GU8 Poor paint quality, Silver.

[mick.]

Thanks Mick, how much was the cost of the respray. I think i will have to say something to Nissan today as it goes in for it's service. It should not be like this.

Thanks

It was only $500 (excess) as I claimed it though insurance as it had the sides 2 bobbed when I was away. The rest of the car was resprayed and file finished for nothing as I worked for that shop for 15 years they looked after me. I repaired and painted the flares, moulds and door handles myself. My old apprentice got the job of spraying it. If you where paying for it yourself you would be up for about $7000 to $10,000 but being a new car yours would be probably about $5000. That's what it looks like when it's clean and the beauty of ceramic clear is almost totally scratch resistant. Lantarna wont mark it let alone scratch it.

[mick.]

what does your warranty cover, maybe try consumer affairs.
one would expect to polish their car every now and again right !.
so there should be something to polish correct.
so that said it's factory fault !
and I believe you would have a legal obligation to keep your car in good nick for Warranty and Rd worthy etc.
how can the owner keep rust at bay if paint simply so thin you cant even apply a light polish.
sound like b/s to me they have no case and its a factory recall.
hows that, food for thought.
cheers

I don't think your got a leg to stand on. For one there going to say you shouldn't have used a cutting cream on it at all and 2 how do you prove you only gave it a light rub?

They will never do a paint recall as every car make and model is the same. This simply wont happen.

Cheers Mick.

[WogsRus]

Found a quick solution until i have some SS sills made up. I got some 4mm Tread tape and used it to stick on around the curves of the sill and so forth. I cut it to the right length and then nicely shaped the ends, looks rather good, like it;s meant to be there. Best this is, it cost $10 for 5M and is exterior grade. If i don;t like it or it wears out, simply peal off and replace. Will post pics up tomorrow.

[mick.]

A lot of cars are using 3M clear decal on there sill edges and lower dog legs these days. I've going to put it in a few places on my patrol too when I get some spare time.

Cheers Mick.

[WogsRus]

Yeah thats long term, but i need to repaint the sill and so forth. I have found some great sill products from the UK so will have a look at these too.

[Robo]

Mick, Nice looking ride.
cheers

[mick.]

Thanks mate.

[flemj]

There is a guy on the Navara website, who took Nissan to Office of Fair Trading and it took 2 years to win his case. It included multiple trips to Nissan paint expert and multiple trips to the Office of Fair Trading.

He finaly won, but it took a long time.

John

[WogsRus]

Got any details or a link to have a look?

[Robo]

So long as you log a dispute sooner rather than later you may still stand a chance.