PascalT

I have an OB and 1 yr in I have bunch of chips (from before the bra) on the hood and under the side front doors. I also have some minor scratches that turned into paint peeling, and obv the normal bird poop turned acid spots.

sobi6111

Paint is cheap. i have 2010 FX35 black and 2010 G37s black. I put clear bra from day one. It saves paint :-)

TeRRoRiFiC35

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UPDATE

They won't cover it because they said all my damage is from "environmental issues"...... that doesnt explain the crap paint.. then I asked about the corrosion warranty, they said that only applies to rust from the inside out, meaning they wont cover it if i leave it bare and let it rust. I see this car might be the last Nissan/Infiniti that I ever buy new. A 6 month old car shouldnt be chipping paint like this, my god damn civic with 110,000 miles has less chips.

simonsez

yeah my OB's paint is horrible too. just a month old with close to 10+ visible chips.
i should just strip the paint and repaint with matte black!

Goonz

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their paint isn't crappy at all, its just their paint is extremely soft and if you dont pamper it and keep up with it, you will know lol

blnewt

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Strongly disagree, I've never had a car (and I've had plenty) that paint is just chipping off the car at a horrendous pace. I'm not driving any different, not taking different roads, not following gravel trucks down the interstate. Infiniti paint blows, or I've just gotten two in a row w/ chit paint

cvroom

ive owned the g for more than i year and i can count 4 chips on the car. 2 were from rocks kicked up by trucks on the highway and i could hear the rock hit the car and i expected to see a chip. the other 2 are near the left corner of the passenger door just above the factory installed vinyl. this is the spot where the front wheels kick the gravel too. so far i am not dissapointed in infiniti paint. but i do not drive on the highway all that much. all of these were from the highway.

i wonder if one color is less brittle than the other?

melz

I don't think Infiniti is alone in the cheap paint department.

Check out the forums for any brand and there will be threads on cheap paint. From what I can gather, it's mostly due to the water-based paints that are used on the cars.

Goonz

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I have had a G35 coupe (athens blue) and now an ivory pearl G-coupe, both cars saw all highway miles along with winter sand/salt. I agree their paint is easy to damage than say BMW's, my front bumper is destroyed, but I have pampered the car, extensively detailing it atleast 3-4 times a summer and no matter how much grime, tar and nastiness my paint see's, it still hold up well

Im not saying its perfect, I agree Infiniti has some work to do in their paint durability department..

Doggy

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I agree the paint SUCKS! I have a 2010 BO coupe, I bought the car last july and the front bumper is pitted to ****, and the hood had a few chips. The thing that bothers me the most is the fact that the paint is soooo sensative that if I just run my finger across it there will be small scratches left behind, Ive owned a 1998 black f150 pickup and a 2002 s430 benz in black and nothing compares to the sensativity of this paint, I now wax my car once or twice a week to keep small scratches from just touching the car away.