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Why did they stop making Chicane Yellow Zs?

Yellow is a technically difficult color to paint because you need to spray many, many coats to get good coverage. We all know Nissan's paint quality (or lack thereof), so

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Old 08-10-2015, 06:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Yellow is a technically difficult color to paint because you need to spray many, many coats to get good coverage. We all know Nissan's paint quality (or lack thereof), so it's probably for the best that Chicane Yellow was discontinued.
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We all know Nissan's paint quality (or lack thereof), so it's probably for the best that Chicane Yellow was discontinued.

The mantra "Nissan has poor paint quality", often parroted here by people who have no actual information, has risen to the level of Urban Legend.

Do you have some actual information that supports that statement?
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