Did all G35 Sedans come with Pin Stripes from the factory in 2005?

[Q451990]

Ours had it until today. I removed it because it was damaged when the car was professionally buffed about 18 months ago. It looked ok for a while, but apparently the buffing thinned it enough to cause it to start cracking in spots.

I'm torn on if it looked better with it or without. I figured I'd take it off and then have new put on if it bugged me too much. I think the curve of the front fender looks nicer and more pronounced - but the doors look kind of plain...

So did it come from the factory with the stripes - or would that have been a dealer installed option in West Palm? I think it has option package "b" if that makes a difference.

Heath

[ArizonaG35]

Hey Heath,

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that pin stripe is standard across the board. I think it's usually a "package" option...

Sorry 'bout your paint woes... maybe a detail specialist can provide some input.

If you're bored with the blah doors, then you might want to consider center door OEM trim pieces... Kinda like this... I know it's not a G35, but you get the point...



Good luck with the paint!

Dave

[Q451990]

The paint is fine now... there were just some chips that we had touched up, and they buffed the car and put on a fresh coat of glaze in the process. So the only lasting problem was the cracking in the pin stripes. That glaze lasted a long time - but it was finally gone, so I spent the afternoon cleaning the car and getting it ready to wax tomorrow. I guess I'll use the Meguiar's NXT that I have in the garage for now. I keep meaning to get some Zanio Bros. but I never seem to be ready to pull the trigger on it.

Maybe I'll look at the window sticker if I can find it as a dealer option. I googled for "G35 Sedan Pics" and found a lot without it - so I think you're right on it being a package option - or dealer installed.

Thanks!

Heath

[ArizonaG35]

Good luck with the clean up! I'm personally not a pinstripe fan... living in a "sunblazed" state, I see how pinstripe fades and gets a rough texture from being sunburnt... It's a turn off to me.

If it were up to me, our cars would come without pinstripe and only have the door bumpers that I mentioned... I just prefer a cleaner look... to each his own...

Sound's like you're treating it well and working on fixing the problem... I use Meguiars myself, but many on this forum SWEAR by Zaino products... They seem to have a pretty good product for cleaning up cracks and scratches... Maybe theirs a way to "touch up" the pinstripe without having to redo the entire pen stripe... Kinda like a white out for penstriping...

Good luck again and keep us posted on your progress!

Dave

[Slider4105]

If you're talking about Schumacher Infiniti here in West Palm then they stripe pretty much every car they have. I hated it at first, but it's grown on me. Adds a little flair to the car.

**EDIT** It had nothing to do with any packages, they just think it looks cool.

[Cali 2 Balti G]

Cars in general don't come from the factory with pinstrips. These are usually a dealer installed item.

[telcoman]

If you're talking about Schumacher Infiniti here in West Palm then they stripe pretty much every car they have. I hated it at first, but it's grown on me. Adds a little flair to the car.

**EDIT** It had nothing to do with any packages, they just think it looks cool.

If they are charging the customer extra it is a rip off.

[Slider4105]

They had it as part of a $1,185.00 "Protection Package" which included the paint protector and interior protector . When I told my salesman to take that charge off he didn't even hesitate, and went yeah we put that on there to hope people pay for it.

[telcoman]

They had it as part of a $1,185.00 "Protection Package" which included the paint protector and interior protector . When I told my salesman to take that charge off he didn't even hesitate, and went yeah we put that on there to hope people pay for it.

Protection my $ss. Perhaps thats why some call it Stealership?

[TeflonG35]

It's all about add ons. It's what commission salesmen do. The job forces them to do things like that but also it influences their pay.

[Slider4105]

Yeah I had no problem with it, If you're buying something and do your research then you know what you're paying for. If you have more money than brains and don't care then by all means pay all the extra charges, just means I can get it cheaper later on. Plus there's no sense in getting all pissy about salesman, they're just doing their job, trying to feed their family.

[Q451990]

If you're talking about Schumacher Infiniti here in West Palm

That's the one! We bought ours from them on eBay... she had some small rock chips, a scuff on the bumper, and a dent in the hood from sitting in their back lot during Hurricane Wilma. Most of it buffed out, and dent wizzard was able to fix the hood.

Heath

[Slider4105]

Yeah mine was sitting in that back lot and had a $hitton leaves and tree debris and a few light scratches all over it....don't see why in South Florida you keep trees surrounding a car holding lot with cars that are semi expensive.

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

the Pin stripe on my 06 looks like it is pinted on. I don't think that was a dealer installed option. I know a lady i work with has the same black infinti sedan and she has the tan interior with a tan pin stripe. i have the grey interior and i have a grey pin stripe. I think the stripe came from the factory on the sedans. It looks to be paint and not a pin stripe tape.

DJ

[SVTCOBRA]

Neither of our G's have pin stripes.The local infiniti dealer puts them on the new cars before they hit the lot and add an additional sticker with the markup. We didn't get them thru that dealer, but instead thru our Nissan dealer who is part of a network that includes some Infiniti dealers a couple hours away.

[Q451990]

the Pin stripe on my 06 looks like it is painted on. I don't think that was a dealer installed option. It looks to be paint and not a pin stripe tape.

Mine was definitely tape... very good tape, but tape none the less. My first 1990 Q had painted on stripes, and my current one has tape. I'm beginning to think they're all dealer options.

Heath

[Q451990]

Yeah mine was sitting in that back lot and had a $hitton leaves and tree debris and a few light scratches all over it....don't see why in South Florida you keep trees surrounding a car holding lot with cars that are semi expensive.

Yeah really - but it's a huge lot. I was amazed at the inventory they keep on hand. The guy who sold ours to us was apparently in charge of liquidating the Wilma-damaged cars. He said he had a QX56 that was damaged enough to have a salvage title. Apparently it was sitting under a tent and got the everloving crap beat out of it.

Heath