perfectmax

I bought a used g37 and there are some pretty bad scratches on he hood and front 1/4's. When I wax it they look better but if not and in the sun they look pretty bad. Touch up paint won't do he trick since they are fine but deep scratches.

I wouldn't hesitate to spend the $ to repaint but in my experience no body shop can bake the paint on like the manufacturer. I'm just wondering if you guys might have any ideas for a perfectionist?

Thx

Gio37

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"Arghhh!!! Just found a deep scratch! "

https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-cou...p-scratch.html

g/l

MACS

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Infiniti paint sucks. The End.

blnewt

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^This x a million^ Paint chips fly off this car if you look at it the wrong way
Biggest complaint I have w/ my past & present Gs.
You should be able to gt a nice paint job from a reputable shop, surely better than the crap oem job.

00Max00

The same can be said to all manufacturers. I do not have a single scratch in more than one year of ownership, the paint is as shiny as day one when I had it. It all depends on how you take care of your car. If you treated your car like a rental, this is what you would end up with.

sharkey

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Wet sand and polish

quakerroatmeal

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Probably would be helpful to take a picture so we can see how bad it is. Is it to the point where if you run over it with your hands your nail will catch the scratch?

perfectmax

Yes, my nail definitely gets stuck in the scratches

TOGWT

A surface scratch that will `catch' your fingernail is approximately 0.04 Mil (1.0 µ) deep will usually require wet sanding and the clear coat refinishing Removing a scratch requires removing the layer of paint that contains the defect; you need to level the paint to the lowest point of the scratch.
Chances are a scratch in factory paint that you can feel with your fingernail won't be able to be removed totally by sanding and polishing without removing too much paint.

Removing more that 0.5 mil (12µ) of clear coat will cause premature paint film failure as UV protection percolates to the top of the clear coat. Check paint film thickness with a Paint Thickness Meter (PTG) before you attempt to remove

As you go over a deep scratch, the abrasives round off the edges of the high spots of the scratch. The result is a shallower scratch (when no full correction can be made) rounded edges don’t reflect light the same way a sharp edge will and is therefore less noticeable.

It may be necessary to carry out some localized wet sanding to facilitate full removal of any deep scratches, once again, paint thickness must be checked, and if the paint is too thin wet sanding should not be considered


Fix Deep Car Scratches > Chipped Paint Repair > Touch Up

Elitex

Infiniti paint does suck. I had my whole front end re-pianted because of the rock chips. It looked like somebody took a screw driver and went at it.

I used Infiniti dealership body shop, they did a better job then the original paint. They also didn't have any orange peel effect.