gtracing

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57 grand Canadian! That's like $5 usd...haha jkjk

machinist

lol...well, I negotiated them down to about $55,500 (included all taxes, paint protection, rust protection, navi). It was a lot cheaper than other places. I also compared dealer invoice pricing vs. msrp to see just how much over invoice I actually paid. They hardly made money on me...which is something I don't mind at all ; )

machinist

Thanks for the advice Mike. I'll blow dry the sections and put this self healing paint to the test. Now this will be interested to see.

gtracing

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He's only had his car for 10 days, so i'm sure it hasn't worn down to the paint yet...and yes, usually swirl marks are only noticed because there are scratches on the clear coat....if the paint itself was scratched, u wouldn't see the swirls, but rather see a faded worn out spot...or worse, u'll see metal

gtracing

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take some before and after shots...let us know how well it works...

machinist

You know what dude...I actually will. I'll prob take the pics either today or tomorrow.

gtracing

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it might be hard to get the swirls to show up, u might need to use different types of lighting at different angles to get the camera to pick it up...

machinist

Well, I live in a condo with underground parking and it was under that lighting where I noticed the swirls. I was pretty pissed off about it considering I just got the damn thing. I'll just have to do the blow dryer method and take up everyone on their advice of taking care of it myself. I'm gonna get it professionally detailed 2-3x a years as well just to be safe.

CHI-TOWN G37

The UG parking is not heated?

gtracing

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bad idea, especially if your going to get it power polished...everytime someone power polishes the paint, it's pretty much taking a layer off the clear coat, and eventually u won't have any clear coat left...just go out and pick up some swirl remover hand polish, or some sort of good polishing compound and wax your car once a season....if your hardcore, u can wax it every weekend

edit: actually, u should probably go to infiniti and ask if this new type of clear is safe with store bought products....it should be, but u should always confirm...

Speeder

It's Canadian dude!

Mike

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Store-bought products are safe.

Any power buffing/orbital/PC type equipment will destroy the clear coat.

The clear coat is heat-activated, any buffing makes the paint VERY hot, effectively reverting the self-healing clear coat back to a regular clear coat.

Speeder

Who's your dealer?

da mayor

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just be careful w/ the new scratch shield paint... if you burn the clear coat, you'll see the mark on it.

CHI-TOWN G37

This self-healing clear sounds better all the time