HELP MILLIONS of SCRATCHES

MeetJoeAsian

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cptspeed

My exes 92 sentra had a garbage paint job. Fords paint fades badly. If your Z is a daily driver, or lots of hwy miles, you will paint it one day.

KillerBee370

If you guys had just gotten yellow you wouldn't have these silly issues.

370Zsteve

+1 for you lmao

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FricFrac

The clear coat is average - the VW's have an even softer clear. Its also give and take - the softer clears scratch easier but are more resistant to chipping. However if you've got a rock flying at your bumper at 100+ MPH good luck.... The best paints seem to be the European cars esp German. But then again they are pretty good when it comes to chemical engineering. There are lots of other cars out there with the same average clear coat as our cars.

Oh and clay bar has nothing to do with taking scratches out - it takes impurities embeded in your clear coat out - its not used as an abrasive but almost like a tack cloth works on a dusty surface.

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BrianZ

Menzerna IP + Porter Cable. Then my favorite is Klasse AIO and a few layers of SG on top of that. It will look like new.

tommyguns

Follow this advice and she will be good as new!

NXTAZEE

Ahhhh, you are very wise grasshopper.

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LETSGOEERS06

wax polish that out

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cambo370z

i've had a honda, toyota, ford, 2 nissans, and now a corvette. nissan by far had the worst clear..my altima and my 350z had the most scratches easily. my corvette has the best clearcoat of all..a detailer i know also told me that the corvette has one of the thickest clears for a domestic...too bad nissan has to be this way..the 370z is a great car but the front end will look crappy in a year!

dharvison

zrider -

You have great suggestions about polishing from previous posters.

Another suggestion would be to invest in a quality car cover if you park outside at home. I ended up doing that and it's a pain sometimes, but it's worth knowing that your car is protected from the elements while you're warm and toasty inside.



Still another is to protect the most vulnerable areas:

So true. On my '07 350z, I had a clear bra installed the first week. I only covered the bumper and headlights only. When I traded it in for the 370z, I noticed quite a few tiny chips all on the front end of the unprotected hood. We took a heat gun to remove the clearbra and the covered areas were like brand new.

When I got my 370z, I immediate got clearbra installed. Pictured below is of when I picked the car up from the dealership and the areas I have covered: headlights, mirrors, front bumper, lower bumper, 24" of front part of the hood, triangular piece to the side of the headlight and fender area, A pillar, both mud flaps, and the area behind the wheel openings on the rear fender.




My car now:










The guy that did my clearbra said that he has clients that covered their ENTIRE car. $$$$.