Scratch Guard Coat

Juniper Foo | Dec 13, 2005

Now that you've bought that spanking new car, how do you protect your newborn from punks with no conscience when it comes to fresh paintwork? Behold Nissan's self-healing paint. Doing a Wolverine here, the Scratch Guard Coat is said to be the first of its kind to offer a highly elastic resin that allows the paint to reform itself over the scratch. The process takes up to seven days, depending on how nasty the gash is. Pouring some warm water over the affected area apparently speeds up repair in a matter of minutes. No more having to live with ugly scratches on your car. Now all we need is a skeleton of almost indestructible alloy, like adamantium perhaps?

Price: US$440 as an option on the X-Trail SUV
Availability: Japan initially, read press release here
Device: Car paint
Basic specs: Effective for about three years

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