I've seen elsewhere comments on how thin our paint is on the Z but yesterday had the disappointing first-hand experience of it. Whilst washing my car I somehow managed to scratch my baby whilst drying it with my chamois!

At least that's what I think happened due to the arc of the scratch. It must have been so bloody easy! It explains why the stone chips up front really do look like there's a micron of bloody paint on the bonnet.

I'm actually wondering whether it would be worthwhile gettiong an exterior only paint job just to add some bloody depth to the paint.

I'm sure Nissan have saved thousands by cutting down on the amount of freakin paint they have to apply!

 

I called in Nissan warranty experts and got the standard reply....we do not warranty environmental conditions...what a joke...if they bothered to put on some decent paint our cars wouldn't look like they were sandblasted!!!!

 

AUS Z -

I've looked into this paint thing and I don't think that the paint is necessarily too "thin".

Is your scratch thru the clearcoat?

Is it also thru the colour to u/coat?

Different diagnosis in each case.

FROZZLE

 

The new scratch is on the back and is nice and white so I assume it has gone through to the u/coat. The same as a stone chip way up the bonnet, very white. The one on the back is very very fine.

If I feel the stone chip it really does feel quite thin; as opposed to chips on my SS where you can feel some depth to the paint surface.

I'm going to try some Scratch-X on the new fine scratch to see how it goes. It's be nice if I was wrong but it definitely feels, and looks, very, very thin and, obviously, veryh easut to scratch.

 

By crikey - there must have been a decent boulder in the chamois!

Obviously there's nothing you can do to fix it now - cutting it back is likely to further thin the surrounding film to the point where it may reflect differently and look like a different shade.

Sorry to hear of your dissapointment.

There are crayon type colourants that you can work into the scratch to minimise it's appearance, but after a few months it becomes a bore.

Maybe wait a couple of years and repaint and at the same time that'l fix the inevitable stone chips.

FROZTY

 

I've made it sound worse than it really is; if you didn't know it was there you'd miss it. But still, I can't figure out how it happened.

I probably will just leave it for now I think. Might try the crayon think for the stone chips though.

See ya

 

Here's another thought -

http://www.langka.com/index2.htm


FRIZZLE



ANYBODY SEEN HARRY?

 

Have you tried this stuff?