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wdkwang

10-12-2012 01:59 AM

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

wdkwang

10-12-2012 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ssmoked (Post 1954973)

I bought my 2011 370z 16 month ago with currently 22k miles. I put up with dozens of rock chips, ease of paint being scratched....but i found this today:mad:

its to the point the paint is flaking off bc the clearcoat is gone.

i took it to a small dealership, and they blamed me, or the enviroment, for eating through the paint.

I have owned 1 american and 3 different japanese makes of cars and motorcycles, this has never happened!

I do park my car outside, but I highly doubt the sun could do this in 16 month.

Anyone experienced this with their Z? Any suggestions about how i should deal with this with the dealership?

thanks in advance

order a kit from DrColorChip.com and see if it works out for you. it's the best touch up paint kit i know and use.

mantella87

10-12-2012 02:55 AM

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.

ssmoked

10-12-2012 08:29 AM

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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) !!

any suggestions on how i should talk to the dealer about this next week?

shaun66

10-12-2012 12:37 PM

I have that on my roof, I thought it was hail damage :icon14:

wdkwang

10-12-2012 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmoked (Post 1957696)

Walk in and be like, "HEY BRUH sup wit dis paint?" and start flipping **** like this: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ rawwwwr.

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

Kabestro

10-23-2012 06:00 PM

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.

onzedge

10-23-2012 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kabestro (Post 1976912)

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.

:tup: Good - I am not the only one.

HamZ	10-23-2012 06:56 PM

So basically if I buy used I shouldn't bother with a clear-bra?

Read T

10-23-2012 07:54 PM

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...-issues-2.html

Good Luck.

Ubetit

10-23-2012 08:13 PM

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.

Read T

10-23-2012 08:31 PM

^ My 15 year old Nissan has better paint than my brand new one.

PharmDZ

10-23-2012 08:34 PM

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.

LakeShow

10-23-2012 09:34 PM

Subaru also has some horrible paint as well. Paint quality overall across many manufacturers is getting worse due to environmental regulations.

Mr&Mrs

10-23-2012 09:38 PM

Agreed

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