had the car for 1 year now with 6000 kms

 

Ahhh its not the paint... I can clearly tell that you take your car to touch car washes... drive in rough conditions, AND DONT TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR. I have had my Z since april of 04 and still looks better than a showroom finish.

 

Is it only on your front bumper?

 

lol, i have only ever hand washed my cars and only drive in the city. My mirrors are also like that too.

 

looks just like my bumper before I had it repainted and got a clear bra.

 

I'm guessing here, but it might be small pebbles, gravel or some big a$$ bugs hitting it. considering it's only on your front bumper and your mirrors.

 

And your proud to show off the paint in that condition? Clean your car and show us before and after pictures

 

Rock chips suck. It looks like it needs a hardcore wax to, maybe ethat will get out some of those swirls.

 

I wanted to get clearbra, but I havent gotten my bumper repainted, its now got almost 29k on the car, and the paint on the bumper is full of chips, the rest looks great... stupid bugs

 

Edited Post: Double clicky thing. That's what I get for working from my car on the laptop.



Car covers help keep the sun out.

Kinda cool but a little slower on the uptake.

 

I have had mine since Nov '03:



Very few chips. But to be fair during the workweek commute this is how you'll see me:



Plate and Bra installed. I hate CHP's (Chips) Pun intended.

 

stop offroading.

 

So you remove and reinstall your front plate on a regular basis too?

 

You've gotta take better care of that paint, my man. Yeah, I know it is thin. Only fix now would be to get the bumper repainted and install a 3M clear bra on it.

 

Stop Driving On Hwy. 401 !!!

 

Here's an example of so called “thin paint:” the result of road debris. I primed the area with anti-rust primer, then 3 coats of touch-up paint to build-up the surface, and followed by clear coat. I don't know how the 350Z paint compares to other cars, but it seems pretty thick to me.

 

Yup, I looked like an idiot at the last car meet. There was only one other guy with a plate on the front. We represented about 2% of the cars there.

 

mecinoid, what kinda bra is that? is that the oem?

 

Now there's a question I've never heard one guy ask off another!

Sorry, I'm just bored.

 

HAHA <shakes fist> what are you trying to start here?!?!