Most Fragile Car I've Ever Owned!
 

Hey everyone, I've been a long time reader of these forums and finally joined up. I previously owned a C5 Vette which I loved to death. I thought I might see a little bit of degraded performance when moving to the Z, but that hasn't been the problem. The problem is this car is just so darn fragile. A day doesn't go by where I don't find a new scratch, chip etc. So far I have owned the car for 7 months and have the following:

-Several tiny, random chips in various spots on the car (hood, fenders, wheel openings)
-Hairline scratches
-Tiny black specks on the wheels (thin clear maybe?)
-Water spots on the hood and roof

There are probably more, but you get the idea. Now mind you I owned my C5 for 4 years and and never had any problems with the paint other than the odd chip or scratch, but nothing this prevalent. The Vette was also black just like my 370.

Is anyone else experiencing this, or did I get a lemon?

There are probably around 20+ posts of people complaining about the crappy Nissan paint. Unfortunately, you did not get a lemon. The paint just sucks.

The paint quality is crap. We all are experiencing the same issues.

No lemon. Nissan paint is just total sh!t. The paint quality on my 2003 Mustang GT was 100 times better. It's pretty sad. A clear bra is almost a necessity right off the bat if you don't want to respray down the road.

Also, I own a black 370 as well and I would suggest learning to wash your car with the two bucket method (if you don't already) and find the best microfiber mitt and drying towels around. One bad wash and your car will be swirl mark heaven after just one wash.

Not sure if it's mentioned but you don't have a lemon... nissan paint just plain suck.

From reading these boards right after purchase, I got a clearbra the first weekend I had the Z. I paid 500 bucks for Black Cherry. I'll be damned if random gravel's gonna do that to me.

Of course, the first rock I caught put a chip in my windshield so bad I had to replace it.

:(

Yep the paint is poo but welcome to the forums!

Especially the black it seems..

Un-welcome to the forum! j/k At least you could have started your first post with a positive one, don't you think, before hitting us with complaints

You should see the red. My hood is gross!

Oh...and one mooore thing...LOL....wash bird sh!t off ASAP...don't let it sit even half a day!! It will stain your clear coat in like 20 minutes....ok..now im done lol.

I love black sooo much...but I also hate black....sigh.

This has been my major annoyance. Birds have been hitting that thing like torpedo bombers going at an aircraft carrier. Seriously have considered getting a pellet gun and taking a day off work to handle my bidness

Yeah... it will destroy your clear coat in no time... Everything about the paint on this car is just cheap. On a scale of 1-10 it's a -7. It's really bad.

Compared to the Z my Ford paint was the stuff you'd see at the Concours D'elegance.

I got one chip driving from dealer to my house. The paint on the Z is like beeswax.