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That's my break in procedure.

:icon18: Beat me to it!

Clearly all 370z will need to come in for a checkup with a UV light. :p

I feel the same way. First week or two I was so paranoid driving my Z, but the first week I scraped under front right bumper (can't see it unless you really get down and dirty to look). Really annoyed me knowing it was there at first. Some idiot painted a parking stall past the point of the drive way and I was unfamiliar with the place so the front right scraped. Then the second week a rock left a small blemish in the center of my windshield.

After that I said F-it and nothing has happened since. Its been 3 months!

Well, curbed one of my wheels within a few days of owning it, and then another not too long after.

Hood had some custom swirls installed courtesy of the damned dealership, but they werent TOO noticeable.

Oh, and I did this gem myself a couple weeks ago at the track. Oops 8P

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dam lol...any pics of the damage?

Of course. $4200 total damage. $2200 of which was labor, $1000 was a single headlight, and the other $1000 comprised of a new core support, new front bumper, bumper support, foam support, and misc. brackets and whatnot. Oh, I guess it'd also include another $250 for a new oil cooler core. It wasn't punctured, and I drove it back to the pits, but it was dented and probably not very functional anymore.

Repairs should be complete within a week or so, right around when I get back to my base from my Thanksgiving leave. I told them to save the bumper - going to keep it as a memento lol.

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the 3rd or 4th day i had it i pulled into a cauldersac to pick up my niece, i accidentaly backed into an 18th century sturdy as hell wooden flower pot. It cracked the very bottom driver side of my back bumper, directly above the the drivers said exhaust, put some scratches in it. I went to my dads place and we put a few cuts in it, i ordered the touch up paint. The only way you can see it is if you get within a few feet. But yeah, i didnt eat for maybe 2 days. I almost ordered a new bumper, but im cool now :-D

rock chip second day :(
 

Barely had 50 miles on it, second time I was driving the car and a rock hit the front window driver side.

I was so pissed it ruined my first drive to work.

the chip is ironically dead center to the RPM gauge so I get to stare at it till I get it repaired...

Tsc off = ouch

That was a bit out of my control, to be honest - it ended up bugging out, presumably due to some sliding around, and I didnt know how to reset it at the time. Should have that figured out when I get it back.

For mine:

Day one: Dealership washing the car, leaves swirl marks all over the car.
Day two: Construction strips pavement from a 10 miles stretch of road, pain chips EVERYWHERE!

Ever since then, I could absolutely care less of how it looks as long as there's no dents. Too much construction in DFW to care about rock chips, considering I get them everywhere it seems.

My old STi I had the first day and it got egged.... I have horrible luck (my Forester got hit head on, on the freeway about 3 weeks after I got it!)

Somehow managed to get too close to my Trail Blazer SS while backing out of the Garage then crunch. Talk about a double F**k. 370z has a little dent in the passenger side rear bumper and some paint missing, hard to tell when thoroughly waxed. The Trail Blazer SS has some paint missing on the front driver side bumper and needs to be pulled out a bit. But neither vehicle looks that bad I just need to bite the bullet and get them both repaired.

I say not that bad but if you’ve had a small accident in the past you know how much paint and body work can cost.

I got my first real blemish today - I have one of the leather bras for my car and one of the hooks that connects it to the car came off while I was driving and managed to put a nice scrape on the black plastic part of the bumper. You can't see it unless you know where it is, but it bothers me nonetheless.

Ouch! That sucks man! Didn't even look you were going fast enough for the car to react like that.

Dent and scratch on rear passngr side quater panel and bumper by some kind of bush
still pssing me off

Someone dinged my driver's door at work. I told everyone don't talk to me for a week and they knew I was serious haha. Just bought some touch up paint for the time being. Getting the car painted in a month anyways

1st week of owning my 08 350z a lady in the Mall opens her door and smacks straight into my Z. I stared at her with near heart attack about happend, so close to killing her, and then she say's whats your problem and drives away. My gf got her plates, but the cops said "Who is to put her at that place and time with out any other proof, and kids like you just try to get there mistakes fixed at other peoples expense". I was shocked hell he even refused to make a report, so I came back the next day and talked with his supervisor. My first trip was after 9:00 pm so it was the grave yard people working.

I have 3 owwies :(

First: On day 3 of having my car, I was leaving class after taking a final and in the U-turn to get on the freeway, a semi truck ran into the curb breaking a piece off which hit my rim.

Second: A kid decided to shot my driver’s side door with a pellet gun (at point blank range) leaving a ½ inch dent and removing all the paint. [fixed]

Third: Was cruising down 290 to Austin, a 5 gallon bucket fell off the back of a utility vehicle (which was in the furthest right hand lane, I was in the left). The bucket hit the car behind the truck and launched it across the freeway where it eventually made contact with my front bumper; there is a minor rash next to the left fang.

I had several rock chips on hood and bumper. I still have one (very) small rock chip on each rear quarter panel. Started collecting rock chips within days after taking delivery. I put curb rash on the passenger side rear wheel about 6 months after delivery. Bought car in Jan 2009.

Had front bumper replaced and hood repainted. Replaced rear wheel. The paint on this car is extremely delicate. It is EXTREMELY delicate -- feels almost like a manufacturer defect.

windshield from a rock :shakes head:

1. Two rock chips on hood. Barely noticeable if your eyesight not 20/20.

2. Pulled into an empty parking in front of Starbucks. Drove car too much into parking, and scraped the lower plastic bumper thingy. When I pulled car out, i could hear the scraping noise. Luckily, that platic thingy is flexible so no damage there. It didn't hit the bottom color-coded bumper. phew!!!

3. Im getting a clear bra for front bottom bumper and 18inch hood this weekend.

After 4 months of ownership an electrical connector from a motor home detached crossed lanes and tagged my hood........ 3 small dimples in the hood that is now for sale.

This all makes me afraid to do anything but semi-rural, local driving in my Z. I have a private parking carport at my office, a garage at home and a safe and easy drive to work. I have clear bra and a trusted body shop guy "on call." I guess after a few years the Z will become like the Miata I've owned for 14 years now. It too is beautiful but since it's older and worth so much less, it feels like a comfortable pair of prized old loafers when I drive it. I guess, in due time, the Z will also get to that position. In the meantime, I continue to be nervous in the Z for fear that some careless fool will be talking on his/her cell phone and wreck into me, etc. Guess life's not perfect.

This happened to me about 2 weeks after getting the car, just that it did not hit the bumper, it was the hood on the passenger side. Left a good 2-3 feet "fingerprint"which mostly was buffed out. Only left 2 fine hairlike scratches. But first blemish was a rock chip on the front bumper the next day i got the car. Really this paint sucks....

Two weeks in and my wife or son pulled up too close at a store and scratched lower passenger underside of front bumper! It's pretty much out of site, just gonna touch up myself since it is so far down and under and outa sight! Also, we have to approach and enter our front driveway at a steep angle to keep from rubbing the front spoiler, sucks but we still love this car!!!!!

Small rock chips on the bumper and hood, then finally a BB-sized chip on the fender right behind the passenger headlight. Those suck but they're fairly minor.

Then about a month ago it was POURING rain and while driving down a residential street I was going around someone coming the other way and a puddle put my FR into a curb. Minor curb rash about 100deg around the very outside of the wheel. Still need to get it repaired :shakes head:

I got some rock chips on the front bumper within the first 200 miles. But the biggest blemish was done the freaking stealership when they put the two big holes in the front bumper.

I'm still mad and dealing with Nissan Co. because of their engineers/techs stupidy in writing for the installation of the front plate.

mine was from a claybar i used...meguiar's blue. was too hard for the nissan paint although it worked fine on my honda's. polished it all out though. :)

2nd day I had mine somebody opened their door on my right rear quarter panel just above the fender. Talk about pissed off! Mine is black so it's even easier to see the dent!!!

2 small rock chips on front hood...:shakes head:

Are you sure you didn't drop the clay bar and caught some sand/dirt? I clay my 350 a few times a never had any problems. :confused:

I will do my 370 later during the Summer, so I will be careful...