gatti-man

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Yes the paint is thin. It literally looks like 1 and 1/2 coats on the car. I dont have that many dings but the ones that do the paint looks really thin, also where my car got keyed the paint looked very thin there also.

SeanG

The paint is really thin. It does not stick to the primer like it should either. When hit by a rock or in an accident the paint breaks and shatters like a hard boiled egg. The clearcoat is too hard, showing all the scratches. There is a warning about the hard clearcoat under the hood of my Z and my Murano. The Nissan paint issues belong to all the new Nissan vehicles. You would think that they would do something about it. Someone has their head in their a$$.

Z_Driver

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OK, so let's call it a Colgan Nose Cover you can get them here for cheap:

http://www.colgancustom.com/


You can get it with or without the license plate cut out.
With or without the hood piece.
In Black or Carbon Fiber .... and in some cases to match the color of your car.
I saw a guy locally with a black car and the black nose cover.

Here's another shot of it:



Here's one with my car Colgan (SS), Nissan (B), and Colgan without hood peice (LS):

up2nogood

Black is a tough color. I was at the local dealer yesterday, and they have left over 05's in SB with swirl markes all over the place.

cessna

Thats an idea!!!

mr2fasterthanyo

bras are almost as bad as rock chips, unless you take it off, let it dry, wax a lot under it and keep it tight

they scratch the paint, the fading isn't as uniform and they hold water against the paint....

mr2fasterthanyo

but if you want to see bad paint, you should see my maxima. the whole front end is a rock chip. bumper is completley messed up. that is what i get for living in CO for a year and half where they use gravel and lava rock in the winter, not sand and salt...
but the chicago sand and salt mix hasn't helped either

sq40

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do you have any more pics of that.. I think it would look good on my Super Black..

Lee ZR

I am getting that clear film bra (like Xpel) to prevent this. Its so expensive though, I am only going with coverage for the hood, fenders, lights and mirrors. Looks like my hood is taking more abuse than the bumper so I am doing the hood instead of the bumper. Its about $300 more to do the bumper and I can use that $$ for other mods.

ZlleH

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What is that black thing under the leather bra? It looks like an aftermarket front lip?

Z_Driver

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Have had mine for two years not a scratch. It is a very nice bra. Better than my 300ZX bra which I would never use because of the reasons you have listed above. You do need to take it off when it rains and let it dry or you will get mildew under there. It take less than 60 seconds to remove. Fading isn't a problem either expecially since my front bumper is a shade down from the rest of the car anyways. I hope the rest of the car fades. Not likely though. I had one of these on my '89 Probe (same color) for 10 years. Fading was not a problem.

Z_Driver

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You have a PM with links to pictures

Z_Driver

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They call it a front lip protector.

ZlleH

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So this bra allows you to have an aftermarket lip? I'm thinking of getting an aftermarket lip, but that means i can't get a bra...

Also, on the site, it offers the original bra and the "sports" bra. wonder what is the difference. Wish there were pictures.

Sly_Z

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Stop tailgating 18 wheelers!

Z_Driver

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No, if your thinking about a aftermarket lip. You'll need to do the 3M clear bra most likely. It just happens to work with the lip protector because it mounts below the bumper. An aftermarket lip add two inches or so to the front and an inch or so on each side. The bra would not fit that. It fits nice and tight you could not add anything the would attach to your bumper and make it stick out that far.

You couldn't fit it over something like this for example:



You can see my car 5 cars down in that row of cars.

You can get a custom one made for under $300 however. Or have theColgan modified for $100 or so. Any good upholstery shop can do it for you.