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

do it. or go to ace and see what other colors they have. i know they make a red. that may look better than the black.


1st i sprayed the hole thing. with like 4 coats. i waited like 20 min or so between coats some longer because i fell asleep so it went over night. that i took a razer blade and VERY VERY carefully cut the plasti dip on the little edge wear the side meets the top part. there is a little “lip” i guess you could call it. i spent like 25 min cutting it. i could have done it faster but wanted to make sure i did not mark up the plastic. i did like 4 coats on cup holders as well.

edit: yeah a little different. idk if a 6 speed guy has done it. i think 2 other auto guys have. i was the first not to spray the hole thing.

 

awesome, I'm wondering about time because I am at school (college) right now and will probably do this in the parking lot one day.

Red would be interesting to say the least, If nothing else, on the emblems....may not necessarily on the grill and bumper, that may be too much red

then again, I may like it on the emblems and do them too

who knows. I will post pictures whenever/whatever I do

 

I got Soo much Shit for thos on the tw live thread so maybe I shoud post it here.
I plasti-dipped basically the whole front clip. Bumper, grille, flares, under the headlights, and about six inches up the hood. I used the clear. Seemed to work pretty good.

 

1st coat is really really light!! it takes like 10 min to dry. next coat is thicker and tacks about 10 to 15 min depends on temp. next coats are about the same. hell you could maybe(idk about the 6speed) but i drove 2 miles with out mine and was fine. but i am auto so idk if you can do that. i would not do bumper red. or grill. just the emblems door and ones on back and the one on front grill. one guy did red. saw a guy do orange paint. all you can do is try it and see. don’t like it pull it off. thats whats so nice about it.

 

i saw that in live. i like it man!! looks good. i have the clear bra. but maybe i’ll get some and do other spots for road trips. lol

 

ya, for the interior thing, I can pull it off and it doesn't change anything but open a big space up and I lose my cup holders, it isn't covering my shifter like in the autos. I would want to do it all at one time thought

I really think I might do the emblems in red....Or maybe the plasti-dip blue....depending, I am kind of curious how a lighter blue on top of the dark would look

since I can pull it off if I dont like it, I wont worry about doing it

I may also coat the plastic engine cover too (only parts of it), do you know how well it holds up to heat?

 

oh ok. yeah take about 15 min for each coat. just say 45 min with 3 coats.

hmmm. idk may look good may not. “i think” the blue is kinda close to the SWB in shade. so i think it’s allot lighter. idk how it would hold up to heat. i would maybe ask around more. or contact P/D and ask them.

 

ya, I haven't checked their website yet, I need to for the heat thing. Then again, how much heat is there gonna be when it is on the plastic engine over?

 

it still get pretty damn warm.. i drove for a bit went thru about 4” of water really fast so i checked my air filter for water and was really surprised by how hot that plastic was. may not burn you but it’s still pretty warm/hot.

 

looks good. got a real close up pic?

 

nice. i thought about P/Ding my chrome grill till i can get a match satoshi. i think i’ll do my rear bumper see if i want it black or color matched. thinking black would look good.

 

it was like 84 today. like 78 yesterday. next week looks like it is going to be 75+ all week. got storms tomorrow and sat.

 

So if you saw it last week or so i plast dipped the bumper grill and stuff on my truck. Well now as I go to peel it off,it only cones off in small pieces. I had good thick coverage. Any tips for removal. Thanks!

 

Plastic dipped my hood scoop. turned out well.

 

That looks awesome man

 

you have to work it kinda slow. idk but you may be going to fast. i did something(not on my truck) and i went fast and it came off in small pieces.

 

Its the paint over it I think. I was researching painting over it on wheels because I'm debating doing my rock rings bronze and most of the complaints I saw with painting over it was that it was harder to get off and came off little by little in small flakes.

This is per reading several car forums though, not from personal experience.

Still thinking about bronze rock rings and badges though

 

Thanks for these pics. I'm taking a road trip cross country later this year and was thinking of doing this exact thing to help protect the paint.

 

Be warned. Put it on super thick as I am having trouble getting it off! Might not be worth the hassle.

 

im blacking out my interior getting foo leather and all but what do ppl think about plasti dip the whole door from the black down like where its two toned im not going to do the black but the rest of the door...thoughts