370Z storm white touch up pen

[neo]

Any idea where to get a 370z storm white touch up pen from that's cheap ?

 

is a nissan stealer the only place now ?

 

Cheers

 

[DoogyRev]

I thought Nissan did them for £6 (ish) Well that how much my touchup pen was, but that was Universal Silver. I would guess anything for a 370 will be more than a 350.

 

An alternative . . . . :lol:

 

[neo]

 

did a bit of research, Nissan GX1 should be the same as QAB, ordered some from fleabay, £8 delivered, will test a bit first

[glrnet]

Hope you haven't done anything too serious?

[neo]

Nah just touching up the odd chip I have already, paint seems just as soft as it was on the 350, a finger nail even marks it so it seems

[ZMANALEX]

You will not get a storm white touch up from a NIssan UK dealer.

 

The reason Nissan wont ever be supplying you with a touch up pen is the fact it will never ever match the colour of the car.

 

You get the final colour/effect by applying the correct amount of separate pearl coat over the solid white.

 

Not enough = to light.

 

To much pearl = to dark /creamy.

 

So really you will need 3 pots of paint. solid white, semi transparent pearl, then your clear.

 

This is the route that I went with the R35, however it is difficult to get the match spot on.

 

Alex.

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Edited November 1, 2014 by ZMANALEX

[neo]

Thanks for the info Alex

 

Wondered why it was hard to google places for it, hopefully I won't get too many large chips, famous last words.......

 

Something as got to be better than the black spots that are there now, stand out like a sore thumb.

[Wayne370Z]

I got some from E bay or some other internet supplier (can`t remember exactly now) and they advised that they didn`t guarantee an exact match but it is close enough and, as you say, a lot better than the black showing through.

[Ebized]

I did buy this one:

 

 

Came from the US - was OK for temporary touch-up (carried it in the car) but the ballpoint quickly seized up and the in-built brush was obviously as large as they could get in

[neo]

thx Colin, the qx1 I ordered as arrived, will test on some scrap black plastic to see if its a close match

 

yeah the brushes they put in the tubes are too large for doing small stone chips, used cocktail sticks to touch up the ones on the 350.