Plastidipped my car.

[GsxEcutioner]

Edit : nevermind, dont sand it... Lol

 

[ncampos92562]

Oh wow. haha. Don't use a hard detail cutting compound either(trust me).

 

[GsxEcutioner]

my bumper was all nice until I drilled holes for the License plate.......Well whoever wants to drill anything, do it before you spray or else it will Grab and peel off the plastidip. I covered the mess up with the plate aha. pics will be up when I am finished.

 

[Urban_S]

MEK takes this stuff right off...Got some on the lip of a wheel that I did.

 

[endeffect0]

Decided that the winter wheels and tires would look better if the stock swirlies were black.

I usually hate painted wheels but i have to say this looks really great. I just cleaned them up really thoroughly and then began painting. I have used plasti dip on a lot of stuff but never wheels. I am a little skeptical that it will stand up to winter salt and abuse. but its worth a shot.

here are the before and after pics... I have pics of them on the car in the morning.

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[Black95TSIawd]

That's really glossy. Is the wheel dry or still wet?

 

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mostly the lighting. notice how shiny the stock faded alloy appears in the first pic.

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Decided that the winter wheels and tires would look better if the stock swirlies were black.

here are the before and after pics... I have pics of them on the car in the morning.

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Those look great. And I like to see some fresh dedicated snow tires too.
You just can't match their winter performance with an all season tire. That will help keep your dsm pointed in the right direction and out of trouble and look good doing it. Let us know how the plastidip holds up in the snow and salt.

 

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Yea I am a big believer in snow tires. I have pulled a jeep (4cyl no lockers & all seasons) out of a ditch with them using my spare tire as a tow point, and seen a police suv under-steer into a guard rail when trying to pull out to see "who the heck was off their rocker enough to drive in conditions like this." (yes sir, Ill go strait back home... No sir its full time 4wd... Actually sir I have had several years of rally-cross experience... Thank you sir, good luck with that bumper. )

anymore i just run shallow tread summer dry tires up untill i put the snows on. all-seasons do ok all the time, but they dont really do any one thing all that well.

-Cheers to the good cops!

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Yea I am a big believer in snow tires. I have pulled a jeep (4cyl no lockers & all seasons) out of a ditch with them using my spare tire as a tow point, and seen a police suv under-steer into a guard rail when trying to pull out to see "who the heck was off their rocker enough to drive in conditions like this." (yes sir, Ill go strait back home... No sir its full time 4wd... Actually sir I have had several years of rally-cross experience... Thank you sir, good luck with that bumper. )

anymore i just run shallow tread summer dry tires up untill i put the snows on. all-seasons do ok all the time, but they dont really do any one thing all that well.

-Cheers to the good cops!

Great story.... That made my day.

 

[GsxEcutioner]

i messed up a bit, so I started to layer it on aha. but I like it so far.

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Yes Layers are your freind! it just melts into the old coat!

i am doing some touch up on few of the wheels.
Note to those that do the stock wheels. water gets into the seem between the 'swirl' and the hoop. it repels the plasti-dip, I am betting if saltwater gets in there and there is a gap in the plastic coating it may start to peel from that point.

So i am going back and putting on a extra thick coat on that part of the rim. and around the emblem too.

pics tonight. I hope.

 

[standard235]

Completely degrease and pressure wash wheel, rinse with de ionized water and use a filtered blowgun to dry.

Stuff is good.

 

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Completely degrease and pressure wash wheel, rinse with de ionized water and use a filtered blowgun to dry.

Stuff is good.

well ya... if you wanted to do it 'right'. Pish, this is plasti dip man Not powdercoat.

Its 20 some degrees in the garage right now. i am doing this in the spare storage room

I honestly do believe that i would need media blast the inside of these rims to get them 'Clean' after years of daily uses and the last few seasons of salt only beatings.

 

[GsxEcutioner]

Im getting high off this stuff. Three days straight in a garage since its raining outside -__-. i used 6 cans for the lower half not even started on the rear bumper sideskirts and doglegs. i just bought another 6 cans today. Parts that started to peel. I used a razor blade, cut around it, peel and recoat there. You can not really notice it being off since it forms itself.

 

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Im getting high off this stuff.

try doing it inside

it took about two cans to do the wheels for what its worth to anyone.

I did not do the entire back side, just made a significant amount of overlap behind the spokes so the 'dip did not end on a seem.

 

[GsxEcutioner]

Im in my garage, just the bottom im at 12 cans.

 

[doayamaha]

Dude it doesn't need to be an inch thick

 

[ncampos92562]

If you want it to be really smooth you need some thick coats. Not running thick but even.

 

[GsxEcutioner]

I am panda ing my car, the whole lower half with be plastidipped and the mirrors, my roof rails are already aha. I bought 12 because I kept spraying layers. some i had to take a razor blade to take off some bubbles. I also needed to use it as a filler for the parts I had to cut. When I am done, pics will be up.

 

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I dont have pics of the wheels on the car yet because i cant find the Frackin stock wheel lugs. I got bags of these damn tuner lugs though.

 

[GsxEcutioner]

Holy Crap, Im still on the driver side and it wont stick to the rear Dog leg -__-, Ive peeled it off twice already and I have no idea why it aint sticking. PS Guys, do NOT do this in the cold, I got that condensation mark as a previous member showed a pic of.

 

[hurricanecris24]

Looks like that stuff sucks I rather rattle can my car flat back looks just the same

 

[98dsmkid]

dude that looks hella sick... i wonder how it would turn out if i sprayed my interior with that stuff....gunna have to test it first... good shyt tho bro..

 

[GsxEcutioner]

, if I were to do it again, I probably would rattle can it Gloss Black.....