[Boots Ylectric]

This is probably a pointless thread since we have a ton on plasti-dipping. But I don't care.



So as everyone knows I have boston red with matte black graphics. I'm plasti dipping the roof black tonight as well as the silver pieces of the front bumper and side skirts. My badges are already black as well. I'll be doing the rims in a week or two as well. Anyway, I just had a thought. The front windshield pillars are gloss black. Should I dip those to match? Is it going to look funky if those are gloss and everything else is flat?


For those of you that have plasti dipped large things, how clean does it stay, or how easy is it to keep clean? Is it going to hold up in a car wash?

 

[MTD]

Ive never used PD before, but it does seem like a good way to kinda see what different colour combos might look like. If I liked the combo, Id probably get it properly painted or vinyled to be more permanent.

 

[velociraptor]

Well, you can see the skirts from mine. I did them last summer snd they are holding up well.i think the flat black skirts and lip look much better than the silver with the red body.

I am also thinking about doing the a-pillars but am waiting from my can of red PD to see how close it is to the car color. I am thinking that if it is really close, flat red pillars will look good.

I say go for it. Worst case you just peel it off.

 

[swordfish]

You can even use PD like a winter bra. Spray n' Peel.

 

[velociraptor]

You can even use PD like a winter bra. Spray n' Peel.

that is too funny. i may have to try that.

 

[13EliteVT]

I've done my rims already and this morning I did the spoiler on my elite white VT. I think it came out great. However, I did see a NAV dipped all black and it looked like ass.

 

[syroyizhka]

I've done my rims already and this morning I did the spoiler on my elite white VT. I think it came out great. However, I did see a NAV dipped all black and it looked like ass. View attachment 3966

That is exactly what that looks like!

 

[TheDude]

I think plastidip is a cheap persons paint job. Ylectric, you know how your opinion of slammed stanced wheels is that it looks like cheap work? That is the same level of hatred I have for plastidip.

Painting large portions on a car should be done by a pro, and if you plan on doing that, you might as well vinyl or actually paint it.

There is a thread on g35driver where a guy plastidipped his whole car. It looked "ok". When it came to him "peeling it off" he couldnt. He endes up having to pressure clean the whole car to take it off. Turns out the plastidip laid on so thick, it ate through the clear AND the factory paint. His cheapness cost him thousands body paint.

I have two sayings:
Buy and do cheap, get cheap results.
Real friends don't let their friends use plastidip.

 

[velociraptor]

I think plastidip is a cheap persons paint job. Ylectric, you know how your opinion of slammed stanced wheels is that it looks like cheap work? That is the same level of hatred I have for plastidip.

Painting large portions on a car should be done by a pro, and if you plan on doing that, you might as well vinyl or actually paint it.

There is a thread on g35driver where a guy plastidipped his whole car. It looked "ok". When it came to him "peeling it off" he couldnt. He endes up having to pressure clean the whole car to take it off. Turns out the plastidip laid on so thick, it ate through the clear AND the factory paint. His cheapness cost him thousands body paint.

I have two sayings:
Buy and do cheap, get cheap results.
Real friends don't let their friends use plastidip.

interesting comments. the g35 post sounds like the bonding agent was used as opposed to just plastidip.

i do agree about cheap not being a good thing but with the caveat the i expensive does not always equate to cheap.

 

[TheDude]

interesting comments. the g35 post sounds like the bonding agent was used as opposed to just plastidip.

i do agree about cheap not being a good thing but with the caveat the i expensive does not always equate to cheap.

No, but when you are comparing plastidip to real paint, the case follows.

And the guy did only use Plastidip.

 

[swordfish]

Plastidip is just like any other product, used in the correct manner you can get fantastic results, used incorrectly it looks like poop. The NA looks like he did it with a rattle-can, not the best solution for doing a large area. Smaller bits, like wheels etc, the can is fine, but the correct way to do a whole car is with a sprayer, and thinning the 'dip. Also his black and red looks like it was made by Hasbro.

 

[Cinderblock7881]

I personally will prob be using the clear "glossifier" as an invisible bra sometimes, but I will clean the area very well, and then wax it to assure the plastidip doesnt bond. And I agrree, any highlights should be proffesionally done, as someone who works in the custom paint industry, PD is a nice product, but no replacement for the real thing.

 

[Boots Ylectric]

So I did the roof, and skirts. left the A pillars and will leave them gloss. I'll be getting my windows tinted the first day it's hot and it will look way better if those are gloss. I like the way the black roof and skirts/lip look so I may need to just do paint or vinyl now to really make it look good.

 

[Boots Ylectric]

Cars dirty, weather has sucked, and yesterday was a busy day, but I'll get some pics.

 

[velociraptor]

I did my engine cover. Red plastidip is not close enough to the stock paint for me to put it on the pillars. I think it looks good but had some lessons learned. i tried to use black pd on the parts i wanted black then tape over that to apply the red. The tape started pulling off the black pd, so i ended removing it. It also took 7 coats of red to look like this. Here is a pic, but I may end up redoing it with color matched paint. not sure yet.

 

[SkittleZ]

http://www.dipyourcar.com/

The proper way to do a whole car is with this pre-thined kit. They also just released a pearlizer in gallon form as well. I was thinking of going with a wrap untill I came across this company. The cost of having a car dipped compared to wrapped is night and day. Plus if you want to change colors every few years its easy enough to do.

 

[Boots Ylectric]

http://www.dipyourcar.com/

The proper way to do a whole car is with this pre-thined kit. They also just released a pearlizer in gallon form as well. I was thinking of going with a wrap untill I came across this company. The cost of having a car dipped compared to wrapped is night and day. Plus if you want to change colors every few years its easy enough to do.

I keep thinking about doing some kind of crazy wrap or dip.

 

[velociraptor]

I would look at a wrap before dipping the body panels. I get that the plastidip can peel off, I have done this already on parts other than the body panels, but I would want to have some idea of the long term impact to the OEM paint from the plastidip. I would hate to pull of the coating and find out that I have to repaint the entire car.

 

[SkittleZ]

There is a guy on the DYC site that dipped his Bugatti veryeon and has had no problem with the stuff... If you can use it on a million + car then the VT's would be fine.

 

[TheDude]

There is a guy on the DYC site that dipped his Bugatti veryeon and has had no problem with the stuff... If you can use it on a million + car then the VT's would be fine.

Just because something CAN be done, doesn't mean it SHOULD be done. I can drive only using my feet, that don't make it a good idea.

When that guy with his Veyron tries to take it off, in about a year or so, then tell me how cool it is.