Anyone have knowledge of this ever going into production?

[senor honda]

In the stack of paper on my desk I found a press release....

Nissan hopes to give car buyers the ability to choose whatever color they like for their vehicle -- at any time. Nissan has developed what it calls a "paramagnetic" paint coating -- a unique polymer layer which features iron oxide particles is applied to the vehicle body. When an electric current is applied to the polymer layer, the crystals in the polymer are then interpreted by the human eye as different colors.
Depending on the level of current and the spacing of the crystals, a wide gamut of colors can be selected by the driver. However, since a steady current is needed to maintain the color effect, the paramagnetic paint doesn't work when the vehicle is turned off -- instead, the vehicle would revert back to a default white color.
If you may recall, Ford offered a similar paint option on its mid-90s Mustang GT and Cobra (Mystic) and 2004 Mustang Cobras (Mystychrome). In both cases, the vehicle appeared to be either green or purple depending on the viewing angle.
Nissan is hard at work on the paramagnetic paint and hopes to have it on production vehicles by 2010.
Paramagnetic paint isn't the first time that Nissan had ventured into ways to improve paint technology. The company also developed a self-healing "Scratch Guard Coat" to apply vehicle paint. Thanks to the advanced coating, vehicle are nearly impervious to superficial scratches caused by carwash brushes, fingernails or other minor surface scratches.
Any scratches that are made on the vehicle are "healed" within one day to a week depending on the depth of the scratch.
Nissan's Scratch Guard Coat is currently available on the 2008 Infiniti EX35 luxury crossover utility vehicle.

[1BADP71]

so old they have already been using one process for almost 5 years now.

[zhillz]

lol did not read

[96whiteknight]

Cliffs:

1. Color-changing paint
2. Self-healing paint

[senor honda]

I see plenty of sunlight-changing paint colors.
So why don't we see the paramagnetic paint at car shows?-Bob

[markstheman365]

Heres the press release you found on your desk. Have you been to your desk since 2007?
DailyTech - Nissan Develops Color Changing Paint for Vehicles

[senor honda]

Thanks for the official press release of what I posted.
People keep me pretty busy working on cars but every so often I clear things away
from the desk.
It looked interesting so I must have tossed it back in the pile to look at later.

It is now later. Do you have any knowledge of it going into production
and any idea why we are not seeing it at car shows? Thanks.-Bob

Heres the press release you found on your desk. Have you been to your desk since 2007?
DailyTech - Nissan Develops Color Changing Paint for Vehicles

[markstheman365]

I havent heard any update of this since the original 2007 article, besides a cop car that is supposed to have one. (I never seen it).

Probably going to be off road use only, insurance wont cover it, probably costs a shit ton.

[REY]

I've sprayed several GT-R's that have that "self-healing" clear coat on that triple silver BS 3k upgrade.... It's really not all that...... Pain in the ass as well......