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

It wouldn't look good lighter so I'll go black. I should probably do the wheels in black too now that I think about it.

Thanks for the opinions.

 

I dipped my wheels yesterday. all the chrome on my truck (bumper, grille, wheels, badges) are black now. I barely finished before it started raining, so I'll edit and post better pictures when things clear up.

Now my new problem is that my headlights are glaringly white; i've gotta do something to them.. i don't want to blhm at the moment. i'm tempted to put a smoke vinyl film on them (and the tail lights), but i haven't seen that before. suggestions are welcome!

 

buy some oem type aftermarket black headlights from ebay heard they hold up good for what they are just get the ones the look oem with a black housing and tint the tails

 

That's something else i've been thinking. I've looked at these guys before: http://www.protuninglab.com/05totap...medium=adwords&id=18283950120&utm_content=pla

they're pretty cheap, I've thought that if i do buy them I should pre-emptively put a bead of window sealer around the housing. i don't know what other precautionary measures i could take to prevent fogging/water intake of cheap headlights

 

shouldnt hurt to peel without body hair

the dip covered up the trim, and the locks... where is one supposed to put the key?

Oh i got it, this is the pop n lock tailgate mod everyones talking about!! They sell it on ebay right?

 

i have spilled gas on the side of my derped truck, pretty much every fill up and haven't noticed any problems aside from a small stain. but all the dirt stains the derp.

I never tried wiping it.. I did have an accident cleaning derp off badges and the pb blaster drip on the derped bumper. had to redo the bumper.

 

You can use the derp for some eyelids in the meantime.

 

Just do the BHLM. I had some film on the head lights for a few weeks. I lost about 25% head light output, removed them cause I couldn't see well at night; if it rained it was like driving with no lights on at all. This is what it looked like with the film on.

 

Looking to prolly do the BHLM. anyone know of the most consistent (as in does not leak or condense within a week) work?

Also I have some of Jumpers LEDs as my DTRL, will that affect?

 

Anyone black out their front end with dip? Something like the pic I have attached? I found the truck image on google and photoshopped it. Any thoughts?

I searched through about 50 pages of this thread and searched the entire forum without any luck on this particular request. Not sure how I feel about it. Part of me thinks it might look pretty badass with the hood, grill, bumper, and valence blacked out.

 

Had something similar to what youre looking for on my old truck:

 

That looks sweet!! I like the bumper white too, breaks it up a bit. Very cool and unique. Aggressive looking.

 

If you did your front end, I would do the hood, lower valence, and roof. I think that would look sick, either way I think you should do your roof, lol. I'd do mine, but it's already black.

 

I like your idea but I feel like if I did the hood, I'd have to go all the way back and do the tailgate too. Don't think I want to get that far into it. I do think the roof would be super easy to do. I am kind of unsure how I would go about the hood as far as taping around the scoop...

 

Just mask it off as if you were painting. Then score the edge with a razor before peeling the tape.

 

The idea of using a razor on my truck scares the hell out of me. I have come across the suggestion to use layers of tape, peeling off 1 layer after each coating of dip. The suggestion called for using something like electrical tape so each layer would not peel off the tape underneath. The issue with that, I would imagine, would be having to get each layer of tape lined up perfectly.

 

what do you guys think of plasti derping this tan?

 

Pb blaster eats plasti dip like candy. Wd40 does pretty good too. If you tape and spray and it dries too far to peel the tape carefully putting blaster on the tape with a brush eats the dip and it wont peel. I did it once worked good but I just try to work fast and peel the tape before it sets up on small projects. Razor works well too but it takes finess. Getting clean lines on the dip without a gap is kinda a pain in the butt. I have thought about using foam weather strip on top of painters blue tape then peeling it off but I habe not tried it yet.

 

Tape off the edge of the hood, then as you put down layers of plasti dip make sure to put 1 or 2 light coats on the edge (where the tape is) until the end. That way once when the center part of the hood is fully coated you can go back and put 2-3 layers all at once around the edge. Before the edge dries make sure to pull up the tape. You get perfect strait lines and even coats every time. Practice first if you need, but it's actually very easy.

 

Good tip I might try to plasti-dip something soon.