I don't know if this is for weight saving or for cost saving, but the topcoat of paint on the LEAF is incredibly thin. Well, it seems to be on the blue cars anyway. I don't know if all the other colors are the same way.
mwalsh said:I don't know if this is for weight saving or for cost saving, but the topcoat of paint on the LEAF is incredibly thin. Well, it seems to be on the blue cars anyway. I don't know if all the other colors are the same way.
lettcco said:so are we talking about the clear coat layer or the paint layer itself? Hand washed my Leaf couple of times, but didn't really notices anything usual (though the water is pretty hard where I live)
downeykp said:I am considering having them repaint the whole car. The dealer knows that it is a problem. Does this become a warranty issue?
Steve said:With paint as thin as ours, I'd highly recommend keeping some speed shine in the car to get bird crap off right away, particularly in any kind of sunny climate.
electricfuture said:Mine is Glacier Pearl which has an extra paint layer than the rest of the colors because it is a 3 step process. I immediately noticed that the paint wasn't as smooth to the touch as Hyundai's. I waxed it and that improved significantly. But soon I had chips down to the metal on the passenger door.
I broke down and had Nissan dealership put their $700 protection coating on the inside and the outside. They also fixed the chips gratis when they realized that the touch up paint that they sold me would not work without the primer - which they failed to mention.
Now I have noticed that there is already a scratch on one of the headlights. The problem is that the shops that do this don't have templates for the Leaf yet - so it becomes a very expensive custom job.
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