Hey I was thinking about this today. And I know it makes me so mad when I get a scratch on my car. I start to worry and stuff It sucks when I see one. GRRR. Also paint chips..or better yet Dents. come on guys Tell me about your paint problems. So I don't feel so bad about my car chipping. I want to get the factory touch up paint. has anyone experienced using it? How good does it turn out?it turn out?

 

Yes. Paint related problems are rampant on the 5-gens. Do a search and you will be in good company. Misery likes that.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=60533


We feel your pain. Please join today.

 

i have 3 tiny paint chip on my hood..1-2 on my front bumper(since i got mine repainted), 1 one my right rear door, 1 one my right rear fender and think another one on my left rear...

dents? i got 3..i had 2 but then someone dinged my rear left door sometime last week..

 

I had to touch up in maybe 8-10 places. It doesn't look too bad, though, especially if the car is a little dirty, LOL. But my car is 1.5 yrs old now and 22K miles.

 

2 small chips on front bumper, 1 inch long scratch on driver side fender (prolly from sum1s zipper rubbing on my fender) and i got a chip on the corner of my trunk next to the driver side rear window.

 

1 dent on passenger door

1 little chip on hood

Lots of scratches on rear bumper (more than a few are from when I backed into a high curb tho)

 

Oh and I have 3 spots under my trunk lid of scratches...need to get that fixed..

 

so many scratches and chips... eh i got used to it.

it's kinda like wearing that brand spankin' new shoe as a kid (for me, back in the day.. air jordans) and u use your spit to wipe every little mark and blemish on the shoe. but then after a while, u say who the heck cares and start splashing in the mud...

 

LOL Now I don't feel so bad.. alll my brothers in the nissan family are all chipped to..

 

I got a fat chip near the left headlight area, 3 little ones on the front hood, 5 little ones on the front bumper, 2 chips on the left passenger door, and thin fine scratches on all 4 doors. No dings though.

I'm mad as hell but ain't nothin I can do

 

i'm slowly getting to the point where i don't care b/c i see a new one almost everytime i look

 

You should ask how many Max owners DON'T have scratches!

My car only has a few major scratches and chips. I got a small dent and large chip on the rear right corner last week. Some idiot probably hit it in a parking lot. Every time I wax my car and look at it closely, it's inevitably depressing because new scratches turn up.

 

i have them all over the front bumper just wait and see more to come MaximaGirl02 hope they dont for u but it happens to all of us

 

Oh man I love your sig pic. That's a WRX right??

 

I literally have hundreds of scratches across my hood and doors. And a lot of paint chips too. Touch up paint (aka nail-polish) will only work for very small chips.

Meguiars scratch remover removed about 90% of my scratches. I didn't get a chance to wax the car, it rained the next day, and all the scratches came back. I will try again when it gets warmer. I'm gonna go to the dealership and throw a fit. We'll see what happens.

 

i read about 5 replies, and then i stopped...the most i read were 5 chips or so


i have a black 2k se with 62000, 90% highway miles. my hood has so many chips that i can't even count them,,,and same with the front and rear bumper,,,have only 1 ding on the pass front door,,,but i have given up on the chips,,,even though i personally think they look ugly, i am going to get a bra..but if i would have known, how suckie the paint is on these maximas, i would have gotton a bra when i first got the car darn nissan idiots

 

I have 0 scratches/dings/stone chips...7000+kms and counting. I've been lucky so far. My friend has a an accord has them all over the place. Moms oin vans seems to like parking against his car.

He *****es about it all the time and them makes fun of me because I park my car way from everyone else in a parking lot. Hey I am willing to walk a little farther to avoid the idiots that don't respect other peoples property.

 

My 2k2 only has about 300 miles on it and I already have 2 scratches on the drivers door.

 

Yup, the WRX looks really nice. so does the girl on it

Here's the link:

http://www.importtuner.com/archives/...features01.jsp

 

 

Well here is how it went...
I was so frustrated w/ not getting them off.. I began to look
everywhere in the garage searching for the rite tool or thing
to make it easier to remove. Well you will never guess what I found to make it possible... I used a really thin dog leash
stuck it behind the lens and pulled as hard as I could.. I had a lot
strength in me this time seeing that I had no luck w/ my previous
experiences taking it off. It popped once then I tugged again and
rite before your eyes there it is the red lens dangling on your car.
I was so happy.. I wish I would have never used a screw driver on my
car I feel so terrible about my paint chip because of me. For anyone
who is going to put your clear rear lens in I reccomend not using
a SCREWDRIVER.. Please don't make the same mistake I did.. It's not
worth it.. Get a dog leash like I did.. It was so easy..
and I want to thank all you guys for your input on taking them off..
And especially a Maxima Member on here named " Versace". Thanks once again!