370Z Purple/Pearlish Paint Defects

alan93rsa · 08-20-2009, 10:49 AM

Mine was red and I am picky about the paint. I never found any paint defects.

billydsz · 08-20-2009, 11:16 AM

I have solid red, the paint is perfect. Mine was ordered in late May and I received it a few days ago. Sorry for your troubles, that's a shame.

Edit: I will admit to some slight orange peel here and there. But frankly, most stock production cars have this in my experience. I am sure there are exceptions, but you can't compare for example a custom paint job to factory stuff, I don't think anyone can expect that level of perfection when they are pumping out millions of cars. Perhaps I need to raise my expectations, lol.

WShade · 08-21-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by billydsz

I have solid red, the paint is perfect. Mine was ordered in late May and I received it a few days ago. Sorry for your troubles, that's a shame.

I concur. I do not have any issues either. Ordered late February.

JungleB · 08-25-2009, 07:46 PM

Here's some interesting information on how to deal with paint defects on new cars. If worse comes to worse you can spend a little bit of money and take them to small claims court. From what you're saying it sounds like they would want to settle before court since the paint is defective.

Scroll down to the Getting a paint/defect settlement section.
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ougirlkel · 08-29-2009, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JungleB

Here's some interesting information on how to deal with paint defects on new cars. If worse comes to worse you can spend a little bit of money and take them to small claims court. From what you're saying it sounds like they would want to settle before court since the paint is defective.

Scroll down to the Getting a paint/defect settlement section.
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Yeah...after five brutal days of arguing with them this week...I've decided that I will have to take that route!

dad · 08-21-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexus

You took the gamble buying a new first-year model car. Deal with it, it's normal that there are some defects and fortunately for us who are waiting for the 2010s to come out these problems will be resolved.

That's a good optimistic view, for the 2010 model year! Unfortunately with the history of the Z's from 2003 to date, people will have to wait for that judgment.

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Originally Posted by Alexus

... the line the 370Z is being built on in the Tochigi plant is virtually brand new. It's a matter of fine-tuning it. You simply cannot, realistically, expect a virtually flawless, $30-40k first-year model car.

Besides, I believe that it's a known fact that red is a difficult color to paint. The best solution is to simply avoid it.

A plant that is virtually brand new, I would expect top quality!

Thirty thousand to forty thousand dollars, you make it sound like that's nothing to pay, and expect better quality. That's a hell of a lot of money. People expect better than what they are getting for that amount of money!

08-20-2009, 10:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
alan93rsa Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 412 Drives: 16 Cayman GT4 Red Rep Power: 222	Mine was red and I am picky about the paint. I never found any paint defects. __________________ 16 Cayman GT4, Carmine Red, Buckets, PCCB etc. Last edited by alan93rsa; 08-20-2009 at 10:52 AM.

08-20-2009, 11:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
billydsz Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Bern Posts: 252 Drives: 9 370z SptCp SRd 7AT Rep Power: 17	I have solid red, the paint is perfect. Mine was ordered in late May and I received it a few days ago. Sorry for your troubles, that's a shame. Edit: I will admit to some slight orange peel here and there. But frankly, most stock production cars have this in my experience. I am sure there are exceptions, but you can't compare for example a custom paint job to factory stuff, I don't think anyone can expect that level of perfection when they are pumping out millions of cars. Perhaps I need to raise my expectations, lol. Last edited by billydsz; 08-20-2009 at 12:39 PM.

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JungleB Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: PA Posts: 76 Drives: 96 VW Passat GLX Rep Power: 18	Here's some interesting information on how to deal with paint defects on new cars. If worse comes to worse you can spend a little bit of money and take them to small claims court. From what you're saying it sounds like they would want to settle before court since the paint is defective. Scroll down to the Getting a paint/defect settlement section. LemondAidCars.com