them even though they suck and I hate them forever! :mad: :icon17:

ms.bc- LOL!!! :D hahahaha :hello:

mr. jar- i think 370Z's are meant to be driven. so im actually envious if someone can brave the stupid in rush hour traffic, the idiot landscapers, mofo brats that key cars, dumb birds that only crap on clean cars, hail, snow, sleet, salt, ice melt, chocolate, eggs, soda cans, water bottles, septic water splashing into face, horse crap, bugs, rats, pollen, bee crap, etc. etc. etc. :eekdance:

hey... I am on lease too.... :(










ha…!! but I treat it like I own it cos I'm gonna buy it out..... :tup:














well..... at least that's the plan....... :icon17: