Dude, sell your car before your head explodes.

Well for one, my car is black, so that sets the tone right there. But in approx 2500 miles of driving, I have the following:

-3 small chips in the hood
-Light scratches on the hood and trunk lid
-Small chips on all four fender arches from debris being kicked up

This black paint is almost maddening at times.

It has little to do with Nissan. Search around on the forums of any car that has been produced in the last couple of years.

It's threads like this that are making me think more and more about going with white when I get my Z.

Not a ding, yet, hell lot of scratches here and there TT It hurts my heart whenever I see them...

2 days after I pick up my car, some punks put a ding on the driver side. Not on the door panel but right at the edge where the door switch area (outside). I schedule PDR this Sat to see if they can pop it out, It not really noticeable because of the angle...but the paint were damage and knowing it there make me said...:shakes head::shakes head:

if anyone gets red black or blue...color magic wax works wonders!

Black is amazing if you put the proper dedication into it, if you don't plan on doing that, then I wouldn't recommend it.

I'm reviving this thread just because I can not hold back my anger against the poor quality of my Z's paint. My Titan's paint has been really good, not sure the deal with that, I guess maybe cause the Titan is built in America. But my god the paint on my Z is maddening, I swear it chips and scratches when feathers hit it... ahhhhhhhh

scratches and rock chips. I got a HUG scratch under the car from backing out of the drive way.

How effective is a clear coat? (sorry if I used the commercial name, I don't really know the non-commercial one)

Golf ball. Still need to find time for PDR.

Other than that.. scrappage.

Here's my front bumper... it looks worse in person :ugh2: