haria, your car looks great! Ive got a LA on order and your pics are encouraging. Does it have any orange peel?

 

it probably looks different in person.

 

Yup!

 

This car will look like glass at night....take some pics at night under a street light.

 

It looks washed out to me....almost whitish at some angles.

 

The first thing I noticed!! The car is ruined!!

Sharp car, but I still can't see a $1,100 premium. Maybe I be able to agree with the price when I see one in person.

Enjoy your Z. Sorry about your holes in the bumper

Peace

 

DJK, No it does not have an orange peel, under the bright sunlight, it looks like 2 or 3 shade lighter than CS. For me personally I love it so much !! I bet you are going to Love it as well. Good Luck !!!!

 

I am taking a trip to the dealer and I am going to see if they have a LA and do a side by side shot. CS vs LA.

 

I wanna see a Liquid Aluminum with 30 coats of ZAINO.

 

Here's some shots of my CS for comparison:


This is with bare paint:


Here it is with 5 coats of Blackfire (ignore the dumbass standing next to it):


Another shot after 5 coats of Blackfire:


Some Blackfire and a lot of sun:


I just can't see much difference with LA, except a lighter hue. I'd really love to see some shots without the sun reflecting off the paint. I think we'd see a bit of difference. I just wish I could find one to see in person...

 

I like the color but i can't believe that they still haven't gotten the bumpers to match the rest of the car!

 

looks ok ..probably looks great sunup and sundown too when the light tends to contrast more.Good choice in color poor choice on nissan though to charge extra for it though.

 

Cool pics WashUJon!

I love the look of CS when the sun or any intense light hits it. Its named chrome for a reason.

LA is probably more intense under the sun by the looks of the pics. The areas that are hit by the sun are washed out in the pics and can only mean that they are super bright in person.

 

looks like you wasted $1,100 could have gotton the same think for $100.

 

Hmmm....

I really like the pics that were posted by haria05161 of the liquid aluminum, since the regular chrome silver is just very dull IMHO. If this is something closer to the show car, then I am sure he's happy.

I might be hijacking the thread a little, but for current owners, would $1,100 more be worth having a completely flawless paint job with zero orange peel? I think it would be worth it, how about you.

 

Yeah, but no orange peel and a flawless paint job should come with any brand new car....not one where you have to pay extra for.....in my opinion anyways

 

BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and all those German companies charge more for their Metallic paint...

 

and Cadillac charges an extra $1k for their white.

 

So does that mean there's no orange peel on the Liquid Aluminum?

 

I wish Nissan would spend their time and energy developing a SC (even for after market) with a warranty rather than figuring out how to make the DVD door shut automatically or to make a 3rd silver. I have a SS so i like silver but honestly, enough is enough. I wish they would have come out with ANY color besides a silver. It would give everyone more real options and maybe make it where 60% of the Z's were not the same color.

Remember Nissan, this is a SPORTS CAR. Develop better hp and handling, not shades of colors. At least we dont have a flower holder!