Blemish in 2013 Nissan Altima Paint

[toml]

I picked up a new 2013 Nissan Altima about a week and a half ago. Last weekend, when I washed, clayed, and waxed the car (845IW ... love that stuff!), I noticed a small white spot in the metallic silver paint on the front left quarter panel. Please see below. The spot is about 1 mm in diameter. The clay did not take it off, nor did Klasse AIO. I can't feel it, so I think it's in the factory clear or paint.



I took the car to the dealer (who has a body shop) for another issue (the tape used to attach one corner of the factory rear spoiler to the trunk had not adhered to the trunk), and I asked the Service Manager about the spot. After he came back from the body shop to tell me about the spoiler, he said that the Body Shop Manager thought that the spot was near the surface of the clear and that some wetsanding would take care of it and I would never know they had done it.



The wetsanding concerns me. Do I have a reason to be concerned? Am I better off just leaving it alone? Or to try to polish it out with the mildest polish I have? I really don't want to start thinning out the clear. Anyway, any advice is appreciated! :thumb:



(taken with camera phone)

 

[Richard Grasa]

Best bet is to look at it with a lighted 30x magnifier like the one Radio Shack and Valugard sells and you may be able to get a much better look at how deep it lies. I put the link to the valugard one below.



It wouldn't hurt to try to hit it with some polish to see if it removes it, but unless you know for darn sure it's right on the top of the clear, stay away from it with wet sanding.



If polishing doesn't help and you can live with it, I'd say leave it. Better to leave it than risk needing a respray.



30X Lighted Magnifier