Wow it looks great! Nice compact charger, too. Another forum member posted about being careful with applying protective film on the grille area because of sensors? I'm not exactly sure which sensors are there but maybe film interferes with them...
Big day for my Ariya - ceramic coat and level 2 charger finally installed!
Had a very busy day today but it was worth it because after making do for the past few weeks with just the OEM Nissan EVSE via a regular 110V socket - and experiencing how painfully slow that is - the electrician finally came to my house and got my Chargepoint Home Flex charger installed! And what a big difference it makes! Within less than 3 hours I got back about 20% charge when before the stock charger would give me only about half that overnight!
It was also super easy to get the Chargepoint to connect to their app, get the setup done, and start my first charging session too unlike some other chargers that I've heard can be a bit of a pain to get started with.
While the electrician was busy running my new circuit and installing the charger a detailer friend of mine took my Ariya and put on ceramic coat to help protect that lovely copper paint. Unfortunately the weather was super windy today so I could only snap some quick pics before tucking her safely back in the garage but I'm so happy with how things turned out I had to share them. It's so nice to have my Ariya all shiny and able to properly charge now
Next job will be getting some clear bra put on to protect that big plastic "grille" piece from any nasty rock chips once my friend can get some templates for the Ariya. Unfortunately it's so new nobody has PPF templates yet and no one in my area is skilled enough to do a custom cut job. Wanna keep her looking as nice as I can!
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It was also super easy to get the Chargepoint to connect to their app, get the setup done, and start my first charging session too unlike some other chargers that I've heard can be a bit of a pain to get started with.
While the electrician was busy running my new circuit and installing the charger a detailer friend of mine took my Ariya and put on ceramic coat to help protect that lovely copper paint. Unfortunately the weather was super windy today so I could only snap some quick pics before tucking her safely back in the garage but I'm so happy with how things turned out I had to share them. It's so nice to have my Ariya all shiny and able to properly charge now
Next job will be getting some clear bra put on to protect that big plastic "grille" piece from any nasty rock chips once my friend can get some templates for the Ariya. Unfortunately it's so new nobody has PPF templates yet and no one in my area is skilled enough to do a custom cut job. Wanna keep her looking as nice as I can!
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Wow, that looks super slick! What brand ceramic coat did you used? Mejuairs? I should get mine done too! With my luck, it will rain the next day once I'm done! 😫Had a very busy day today but it was worth it because after making do for the past few weeks with just the OEM Nissan EVSE via a regular 110V socket - and experiencing how painfully slow that is - the electrician finally came to my house and got my Chargepoint Home Flex charger installed! And what a big difference it makes! Within less than 3 hours I got back about 20% charge when before the stock charger would give me only about half that overnight!
It was also super easy to get the Chargepoint to connect to their app, get the setup done, and start my first charging session too unlike some other chargers that I've heard can be a bit of a pain to get started with.
While the electrician was busy running my new circuit and installing the charger a detailer friend of mine took my Ariya and put on ceramic coat to help protect that lovely copper paint. Unfortunately the weather was super windy today so I could only snap some quick pics before tucking her safely back in the garage but I'm so happy with how things turned out I had to share them. It's so nice to have my Ariya all shiny and able to properly charge now
Next job will be getting some clear bra put on to protect that big plastic "grille" piece from any nasty rock chips once my friend can get some templates for the Ariya. Unfortunately it's so new nobody has PPF templates yet and no one in my area is skilled enough to do a custom cut job. Wanna keep her looking as nice as I can!
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Here's more info about the front panel from another member ...
PPF/Tint
Just dropped off my Ariya for PPF install and tint. The shop mentioned that they won’t do the film over the kumiko pattern grill since there may be radar sensors in there that could be obstructed. They were right, had to look it up in the manual. They also confirmed they don’t have a template...
www.ariyaforums.com
My friend is a professional detailer and he said he used Xpel Fusion Plus for the ceramic coat on my Ariya. Thanks for the link to that forum thread - guess I'm not going to do PPF on the grille then. Just hoping Nissan made it from good material because it looks like a proper rock chip magnetWow, that looks super slick! What brand ceramic coat did you used? Mejuairs? I should get mine done too! With my luck, it will rain the next day once I'm done! 😫
Here's more info about the front panel from another member ...
PPF/Tint
Just dropped off my Ariya for PPF install and tint. The shop mentioned that they won’t do the film over the kumiko pattern grill since there may be radar sensors in there that could be obstructed. They were right, had to look it up in the manual. They also confirmed they don’t have a template...
AFAIK, a typical automatic car wash should be fine - what you want to avoid is using something like a pressure washer and pointing it right at the sensors. I usually detail my cars by hand myself but I've taken my Armada through a car wash a couple of times on the road and never had an issue with the parking or radar sensors after - although it is built to take more abuse than the Ariya, I'll admit.
Car washes can present other issues though for cars with fancy driving aids like the Ariya - the auto sensing wipers might turn on inside for example if you don't remember to switch them to off beforehand. Car and Driver did an article recently on the kinds of issues modern cars and their sensors can end up with at the car wash:
A Trip to the Automatic Carwash Can Be Tricky in Newer Vehicles
Driving in to get clean can involve more than just putting the car into neutral on cars loaded with automatic braking, rain-sensing wipers, and safety tech.
www.caranddriver.com
Did they put the ceramic coating over the grill area as well? Did it affect the sensors?Had a very busy day today but it was worth it because after making do for the past few weeks with just the OEM Nissan EVSE via a regular 110V socket - and experiencing how painfully slow that is - the electrician finally came to my house and got my Chargepoint Home Flex charger installed! And what a big difference it makes! Within less than 3 hours I got back about 20% charge when before the stock charger would give me only about half that overnight! It was also super easy to get the Chargepoint to connect to their app, get the setup done, and start my first charging session too unlike some other chargers that I've heard can be a bit of a pain to get started with. While the electrician was busy running my new circuit and installing the charger a detailer friend of mine took my Ariya and put on ceramic coat to help protect that lovely copper paint. Unfortunately the weather was super windy today so I could only snap some quick pics before tucking her safely back in the garage but I'm so happy with how things turned out I had to share them. It's so nice to have my Ariya all shiny and able to properly charge now
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