THE PLASTI-DIP MEGA THREAD!!!!!!

What do you mean? I'm in Southern California so, no I do not! Bahaha.

Still have a lot of work to do! I just got the truck 2 weeks ago.

Do you like it better dipped?

 

Hell Ya, man... !!
How many miles on that little beauty..??

OH... by "the salt belt" I meant up north where there's salt all over the road all winter...!!

 

I actually got it from a guy who brought it from Oregon but kept it as his "rental car" when he would go there to visit his vacation home. Always garaged. Not sure who had it before him but it was 1 other guy.

It's got 185k. Glad you like it! I'm stoked on the dip.

 

OK not a taco but
I plastic dipped the rims and undercoated the wheel wells.
Before any work.



Should be good for the winter .. spring I might Finish it!

 

Alright so got my truck last Sunday and I'm still working on her. I got lift, tires, and now finished PDin the rear bumper L&R end caps and working on the emblems. Will show when finished.

 

Wooo! Finally dipped my badges. Not sure if I have much new to add but I'll reiterate what everyone has said already:

- Clean the badges first.
- Tape off a smallish area around the badge, and use paper to protect anything else from overspray.
- Spray! I used 5 coats, most of them pretty light, with 15 minutes between each.
- Peel! I waited 1 hour after the last coat, ripped off the paper, then peeled off the excess. Used a toothpick to help get the insides of the A and O clean.

This is my first external "mod" and I'm super happy with it - wish I'd done it sooner.

 

Dipped my center caps.

 

Anyone plastdip anything and then remove it a few months/years down the road? Any staining or residue? Planning on plastidipping my emblems and just want to make sure there isn't any staining down the road if I want to remove it.

 

If you're removing it, why are you worried stains?
It lives outside, of course there is going to be some weathering, if you want something more durable try powder coat. On the other hand my rims are still black... 3+ years!

 

I peeled my front grill after i I had plastidipped it a year before. No staining for me. The. I re-dipped new color

 

How did it come off? I currently have my chrome surround plasti'd white and think I could peel and do a better job sometime.

 

If you sprayed alot, so it's nice and thick it will peel off in one big sheet.. if not... respray it a few more coats, let dry then peel.
Or wd40

 

I'm talking about staining the actual chrome or paint. Not the plastidip.

 

Awesome thanks for the info. Doing my emblems now.

 

Turned out pretty great! Tried to show some before, during, and after. I used about 8 coats, 5 min apart. I found that there is a "sweet spot" to removing the plastdip. Try too early and it kind of just makes a mess, too late and you get rough edges that are a pain in the ass to clean up. But otherwise I love how it turned out. Definitely worth the hour and a half and $10.

 

Side emblems look bad ass black... now it's time to get black side mirrors. Anyone know if they make covers you can slap on instead of painting the chrome?

 

That looks great!! What a difference!
Plastidip haters can say whatever they want.
Real paint chips and then is a real bitch to strip and repaint. Plastidip definitely has its place.

 

I love it. The edges aren't quite as clean as I would have hoped, but I just have to put the time into digging it out. And no one will ever be close enough examining the emblems to notice it. But I know it's there. I think I will continue consuming beer and then tackle the hood scoop in an hour or two.

 

Why not dip them black or white (if you want gloss look they may glossifier in can)

I have front grill plastidipped and it has held up great.