ordered custom paint job
 

I definitely support SPOHN's idea of custom color program. Or unpainted car delivery. My 370z is coming as 2011 model in April and I've already come to the agreement with my dealer to do a custom paint job. Car ordered in black/black will come out as yellow/black.
First, I really want yellow or orange, colors offered by the Nissan are SO BORING for a sportscar. It's a shame I've missed a chicane yellow. Second, the factory paint job is really poor quality, compared what I'm used to.

Just to let you know, the price of partial disassembly, paint job and assembly is 3400$. I think it's worth it :tup:

$3400 will get you a decent job but it won't be anything show car quality. Of course it doesn't take much to do better than the OEM job.

awesome! but i'm confused, what color are you going to wind up with? black? yellow? or orange?

I believe he will have yellow exterior/black interior.

Wow! and I thought yellow cars were less desirable. You learn something new every day.

Post pictures whenever you get it all done!

Everyone seems to thing that the OEM paint job is poor quality mostly because it has a fair amount of orange peel. If you don't want that orange peel, just do a bit of wetsanding to level off the peaks and then polish it to perfection and voila; show car paint quality.

I thought the colored paint was covered by the clear coat. If you wet sand, aren’t you only sanding the clear outer layer?

The problem with this is that the OEM paint is extremely thin. I know wetsanding won't take much off but you've only got so much.

Well, the 370z is kind of raw car. I accept it the way it is, in fact I'm happy with it as I always thought a sportscar should be a little harsh. The color should match the nature of the car.

I drive an Audi A5 in Aruba blue now, it's sophisticated, luxury, kind of serious but not boring, as is aruba blue color. It's perfect car and color for business, I drive it every day and I never thought it should be yellow or orange. Yellow A5? Yuck. :shakes head:

But 370Z? Common, it is not serious at all, it's all about fun, it must shout this loud! And in the world of black, silver, gray, blue and white cars, yellow does this perfectly.
Besides, yellow is clearly visible and is a good thing for a fast and assertive driven car.

Precisely. We are also going to leave some minor black parts of exterior, as well as only partly powdercoated wheels. I don't like blackout wheels on bright car as they are in too big contrast for me.

I hope to have a photoshopped picture of the project soon, will share.

Our Z paint jobs are 5.0 mills thick, give or take 0.02. The most you could safely wet sand away is roughly 0.05. This would not flatten the paint and get rid of the orange peel. You would also leave no clear for paint correction either. I think it is outrageous manufactures are sending out cars with orange peel. With a little thicker clear and a wet sanding stage we could have beautiful paint. At least make it an option, which I for one would order.

how much to show quality jobs run?

price isn't really the determining factor, but usually ive seen $6K+ for full paint job.

I don't think the paint is bad at all. But then again... I drive the Chicane baby! :tup:

i've seen upwards of 8k for a nice pearl w/ chameleon effect, but damn it was nice.

someone likes being issued tickets :p

eventually i do want to change the paint on my car to something unique. midnight purple is :yum:

I paid 8000 to repaint my C6 show quality with 2 coats clear, wetsand, 3 more coats, wetsand and polish. It sure was pretty though

I asked the day I bought mine, if I could custom order, with Nissans own cobalt green paint, as on my '95 ZX. Answer was quite emphatically "No way" . I figured case closed. I lucked out in the end. The green made the car hot in the sun where as the silver reflects better.

I say get a Vinyl Wrap for under $3k :tup:

You can pretty much go for any color you like, or even custom graphics.
Then pull it off at any time if you change your mind or sell the car :tiphat:

Why don't you just buy the car in yellow, that's a stock color already, just alil harder to find.

I was under the impression that the 2011 models couldn't be ordered yet?

And that no one even knows diddly squat about them except for an alleged hybrid 370Z?

Am I wrong about this?

If he's buying new he'd have to hope there's a 2009 in yellow still hanging around. I highly doubt that's the case since it was a one year color.

I would just love to order a satin flat black. Oh yea!

orange!

+1

I can agree the paint job on the 370's for a 35 to 40 grand car could be better. it's something a buyer should know going in. any money spent re painting the car is money gone. you will never see it at resell or trade in.

pick the color you like best and protect it the best you can...........

so far, there is one 2009 chicane yellow in Germany, but it is not fully loaded and as a test car it has few thousands kilometers on it. not exactly what I'm looking for. ;)

I'm going to order my 370z at the beginning of January, calculating with 4 months of delivery time. There is no point of getting a new 370z in the middle of bloody cold winter here.

:tiphat:

I agree. I was thinking of having my wheels done in gunmetal (about the same as the calipers). I'm like to see what you chose :)

That's interesting Post some pIc's when You get it:tup: