Lemurs I have pretty much the exact same car as you...do you notice that the 2012 black paint is not as shiny as the black "METALLIC" paint on the other 370z years? I wonder if its because for our 2012 year they didn't use metallic PAINT. If you look it up it looks like the only year they didn't use metallic paint is on the 2012's, its listed that way 2012 Nissan 370Z Colors, 2012 Nissan 370Z Paint Colors | Autobytel.com