Ok, so i picked up my '08 g35s on saturday, and it hasnt been washed since... i was standing outside Burger king last night having a smoke (at night) and the parking lot lights were shining on the hood. well to make a long story short, there are hairline swirl scratches ALL OVER the car! is that normal for a brand new car? shouldnt the paint be crystal clear? I need advise before i freak out at the dealer... any help would be great.

 

they probably put it through an automatic car wash with brushes, you should definitely take it up with the dealer...a brand new car should not have swirl marks.

btw - i think you might have gotten a little click happy when you created this thread, you started 5 identical threads

 

WTF why 4 threads?!?!?

Edit: 5 threads???!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

i know, my computer was being wierd and it didnt seem like it was loading, i noticed that i posted 5 of them when i got back to the forum. im gonna delete the rest right now. anyway, thats what i thought, plus its black, so you can see them ALOT easier. damn, now i have to find time to go to redwood city...

 

You will always see those what you call scratches in the parking lot lights, nothing you can do about those. Sure, it's a brand new car, but it's probably been washed a couple of times before you got it. Sheesh, you need to worry about real stuff! That's totally normal!

 

It was probably caused by the Dealer cleaning and prepping it, that is why a lot of us will not let our Dealer wash our cars when they are serviced.

 

Doesn't need to have gone through a car wash, this is totally normal man! You will notice these on every car out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Geez, the crap you people worry about...........................
Wayne, this has nothing to do with how it's washed, the "swirls" he's talking about are totally normal on a car, only time you see these is under those bright halogen lights in a parking lot, I bet you will even see them on your car.

 

I like my Liquid Platinum/PI colour, you don't notice that

 

Well, its not just under parking lot lights, its during the day as well. whether or not they are supposed to be there, i am coming from a very mistreated scion, and want my g to be PERFECT! im just super paranoid, i got it from my dad, hes the same way...

 

Don't be, it will look fine, that is not a sign of mistreatment. And the bright sun will also reflect these, especially on a black or other dark color.

 

LOL, I can't find my nose thumber pic, or I'd post it Wayne!

 

LOL,,hehe I was waiting for it Tom

 

geez.. just take it to a detailer that does real polishing on the paint.

 

yea, all you need to do is wash, polish, and wax your car, should be good as new...

 

It's fine thats normal consider yourself lucky because you only have swirl marks, i had to deal with water spots all over the car plus minor scratches..