i have some paint peeling of the corner of my rear bumper. as much as i love my max, i think the paint job is cheap on these cars. anyway i don't want to spend body shop money for a 4"x2" area of bumper exposure. my max is pebble beige.
any suggestions?

 

Check my email that I sent to you w/ the attached pictures.

 

You have a goo suggestion? Email me too please. Or miles2go please fwd it to me.. Thanks

 

bubbling paint on the hood, and some scratches on both bumpers (does *ANYBODY* know how to park around my car ?!?!?!?!).
Please forward to maximafia@hotmail.com,

Thanks

Justin

 

Is that from the quality of the paint when it becomes not so smooth? I noticed that my factory paint isn't so smooth either on the hood--and I have wondered what that is.

I am thinking about getting a clay bar and smoothing it out, but it is pretty darn cold...

And as for the bumper--is it chipping from the scratches?

 

hey! hook me up with that e-mail also...got chips on the bumper and a nice scratch on my drivers door.

 

can u hoke me up wuth tha email tooo por favor

 

count me in too. send that email to me.

 

Wow, guys, didn't you know you guys were so interested in the bumper paint fix, but to be honest, you might be disappointed by the content. It's not a 100% fix, but it definitely does the job. Here is the email (w/o the pictures of my car before and after the fixup w/ touch up paint):

"In response to your Maxima.org forum post, here's my 2 cents for your minor bumper repair. Check out the 2 pics of my car, the close-up pic of when I flew down to TX to buy the car (see the BIG black area on the white bumper and all of the little chips on the hood), and then the other pic of when I fixed up the car w/ factory touch up paint (no more apparent bare black area, and the chips seemed to have disappeared). The paint costs about $5, and once you clean the surface, it'll stick on pretty good. Put on a couple of base coats, letting each application dry, then apply the top coat. Take your time to do it. As for spray paint, no, don't even think of it, it'll just fade and not endure the elements as time passes on with ownership of your car. Factory touch-up paint will work just fine."

And as I listed in another post on using the touch-up paint:

"I bought my 2 bottles of touchup paint (base coat, pearl top coat) from my local Nissan dealer for about $2.75/bottle. You'll need the paint code found on your car for them to get the correct color match. As Ravq said, you will need patience with the application of the paint. Before you start applying the touch-up paint, make sure your surface is clean AND dry. Apply a few layers of THIN paint so that it doesn't lump up. Additionally, apply the coats in one direction, and not in random directions, which will help out keeping it nice and uniform. Wait for each coat to fully dry before you apply the next coat or you'll have some problems. Once those are dried, apply the top coat. Your car will look better w/ these small touchups and not leave any pieces of bare metal exposed to the elements that could potentially rust out your sheetmetal. If in the process you actually messed up and you get lumping, use a very, very fine grit sandpaper (say 400 grit) to get the lumps out, but try be patient w/ the initial application of the touchup paint, and you won't have to use the sandpaper.

For the swirl marks, light scratches, or some scrubbed off paint of some guys' car that didn't know how to properly park and accidentally hit yours (or the paint from a ping pong table falling on the side of your car as your neighbors were moving it in the street, as happened to me recently), use Meguir's Body Scrub first and then followup with a bar of clay to try to remove them--you'd be amazed, esp. with the Meguir's Body Scrub. They're not 100% effective, but they do a pretty good job, and for the most part most people won't notice that anything bad even happened to your car. Good luck."

Hope this helps guys, and sorry to disappoint you guys if there was supposed to be magical cure, but I've found that the touchup paint, if applied properly and with care, will get the job more than satisfactorily done. And use the Meguir's Body scrub to get out those unwanted marks/scratches/rubbed paint on your car--and it's 100% safe on your paint and won't take off your layer of clear coat like some other products I've used in the past. I'm not a paint expert, but I like to keep my car's exterior in as good of a shape as possible. Let me know if I can be of further help.

[Edited by Maxima95GLE on 12-06-2000 at 07:40 PM]

 

That's good info... I've never heard of Meguire's Body Scrub, my friend has recommended something like GS27 or G29, something like that, for a couple thin scratches on the door and (mysteriously) on the roof.
Funny I bought touch up paint the day I got the car... I live in Austin where nobody knows how to drive, much less park. Oh well, it's a college town, tons of empty-headed blonde chicks who (apparently) don't care what happens to their '92 Civic or the '89 Sentra that daddy gave them to go to college with. The girlfriend has almost learned not to complain when I park the Max as far away from all other cars as possible. Careless people **** me off. What can I say? Should I park next to the Lincoln with 8-foot long doors just to save 20 feet walking to the door? Or should I park further out and avoid indirectly giving the Max it's 14th door dent?
Feh.

Justin

 

If you live anywhere near me I will Paint the whole bumper for 125.00. That will include sanding, primmer, paint and clear. I am able to remove scratches, paint chips, and paint bumpers. I will do a whole car for 150.00 that includes scratches and a 1 bumper. Let me know I am in Raleigh,N.C. JimP@nc.rr.com