boba
Well-known member
There have been several comments on curing a freshly painted Leaf. As I remember suggestions ranged from removing the battery before the operation to heating no higher than 120F for the half hour. This is what recently happened to me:
Three panels had to be painted (don't ask ) so I suggested that the body shop call Nissan for instructions which they may or may not have been done. I picked it up a few days ago and was told that the curing included a half hour at 140F. Fear set in. The total body shop job was excellent. My leaf is 2 years old with 15K miles on it. A quick check with Leaf Spy showed an SOH of 97 and HX of 94. So far so good. Then yesterday I made a 60 mile trip to Nissan for the yearly check and a couple of recalls. The Nissan conclusion was that everything is fine including very little brake wear. I love my Leaf!
On the way home I set it up to measure range using the Leaf Spy SOC, dash SOC and % GIDS and an average of all 3. For some reason the dash SOC and GIDS track nicely but the Leaf Spy SOC always gives a higher range calculation. Anyone know why? The temperature averaged 60 degrees and the speed varied between 55 and 60. The calculated range for the 60 miles was 94, a couple of miles above my average for that temperature and speed. So I conclude that the 140 degrees did no measurable harm.
Three panels had to be painted (don't ask ) so I suggested that the body shop call Nissan for instructions which they may or may not have been done. I picked it up a few days ago and was told that the curing included a half hour at 140F. Fear set in. The total body shop job was excellent. My leaf is 2 years old with 15K miles on it. A quick check with Leaf Spy showed an SOH of 97 and HX of 94. So far so good. Then yesterday I made a 60 mile trip to Nissan for the yearly check and a couple of recalls. The Nissan conclusion was that everything is fine including very little brake wear. I love my Leaf!
On the way home I set it up to measure range using the Leaf Spy SOC, dash SOC and % GIDS and an average of all 3. For some reason the dash SOC and GIDS track nicely but the Leaf Spy SOC always gives a higher range calculation. Anyone know why? The temperature averaged 60 degrees and the speed varied between 55 and 60. The calculated range for the 60 miles was 94, a couple of miles above my average for that temperature and speed. So I conclude that the 140 degrees did no measurable harm.