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semtex · 10-12-2011, 10:45 AM

All this talk about various long-standing issues (e.g., oil temps, brakes, etc.) just reminded me of one other factor that pushed me away from Nissan -- the Z's paint quality (or lack thereof). When the dust settled from my layoff/divorce and it was time to buy a nice car again, I ruled out getting another Z pretty quickly because of the winters here. I thought about getting an Infiniti G37x to replace it. It's the Z's sister car, after all. Plus it has Infiniti's intelligent AWD that pretty much directs all the power to the rear wheels unless it detects slip, at which time it automatically shifts power up to the front wheels. Best of both worlds, I figure. But then I remembered the paint on my 2009 Z. My Z had way too many chips, and that was in spite of being in Georgia where it rarely snows, and also in spite of having full front ClearBra. I shudder to think of how much worse it'd have been had I driven my Z here on Canadian winter roads with gravel laid down everywhere for traction. Right or wrong, I just don't trust Nissan paint quality anymore on any of their products. Is their paint quality on Infiniti models better? I don't know. But I did ask GT-R owners about their paint quality, and apparently it's no better. If Nissan is going to go cheap on the paint on their halo sports car, I have no reason to believe that they'd up their game for Infiniti. Or maybe they would, I can't say for sure. Either way, I wasn't willing to take that gamble. The paint on my STi has held up exponentially better than it did on the Z thus far, btw. I'm not trying to hate on Nissan either, in case anyone's wondering. I've been loyal to Nissan since I was 16 and my Dad taught me how to drive stick via his '84 300ZX Turbo. My 370Z was the 9th Nissan I bought in my 24 years of driving. But I gotta tell it the way I see it.

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semtex A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Behind enemy lines Age: 54 Posts: 5,995 Drives: People to drink Rep Power: 32	All this talk about various long-standing issues (e.g., oil temps, brakes, etc.) just reminded me of one other factor that pushed me away from Nissan -- the Z's paint quality (or lack thereof). When the dust settled from my layoff/divorce and it was time to buy a nice car again, I ruled out getting another Z pretty quickly because of the winters here. I thought about getting an Infiniti G37x to replace it. It's the Z's sister car, after all. Plus it has Infiniti's intelligent AWD that pretty much directs all the power to the rear wheels unless it detects slip, at which time it automatically shifts power up to the front wheels. Best of both worlds, I figure. But then I remembered the paint on my 2009 Z. My Z had way too many chips, and that was in spite of being in Georgia where it rarely snows, and also in spite of having full front ClearBra. I shudder to think of how much worse it'd have been had I driven my Z here on Canadian winter roads with gravel laid down everywhere for traction. Right or wrong, I just don't trust Nissan paint quality anymore on any of their products. Is their paint quality on Infiniti models better? I don't know. But I did ask GT-R owners about their paint quality, and apparently it's no better. If Nissan is going to go cheap on the paint on their halo sports car, I have no reason to believe that they'd up their game for Infiniti. Or maybe they would, I can't say for sure. Either way, I wasn't willing to take that gamble. The paint on my STi has held up exponentially better than it did on the Z thus far, btw. I'm not trying to hate on Nissan either, in case anyone's wondering. I've been loyal to Nissan since I was 16 and my Dad taught me how to drive stick via his '84 300ZX Turbo. My 370Z was the 9th Nissan I bought in my 24 years of driving. But I gotta tell it the way I see it. __________________ "There are no small accidents on this circuit." -- Ayrton Senna 316.8whp & 248 ft/lbs (Dyno Dynamics) \| 319whp & 256 ft/lbs (DynoJet) (04/23/10) Stillen G3 CAI, CBE, Pulley / F.I. LTH / GTSpec Ladder Brace / Setrab Oil Cooler / UpRev-tuned by Forged Perf.