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The sloping hood line and low profile of Z cars contribute to the chipping, SUVs and other cars with grills and other front facing trim pieces get less chipping. Nissan's paint is no worse or better than other auto makers. I would be willing to guess most auto makers get their paints from companies like PPG.
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Yep, paint sucks.:eekdance:
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The paint seems even weaker than our G37's, which is already known for weak paint. I took it from Knoxville to Nashville and back twice, and there are at least a dozen small chips in the front of the hood and bumper. My old 2006 Camry didn't have any of these issues, and I didn't start taking car of its paint until late 2010. I'm also getting discoloration (slightly green/yellow dots) from bugs or bird droppings. They are about 1mm wide. I'm actually considering repainting it further down the line.
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my front bumper was littered with chips from doing car rallys and driving home every night through road construction on my usual highway. one day taking it for service at the stealership, some dumb f0ck curbed the bottom of the bumper hard. he apparently confused the car for a 4x4 cause he must of sped down the ramp for the bumper to curb that bad. so i got real tight bout that and demanded my bumper be repainted. they took it to a body shop they're friendly with. i'd say 95% perfect. all the tiny indentations from the chips are still there but it's better than before. i just hope the paint they used is better than OEM
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Glad I'm not alone. Here I am buying all kinds of stuff to touch up these chips thinking I have the worst luck on the planet.
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You guys are misunderstand my fustration and anger. I can deal with dozens of chips, but paint cracking on top of my hood (near the windshield wiper) is NOT acceptable at 16 month (even if you never wash or wax or park outside. Which is not the case for me) !!
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I have that on my roof, I thought it was hail damage :icon14:
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Seriously, just look at the dealerships that are on this forum and talk to them. If none of them are close to you then you'll just have to walk in and talk with the manager. It's not a GTR but they'd treat you better than if you had a Versa |
I wax like every other weekend, don't know if that's too much, but when I see bird bombs I don't care if it's midnight, I'm washing my car.
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So basically if I buy used I shouldn't bother with a clear-bra?
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I see this same complaint on every car forum i am on. Blame the EPA. My Civic CI paint has crows feet all over the hood which HOA says is envoirnmental "fallout." Sure it is, that's why it's cracking from the inside out.
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^ My 15 year old Nissan has better paint than my brand new one.
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HAH you should see my friend's "brand new" Subaru WRX. It's absolutely wrecked. Nissan doesn't have the worst of paint, although it isn't great either.
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Subaru also has some horrible paint as well. Paint quality overall across many manufacturers is getting worse due to environmental regulations.
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Agreed
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Nissan does have pretty crappy paint IMHO.. Altho, it wouldn't stop me from buying one.
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^ All the car manufacturers buy from the same 4 or 5 big manufacturers - BASF/Glasurit, PPG, Sherwin Williams, DuPont and Nippon. To make your paint environmentally "friendly," the EPA forced them to remove all the toxic but durable chemicals.
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I've learned to live with rock chips -_-
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Carlyle Group just bought the auto paint business from Dupont, Carlyle will now pick apart the pieces of the company and send the business to China to make auto paint.....not a good thing.
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