I've owned my Z for about 15 months now and only have 2 rock chips, one on hood and one on front bumper. Besides the scratches, which are my fault from going to car washes....the paint is good..but Nissan's paint IS VERY SOFT! It's a fact. The 350Z was the same way..you can actually dig the paint off with your fingernail. My previous 3 Neon's didn't even have a problem?!! Coincidence?!! Nissan has soft paint...point blank!!! But it is still a beautiful car..just need to maintain it to your standards. High maintainance car for those with OCD

sorry to hear that.... btw, nissan DOES have weak paint on Z. Does any other nissan car has similar problems? I mean the paint part.

No paint job would of eliminated those scratches. You must of hit something when parking or on the road. I doubt something came up to your car when parked and did that. Happens it's life, I know it sucks I am OCD about my ride too!

Clear bra is not the solution for the $HITTY PAINT on the Z. Complaint to Nissan North America on Facebook. Find their email addresss and write to them. They are not going to fix the problem in future cars if you don't complaint about. You might even get a new front end paint job.

I posted their email address before. You do a complaint on FB and they will contact you immediately!

Why do I have to spend $800 to $1,200 for a clear bra on a brand new car because of a poor paint from factory?

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Sorry to see that. No way thats the paint job at fault. Someone did that. Look at the patterens. On a side note, I try to keep away from road traffic such as trucks. My black Z looks great and I owned it since Sept 1st, 09. Just had clear bra , Ventureshiled Ultra installed last week .. Ps , go to your dealer and ask when their paint guy comes to touch up their new cars. This guy should do the repair easily in your driveway. They have all the tools and equipment at least the one I met did. I now have a dent guy along with the paint guy for future reference. Rich

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Be prepared to touchup/repaint certain areas down the line,it's called "maintaining perfection".

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I was looking at the damage again. Did you drive thru a drive thru? Some have very narrow paths.

Nissan paint sucks.

That looks like its from a "gator" strike from rolling over a tire tread on the highway.

That area at the base front bumper/spoiler is the #1 area for road debris, touch-up and go on with life:driving:

So go and expend your money then!

I complaint to Nissan North Amerca and have a free new front bumper.

It took 4 months but it works, if you want to get your arse rape and taken for a ride then settle for it. :ugh2:

Don't know what your issue was, but my "arse" didn't get raped and taken for a ride - nor would I settle for it if it had been.

A few guys keep bleating about how Nissan's paint sucks - that doesn't seem to be a universal sentiment, now does it? How many Z owners think that the paint is horrible, like you keep claiming - probably not many (or else most of us wouldn't have bought a Z).

I'm sure that there are some Z owners out there whose cars do have paint flaws - that happens with all manufacturers. And those owners should get the paint flaw(s) corrected under warranty. But that doesn't justify the general claim that "Nissan's paint is terrible".

It's an aerodynamic car that can go fast...**** will happen to it. If your kid gets a little acne, do you start to hate him? No!

I'd stick em' on a plane and send it back to Russia