Paint Chip Repair - Nissan TSB?

[Badscientist]

When I picked up my 2007 Versa with 29 miles on it, there was a chip on the hood as this was the "car show car". The dealer, Harte Nissan, said they would fix it and get me a loaner while they had it.

The first time I took it in, they used one of the dent repair services to just basically rub some color-back type product on it. I told them no way and they then said they would paint the entire hood.

So, after much hassle coordinating the loaner car (>1 month), I picked it up to find out they used touch up paint on the chip instead. So it has the look of a bad finger nail paint job.

Has anyone seen a Nissan repair document that outlines the correct way to perform a chip repair? If I recall correctly, it can be done, but requires some wet sanding and clear coat. It's probably better to paint the hood, but I need something to beat the dealer over the head with.

-Thanks in advance!

[matttail]

You might be able to just make the dealer order a brand new hood piece. When I hard my drivers side front door handle replaced the part come in already painted - so it's possible that would be the case for other parts - or if not they have to pain the entire thing anyways.

That or tell the dealer to contract the work with a local paint shop that has the facilities to do it. Unless the dealer has a special setup you don't want them doing the job anyways. Any bit of dust will set into the hood while the paint is drying and make it look bad - the dealer would need a closed filtered environment to paint your hood in - not the shop.

[Clipsed]

this is the only TSB on paint, I have access to TSBs of many cars of many years through the military. I am able to look up TSBs from cars that were built in the 80's, and how to repair cars as old as 1945. anywho here is the paint TSB.

http://www.sharebigfile.com/fi....html