Nissan NISSAN DEVELOPS WORLD'S FIRST CLEAR PAINT THAT REPAIRS SCRATCHES ON CAR SURFAC

smartmove · 03-23-2010, 07:59 AM

My pearl white 370z has it but I think the US cars don't?

OldGuy · 03-23-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by zmyride

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is this for real? is it on 370z?

We've been down this road before. I posted about this a couple months ago. Guys who were familiar with it said not to get all excited. Many, many limitations to it.

dkmura · 03-24-2010, 09:56 AM

^^As the owner of an '09 Infiniti G37xS, I'd second that opinion. The scratch shield paint works, but the label 'self-healing' is a bit misleading. The elastic clearcoat works best in warm temperatures, not in Colorado (where I live) and subfreezing weather. Perhaps this summer my swirl marks will disappear without any further need of detailing help. I just pray there's no deep scratches or (knocks on wood) body damage. Scratch shield won't do anything to help there and bodyshops cannot replicate the topcoat.

vipor · 03-24-2010, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by smartmove

My pearl white 370z has it but I think the US cars don't?

Negative. No Zs have this clear. It was on the Gs for a little while but not anymore. It is also found on the GTR.

smartmove · 03-25-2010, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by vipor

Negative. No Zs have this clear. It was on the Gs for a little while but not anymore. It is also found on the GTR.

Erm, I beg to differ. My UK Z does have scratch guard. It's on the UK literature and stated on my purchase invoice. It's also on the Nissan UK website

Crazy8 · 03-25-2010, 04:49 PM

It would be nice if they did. You look at my car wrong and it gets a scratch. lol

Icib · 03-25-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by smartmove

Erm, I beg to differ. My UK Z does have scratch guard. It's on the UK literature and stated on my purchase invoice. It's also on the Nissan UK website

yup, I did some research in this now. Seems all euro Z's have it and JP Z's aswell.

I have a few tiny scratches, some warm days are coming so I am really looking forward to see if it actually works

vipor · 03-25-2010, 04:56 PM

^ stupid EPA in america. I want my high quality lead-based paint back

Chris`I · 03-26-2010, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by vipor

^ stupid EPA in america. I want my high quality lead-based paint back

Amen to that, bring back bulletproof paint

I'm yet to be convinced the scratch guard is a good thing. It must be really soft to be able to reform, so I can just see us getting more rock chips than ever, and a bodyshop cant fix it back to OEM finish as they dont have the magic clear coat. Will be interesting to see if Nissan themselves will offer it.

03-23-2010, 07:59 AM	#16 (permalink)
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dkmura Base Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 108 Drives: SCCA T1/3 and GT3 Z Rep Power: 17	^^As the owner of an '09 Infiniti G37xS, I'd second that opinion. The scratch shield paint works, but the label 'self-healing' is a bit misleading. The elastic clearcoat works best in warm temperatures, not in Colorado (where I live) and subfreezing weather. Perhaps this summer my swirl marks will disappear without any further need of detailing help. I just pray there's no deep scratches or (knocks on wood) body damage. Scratch shield won't do anything to help there and bodyshops cannot replicate the topcoat.

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