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Old May 7, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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bumper peeling

guys, i noticed that my bumper the clearcoat is peeling away... ever noticed that?
Old May 7, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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I haven't on mine yet. How many miles on your car?
Old May 7, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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I just got my '04 a month ago, has 44.5K miles, no peeling yet. I bought it in excellent condition. BTW, I use a wash & wax with carnauba and works very well. The thing is I don't know if it protects the paint, does it? Anybody knows?
Old May 7, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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Just another minor fault in the Maxima...BUT there's a cheap and effective way to fix it.

Get a razor blade and carefully trim around the bubbled clearcoat so that you get it as close to where it's not bubbling as possible. After you do this just use a light coat of TOUCH-UP paint to seal it off!

Did this on my car and it works great...even though I will have to do it on more spots under the bumper soon But better this instead of re-clearcoating the whole bumper (if there is such a thing)
Old May 8, 2007 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 4MySwee
I haven't on mine yet. How many miles on your car?

at 67,000 km
Old May 8, 2007 | 06:38 AM
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do you mean the painted bumper or the grille?
Old May 8, 2007 | 08:16 AM
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Good question Nismo.

My grille had peeled and been replaced 2ce. My bumper hasn't peeled at all.
Old May 8, 2007 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by !PrjctMax!
Just another minor fault in the Maxima...BUT there's a cheap and effective way to fix it.

Get a razor blade and carefully trim around the bubbled clearcoat so that you get it as close to where it's not bubbling as possible. After you do this just use a light coat of TOUCH-UP paint to seal it off!

Did this on my car and it works great...even though I will have to do it on more spots under the bumper soon But better this instead of re-clearcoating the whole bumper (if there is such a thing)

Has anybody used Meguiar's ScratchX? I have a few scratches since I bought my Maxima used and apparently this is supposed to do a very good job of clearing them out.
Any back up to these claims?
Old May 9, 2007 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by NismoMax80
do you mean the painted bumper or the grille?
I'm leaning toward the grille, but I can't believe someone hasn't said
Old May 9, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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My grille on my 05 was peeling too and i wondered about it,then i saw a post here where guys were debating if warranty covered it,the pics looked just like what was happening to mine and i only got 19000 on my 05,i took it in and got it replaced under warranty last week. So all in all pics helps a lot.
Old May 9, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by dla
I'm leaning toward the grille, but I can't believe someone hasn't said
What ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Said...
Old May 9, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperMario
Has anybody used Meguiar's ScratchX? I have a few scratches since I bought my Maxima used and apparently this is supposed to do a very good job of clearing them out.
Any back up to these claims?
http://forums.maxima.org/forumdispla...aysprune=&f=69
Old May 9, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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I am seeing alot of peeling on my lip spoiler...
Old May 9, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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Thanks Dude, new to the forum, still learning.
Great information on detailing in that section.
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