Need Info after Accident - 2011 QX56

[G35 Driver]

OK, I rear-ended someone with my 2011 QX56 and took it to a highly recommended shop. My QX56 suffered front end damage to the grill and front body panels, but no mechanical issues (Air Bags didn't deploy, no fluids leaking, just lots of plastic clips, covers, etc inside broken).

I got it back and my wife swears that the grille is darker than it was. Does Infiniti make different colored grilles for different paint schemes? We think ours was a bright chrome like the surrounding mask, but now it looks like a dark semi-blacked out chrome.

The camera system is jacked up - instead of showing the Q from the top down view, it shows a rectangle with 4 squares where the cameras are. The front box (front camera) has an "X" marked in it. Clearly I'm headed back to the shop, but the other weird thing is the front and back cameras now seem extremely fisheyed. Keep in mind, the back camera was untouched. Are there any settings for this? Do you think they need to reprogram the system or something?

I'm going to get things right, just need some help sorting it all out before I call them up tomorrow.

Summary: Are there different colored chrome grilles for QX56s? What do you know about the camera system and it's programming?

PS - The grille alone was $700 and the head lights run that much EACH (plastic tabs broke off behind them).

[Heavy]

Are you sure the grille is a nissan/infiniti part and not a 2nd hand manufacturer, a lot of bodyshops will order "aftermarket" grilles. As for the camera I would say notify the shop where you had the work done and more than likely it will have to go back to infinit to be re-programmed.

[marctronixx]

sounds like you have the midnight grille.

can you at least take a photo of the car in some sunlight with the grille? ive not seen real world photos just beauty shots of it.its a 500 dollar grille accessory.

the camera system needs to be re-calibrated. they could have left some plugs detached causing the X to appear.

calibrating those cameras requires one to put lines on the ground plus adjusting the steering wheel angle sensor to make sure the predicted lines work as they are supposed to. its not a simple task and is best left up to nissan to tweak those settings, especially since there are dead zones the sensors cant see.