Jeezus. Another testament to crummy Nissan paint...

My 2002 Max incurred some damage last night to a door, when some punk egged my car. It hit really hard from the sound of it.

As I washed it off, I saw an obvious white 'spiderweb' of cracked paint covering and area larger than the egg itself (maybe almost 3 inches wide) And it really looks like a spiderweb, with round white cracks filling the entire circle (on black paint).

I've seen cars get egged many times over the years without damage. But no, not Nissan's paint! I wonder how much it's gonna cost me to fix, as I'm sure insurance won't pay (deductible).

Do we have to worry about snowballs in winter too?
GRRRR!

 

An egg impact will damage any cars paint. The shell cuts like a razor upon impact. The spider web mark it leaves is like the eggs signature.

Sorry that your car got hit.

 

A Holloween egg ruined my paint job on my Dodge Stratus a few years back. Unfortunately these kids will learn too late, but one day they will look back and regret what they did as their car gets egged. My parents are very well off. My father told me, "son, I could buy you a ferrari if I wanted to, but you'll never learn to respect anything unless you earn it". Although he bought a few cars for me, I always had to make payments until the car was paid off. Just no interest

 

My Z3 was egged about 3 separate times, it was even partially on the convertible top. I was able to get it all off, and didnt even damage the paint. I guess I got to it soon enough, and I guess it had better quality paint. I would hate to see what would happen on my Max!

 

 

I've earned and worked for everything I ever had in my life and respect it as a result. Can your dad buy me a Ferrari

 

BMW's have like 15 coats of paint. It's the suttle things that you don't notice outright that make BMW's worth every penny. I hate when people say they are over priced.

 

We own a 330, nice car and we got a very sweet deal on it. But there have been more issues with the BMW then my Maxima! And every time we take it in, it takes 3 weeks for parts to come in. Most are cosmetic issues, but both lower control arms were also replaced because of vibrations. We had wood grain not matching, the wood shifter split, light housing melted inside the car, clips missing from the carpet ect ect ect. Mechanically, the car is very solid, but cosmetically they still don't have their act together.

15 coats of paint? You must be kidding me, the front end of the 330 looks just like the front end of my 99 Max. It shows the same signs of road sand blasting. We also had an egg hit the rear door last year. The famous spider web mark was wet sanded and buffed, it's nice and smooth but you can see it if you look close.

What makes paint withstand chips isn't how many coat, fact is the more coats, the more prone to chips and cracking it will be. The key is to use a very hard clear coat. Sherwin Williams has a new clear coat out that is hard as a rock. It's very expensive and we only use it upon request from a customer. Mercedes uses something similar on their cars paint, thats why it looks awsome, doesn't fade or get swirl marks and stands up to road hazards. It's also very expensive!

 

egg is very very acidic and if u left it there just for few hours (worst if under sun light) it will go straight into ur paint. sometimes the damage was so bad that a bodyshop needs to remove all paint and wash it off the metal with chemicl. bird drops comes on second place.

sorry to hear that, my car too have some love marks from egg (mine's after easter, kids got too many egg and donate some onto my car) and bird drops.

 

I didn't notice the bird droppings on a few spots of the car until after I got it home from the dealership. Needless to say, the there are permanent stains on the paint now.

 

As of tonite, the day AFTER Halloween my car and every cars on next street was spray with shaving cream. As a bonus my car was the only one with eggs on it. If I ever find out who did this.....his mom won't even recognize him after I'm done. Sorry for beening so violence and yes there is web like paint chip from the egg impact.

 

Luckily (again) Halloween was good to me this year in that no little brats, I mean kids, came knocking on the door for candy, or worse yet, throwing eggs and spraying shaving cream. I always stay on high alert, especially during this time because knowing what an egg and/or shaving cream can do to a new car's paint makes you realize how little respect people have for other's personal property.

Pvaudo: While I do agree with you that Nissan's paint sux, if you ever do find out who threw that egg, that would be your chance to unleash some fury!

 

"While I do agree with you that Nissan's paint sux, if you ever do find out who threw that egg, that would be your chance to unleash some fury! "

Wow, I had no idea this happened on other cars. I've been egged before and never saw this, but it's true it was a very hard impact this time. Luckily(?) I am going to the body shop in 2 weeks to fix the tailight/rear quarter that some old guy in a pickup truck backed into. So I'll get if fixed with cash but no extra trip.

As far as catching the kid, I would have LOVED to wring the little bastard's neck.. I immediately locked the brakes upon impact and got out of the car and marched over to a group of about 15-20 teens. As I was spouting my mouth off at them, I was surprised they didn't get aggressive back towards me. I finished what I had to say and (smartly) returned to my car (hey, there were a lot of them) when the cops came by and dispersed the crowd. He gave me a case number, but I don't think I'll get away with no insurance deductible, so I will have to pay.

I know what you mean about having appreciation for things. These kids have no idea of the inconvenience of out-of-pocket repair expense or an trip to the body shop for a freakin' egg's worth of damage.