Our paint sucks compared to euro
 

hey every one, i dont know if any ones noticed but our paint sucks compared to euro to euros! i mean im a professional detailer and it looks good and all, but the quality and life of the paint is just terrible

Aha. One area where Nissan needs to do some improvements, on an otherwise great Sports car.

Life of the paint? What, did you burn through it or something?

A trade I am willing to take.... That is why it is important to keep your Z clean and waxed at all times. While they may have better paint, have you seen how much MORE it costs them??

:iagree: Keep a good coat of wax and it should do fine. Chips are gonna happen but a good detailer can fix them like new.

I'm going to have to spring for Xpel clear bra for this reason. That will help, at least on some of the most vulnerable areas.

I've seen paint on a Ferrari F430 - car looked amazing, but upon close inspection...orange peel!

I asked the detailer that was showing me his work - he said it's common practice, and a sign of THIN paint.

Maybe it's a golf-ball approach... ;)


That said, sure the paint chips easy, so do other cars. I'll repaint my car when it gets bad enough, and call it a day. Will it hurt the value of the car if it's repainted - sure...but IMO, a chipped up car will be more value-hurt. Even then, I don't intend to sell this car anytime soon...

Wow - a Ferrari should not have orange peel. This is one of those corners they can get away with cutting because they're Ferrari, and none of their owners will second guess them.

Aston may not make the fastest cars, but they know how to do paint :tup:

According to the detailer, it's pretty common on a lot of high-end cars...as he said, it's a symptom of thin paint....which thin paint weighs less :)

How is a good detailer going to make chips look like new?Other then dabs of touch up and thats noticable?

Have any of you seen there paint process. It's truly amazing and light years ahead of what they did 4 years ago.

Agree with above. Anyone complaining about paint chips on the front of the car does so for two reasons:

1) Never had a low, sloping front-end car before, or

2) Tailgates cars in front of him.

Nah, Lou, it's easier to make up complaints out of thin air. As I've stated in the past, Nissan's factory painting and QC is state-of-the-art. I think the paint on my Z is fabulous.

yah, they need to incorporate the self healing paint so folks dont need professional detailers any more. :D hahaha.

I'd give you +! but I'm all repped out. :tup:

Ummm no.

my 2005 tundra is not low and sloping and it had chips and a broken windsheild. my 2008 tundra just got a broken windsheild, I wish i was tailgating when it happened cause the rock would not have flown as high up and would have hit my clear bra.

That is a hell of an idea!

New to this forum so Hi :tiphat:, have been looking around for quite some time before I bought my 370z (I can pick up my baby next monday)

What I was wondering is does the US 370z come with an anti-scratch paint? Here in europe they advertise with it having an anti-scratch paint (whatever this is)


They do cost quite a bit more over here yes but I doubt thats the reason to give a lesser paint :p
My Z in Belgium costs 45.400 euro (base price 42.200) and I have to pay 5.000 euro tax to get it in trafic. (thats the highest possible tax on a new car and its because its considerd a sports car with alot of power)
However I was born in Holland, a Z there costs 65.000 euro as base price and I now live 1/2 mile away from Holland.

Sorry about going off topic a bit

i think the paint is okay but the clear coat kinda blows.

Oh, you're just a suck-up.. :roflpuke2:

J/K

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yea our clear coat is among the worst, ive got so many PM's from people about cc blistering already

ive had 3 Z's in the past and a G........ i know nissan paint and how they turn out after 3-5 years.....the 370's on the same track

What a bunch of crap! I see 350's going back to 2003 and th3ir paint is ok. why are you saying this stuff?

my G is over 5yrs old (original owner) and it still looks brand new. and no pro-detailer needed. :p

The paint on my 2002 maxima has held up well and still looks great, I've just maintained it with regular washes and waxes.

well if down the line i get a body kit, i'm going to spend top dollar to get this baby painted and clear coated like it should have been.

exactly there paint is ok........ not the status it should be

I have not seen any factory-painted car without orange peel...including euros. The only ones without orange peel are the hand-painted ones!

If you have over $8,000.00 to spend I have someone in Orange County and it will look like glass.

Ummm, don't tailgate. Maybe someone threw a rock at you.

My 2006 Camry looks fantastic. What dos any of this have to do with paint? It's al nonsense.

:roflpuke2::roflpuke2:

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the paint on the infiniti and probably the same for ur Z's are super thin and chips super easily

:shakes head:

My whole front is turning into primer colour lol

I just noticed my car's front fascia used to be brilliant silver, now it's chicane yellow. wtf.

:rofl2:

Yeah right
Youre 18 years old and already had 3 Z in the past and a G.
http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...tml#post288658

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After 19K km's my Z is still perfect - no issues. Mind you it's the Canadian model so it must be better built for our climate :icon18:!!!

Anyway, I had a nasty bug splat that initially would not come off and was quite noticeable in the clearcoat. But after several washes it seems to have disappeared! I recall another forum member commenting on the same thing a few months back. Is this possibly the 'self-healing' paint? Maybe someone can explain this as I assume all Z paints are the same except for the colour of course.

I'm going to hijack this thread! What is the vote on best wax?

actually yes it is not very good paint. All paints have become worse and worse trying to make it more "green". The days of lead in paint are gone, but the leaded paint was very very durable.

Also Mercedes uses a higher end paint, its very hard and is really hard to chip, not saying that it won't chip it can just take a lot more of a beating. CeramiClear is the clear coat they use, its a ceramic paint from PPG. All paints are not the same, and they are definitely not all priced the same.