Front/Rear Bumper/Fender Molding Paint Flaw

kdo2milger · 08-09-2009, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannibul

Orange peel...
There's a hair in my paint on the back bumper piece...or is it the hatch...

Dunno...

Oh well.

pic

Pushing_Tin · 08-09-2009, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannibul

Orange peel...
There's a hair in my paint on the back bumper piece...or is it the hatch...

Dunno...

Oh well.

what?! post a pic of that please, i have to see it.

FricFrac · 08-09-2009, 02:21 AM

Driver's side fender/bumper chip on Blue. Wasn't chipped on delivery. Possible flaw in the molding?

TheWeatherman · 08-09-2009, 03:13 AM

It almost looks like the thing got lightly hit on the bumper, pushed it forward, then the bumper scraped the fender. I have solid red and no flaws whatsoever here. Everything lines up perfectly.

m4a1mustang · 08-09-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by kdo2milger

understood...however this poll was created for those with the bumper defects to gage the possibility of getting a TSB released...

But if you add that option and it turns out that only 2% of voters have issues, a TSB is not going to happen. I still think you should add that option so we can see how big of a problem this really is.

ZForce · 08-09-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by rudi

I don't have the paint issue. However, looking closely I noticed that along the edges of all the panels on the plastic parts where they meet up with the metal panels, there is a clear plastic film under the clear coat. I wonder if this is fix from Nissan for this problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdo2milger

i didnt notice it on the walk around...so i cant honestly say for sure that it was already there or developed after the fact...nontheless it is there...

Ture, I will be looking at mine more closely this morning and also to see if there is a clear film placed there by Nissan from a statement by rudi. It would be interesting if Nissan already discovered this after the first few thousand mfg'd and took steps to correct future production runs. I would also be interested to see this film Nissan placed on rudi's car.

zylont · 08-09-2009, 09:36 AM

A crap, I meant to click front left (driver side).

Zerafian · 08-09-2009, 10:21 AM

wow! those chips on the your car are awful...Its to bad excitement of buying it overweighted inspecting the car that close....Im pretty sure no one would heh.

I suppose at this point theres not warranty coverage on that.

kdo2milger · 08-09-2009, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

But if you add that option and it turns out that only 2% of voters have issues, a TSB is not going to happen. I still think you should add that option so we can see how big of a problem this really is.

I dont have the option under edit to add the extra Poll line, so i asked if the mods could add it for us...

OKC370Z · 08-10-2009, 02:46 PM

The one paint flaw I found is on the roof of the drivers side about an inch form the windshield. It's definately a paint flaw, you can run your fingers over it and not feel anything and upon closer inspection see it's under the clear coat.

DIGItonium · 08-10-2009, 10:40 PM

Holy cow! I thought I was the only one with the issue. My front left side corner did the same thing! I noticed it after pulling the bumper out to do headlight swaps, but I took pictures prior to doing removing my bumper and saw the paint chip was already there!

kdo2milger · 08-10-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Holy cow! I thought I was the only one with the issue. My front left side corner did the same thing! I noticed it after pulling the bumper out to do headlight swaps, but I took pictures prior to doing removing my bumper and saw the paint chip was already there!

got pics?

Valentino · 08-11-2009, 03:56 AM

I just checked. and i have no issue(only 200 miles on my car). but on both ends of the front bumper are pretty tight. i can hear it rubbing when i move them. on the rear bumper only the driver side is tight, passenger side is free.

TX_370 · 08-11-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kdo2milger

mine is the rear right where the plastic bumper meets the fender, there is a small bit of paint missing from the plastic bumper at the tip...

Word for word what I have on the front left bumper.

Chupacabra · 08-11-2009, 02:44 PM

I got some bubbling of the paint on the rear bumper, drivers side, right in middle. and a paint chip on the rear driver quarter panel, although ill blame that on road debris.

View Poll Results: Front/Rear Bumper/Fender Molding Paint Flaw
Front Left	20	68.97%
Front Right	6	20.69%
Rear Left	4	13.79%
Rear Right	7	24.14%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

08-09-2009, 02:21 AM	#18 (permalink)
FricFrac A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 1,481 Drives: 370Z 300ZX 280ZX 240 Rep Power: 229	Driver's side fender/bumper chip on Blue. Wasn't chipped on delivery. Possible flaw in the molding? __________________ '09 370Z - '93 300ZX Vert - '83 280ZX - '83 280ZXT -'81 280ZXT stroker - '72 240Z - Stillen CBE, HFC, G3, Grounding Kit, Sways // Swift Spring // H&R 15mm // 5% Tint // Clear Bra //

08-09-2009, 10:21 AM	#23 (permalink)
Zerafian A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 1,344 Drives: 13' MB 370z Rep Power: 30950	wow! those chips on the your car are awful...Its to bad excitement of buying it overweighted inspecting the car that close....Im pretty sure no one would heh. I suppose at this point theres not warranty coverage on that. __________________ LC500 exhaust set uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI7DiA43ZYw&t

08-10-2009, 10:40 PM	#26 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 43	Holy cow! I thought I was the only one with the issue. My front left side corner did the same thing! I noticed it after pulling the bumper out to do headlight swaps, but I took pictures prior to doing removing my bumper and saw the paint chip was already there! __________________

08-11-2009, 02:44 PM	#30 (permalink)
Chupacabra Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Weston, Florida Posts: 477 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z s M6 Rep Power: 201	I got some bubbling of the paint on the rear bumper, drivers side, right in middle. and a paint chip on the rear driver quarter panel, although ill blame that on road debris. __________________ Where are my aluminum pedals?

08-09-2009, 03:13 AM	#19 (permalink)
TheWeatherman Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 265 Drives: 2009 370Z 6MTw/Sport Rep Power: 16	It almost looks like the thing got lightly hit on the bumper, pushed it forward, then the bumper scraped the fender. I have solid red and no flaws whatsoever here. Everything lines up perfectly.

08-09-2009, 09:36 AM	#22 (permalink)
zylont Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa Posts: 77 Drives: 09' PG 370Z Rep Power: 17	A crap, I meant to click front left (driver side).

08-10-2009, 02:46 PM	#25 (permalink)
OKC370Z Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 46 Drives: 09 370Z Grey Rep Power: 16	The one paint flaw I found is on the roof of the drivers side about an inch form the windshield. It's definately a paint flaw, you can run your fingers over it and not feel anything and upon closer inspection see it's under the clear coat.

08-11-2009, 03:56 AM	#28 (permalink)
Valentino Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: RaceTrack Posts: 349 Drives: SOLD 09,370z,M6 Rep Power: 306	I just checked. and i have no issue(only 200 miles on my car). but on both ends of the front bumper are pretty tight. i can hear it rubbing when i move them. on the rear bumper only the driver side is tight, passenger side is free.

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