# Paint that heals itself **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191 "2007-08-21T09:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/1 "2007-08-21T09:56:13Z")
Scratch the paint on a 2008 Infiniti EX35 and, with any luck, you’ll never find the scratch. The new, small crossover is the first Infiniti to be painted with what Nissan Motor Co. is calling “fluid finish” technology. Nissan originally announced the technology in 2005 under the name “scratch guard,” but has dropped that marketing name. The paint is now used on a Nissan SUV sold in Japan called the X-Trail. The EX, which will go on sale here in late December, is Nissan’s first North American vehicle with the special paint. The secret to the technology is a clearcoat layer that contains an elastic resin. Because the resin retains fluidity for about three years into the car’s life, the coating flows back into shape, erasing minor scratches. Tony Pearson, U.S. spokesman for Nissan and Infiniti technology, said the coating takes anywhere from a few hours to a few days to fully erase scratches. Air temperature and the depth of the scratch will affect healing time, he said. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/2 "2007-08-21T10:06:22Z")
wow thats fucking awesome innovative technology that everyone can appreciate 🙂 if you had a bigger collision, i wonder how much more it cost to get panels resprayed with it, etc ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/3 "2007-08-21T12:00:11Z")
any technical information about it? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/4 "2007-08-21T12:01:03Z")
About time because Nissan/Infiniti paint blowssss ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/5 "2007-08-21T12:06:11Z")
i posted this back in '05 when they first started using it - glad to see it’s making it to the states ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/6 "2007-08-21T12:09:27Z")
$5 says it contains high levels of Lead. ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/7 "2007-08-21T12:39:11Z")
[quote=“sureshot!,post:2,topic:34191"”] if you had a bigger collision, i wonder how much more it cost to get panels resprayed with it, etc [/quote] x2 ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/8 "2007-08-21T12:50:32Z")
[http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5608&highlight=primer+mode](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5608&highlight=primer+mode) led me to one of my early funny lol posts ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/9 "2007-08-21T13:06:02Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/10 "2007-08-21T13:11:33Z")
told you it was funny ---
**Author:** ![JDMAllstars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JDMAllstars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMAllstars)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-that-heals-itself/34191/11 "2007-08-21T16:54:20Z")
yeha i wonder how much. id love to get my car painted with this but not at 10k cost though.