Multimedia Exchange - Had a Plasti-Dippin' kind of day!

So I heard of plasti-dip, seen it on a buddies car and figured hell why not?.. Well here's the results! I love the stuff, not really needing opinions but I don't think anything bad can be said.. I've seen some alot more worse things slapped on an fbody before.

Anyways figured I'd share my results for others to see!

Before:

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx248/99_pewterZ_A4/47c5cfaf.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx248/99_pewterZ_A4/73de6730.jpg

After:

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx248/99_pewterZ_A4/94e63571.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx248/99_pewterZ_A4/eb06fb13.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx248/99_pewterZ_A4/3fbe5de7.jpg

Sorry for the car being dirty, didn't really think about it when I took the pics earlier. I'm really amazed with it all, and as always I can peel it all off at anytime. But I like the way it is so it'll stay like this for some time.

Well thanks guys for looking! :chug:

Also something I wanted to add.

I believe you can see it in the pics. I did the front and back wheels different, and it actually turned out very nice.

Its hard to spot, but I sprayed more of the front wheel than the rear wheels.. What ended up happening is, the rear wheels look like they have more of a dish. I think that's the best part of it all. Because the front and back wheels have identical dish to them.. Just an optical illusion on the CHEAP! :)

looks good

Liked it better before, but I freakin love those wheels. The Summit Drag Thrust wheels right? I've been tempted to pick me up a set. :secret2:

Looks Great! Did you mask off the Camaro letters or did you buy inserts?? I'm gonna pick me up a Can & do this to my real panel.

I'm assuming you taped off the lips to spray the centers? I want to try this with my CCW 505a's. You've inspired me.

Liked it better before, but I freakin love those wheels. The Summit Drag Thrust wheels right? I've been tempted to pick me up a set. :secret2:

Yes they're the Summit Drag-Thrust wheels.. The price is right let me tell you! Under $450 shipped straight to the door, and that's even with front spacers for good measure but haven't ran them in awhile.

Well to everyones curiousity about how I lined my wheels off.. What u need to do is once you've taped the wheels off give a real nice coat, but peel the tape and everything off when it's WET! If it's dry the excessive will dry along with what you've taped off and pull it off with it, I actually did that at first haha!

Here's what I honestly ended up doing. I literally "FREE HANDED" it and came right back over it with a rag and wiped the excess off with, a rag and my finger, and it worked perfectly! You could really take those fine edges off.. And if there's any specs you see wait for those to dry and they come right off by rubbing the wheel with your bare finger.

On the Berger panel-

U can use a toothpick to get inside the letters and be real careful when it's dry.. Also no I painted right over EVERYTHING eblems and all. Like I said with a toothpick or something be careful when its dry and it peels around the edges by ITSELF!!

You CANNOT hurt anything by using this product and it's heat resistant to an extent.. I'd say give it a try on whatever you like! They also have an array of colors to choose from, even a clear coat!

Also when you peel this stuff off something it's literally like a piece of a black Hefty trashbag LOL.. Also if say for some reason it gets chipped or is coming off, shake the can up and do a little touching up and your back to lookin good!

You can't put this on too thick, it does not run or fisheye. I "gooped" it on and it settled itself out smooth!

think I might be doing this to the lower fascia on my C5Z

You used the Aerosol Can right??

Yessir.. I picked up 4 of the AEROSOL cans at a local Menards. They about $6 a piece. Good thing is I only used less than 2 cans on everything. I got extra for touch ups, (which I haven't had to do yet) and incase I feel like doin it to something else.

i dipped my weld drag lites today, i chose the matte black being that i'm painting the car matte white with a matte rear panel and hood cowl.

http://s7.postimage.org/80hvopoqv/IMAG0234.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/80hvopoqv/)

http://s7.postimage.org/dpy490ux3/IMAG0235.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/dpy490ux3/)

http://s7.postimage.org/70rkt09l3/IMAG0236.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/70rkt09l3/)

Looks right to me!

What all different colors do they make in this stuff? Different types of black?

any color you want.
(almost)

http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Create_Your_Color_Kit

OP did yours orginaly look like it had some runs but ended up drying FLAT??? with no Runs or Fish eyes??

Looks good, I've been wanting to try this out on my car for a while now.

i bought 3 cans from home depot for just under $5 each, you can't go wrong IMO, i'm going to be "dippin" my front wheels tomorrow........and if i dont like them i'll just peel them off!

OP did yours orginaly look like it had some runs but ended up drying FLAT??? with no Runs or Fish eyes??

Yes that's exactly how it went for me.

Here's a closer up pic I have of the Berger panel if anyone wanted see.

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx248/99_pewterZ_A4/d1898c94.jpg

Now I did pull the Berger off just to make sure it was going to work as planned, it was the first piece I tried so I was just getting a feeler.. And it worked out flawlessly.

turned out really good. may try instead of repainting my berger..

Well I got a few runs in mine the 1st Time, and you want to pull the tape ASAP!!!!, Since I didnt get it damn near perfect I pulled it all in about 5mins, and will be masking everything back off and starting over again this evening.

Lol. It's hard to not get a little laugh out of that. One because I did it also as I said before. And it's not like you hurt anything. :)

That's when the KY came out in me and I did it all rednecked and free handed it LOL! It actually worked better that way for me on the wheels. Just make sure you get a solid coat and I'd say you'll be alright.

Got mine done today!

Before:
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg48/06x6spdGTO/photobucket-12291-1335314643898.jpg

After:
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg48/06x6spdGTO/photobucket-2360-1335314688233.jpg

Be sure to pull the masking tape ASAP!!! Like dont fool around! Use electric tape to follow the body line easier, and DO NOT glob it on!! This stuff will RUN

sorry for the shitty cell phone pics

I guess for the "runs" part I didn't really consider it as much because I never tried to spray it on anything vertically.. I'm assuming you didn't take the rear bumper off and set it on the ground either lol. That's how I did my Berger, was I had it horizontally set on a old trash can. Same as the wheels I took them off and just set them on the shop floor. So no runs for me.

no runs in my wheels but the lug nuts made it start peeling when i tightened them so i'll be redoing mine again but masking the area when the lug nuts make contact. OP how long did you let yours dry before putting them back on your car

Yup that stuff is weird but works lol

I let them dry til their wasn't any damp looking spots. I used a silver socket on the wheels for more clearance. And tightened them on slower then usual.

I let them dry til their wasn't any damp looking spots. I used a silver socket on the wheels for more clearance. And tightened them on slower then usual.

meh as did i but i had 1 lug on each wheel that pulled the coating up...guess i didn't let them dry long enough.........OH WELL, time to do it again!

Cool man hopefully it goes well for you this time around. Post up some pics when your done for some visuals!

i thought i had a picture but i guess i deleted it, i'll get some when i "re-dip" them.....thinking about doing a gloss black this time

Guys, read this... We have a sticky in the Paint and Body section dedicated to Plasti Dip http://ls1tech.com/forums/paint-body-work/1443836-plasti-dip-faq-pics.html

^^ thanks!