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Jan 4, 2014 | 12:41 AM

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Plasti-Dipped Camaro

I dipped my car over the summer. I bought the whole car kit from dipyourcar.com in Light Blue. For the money, I think the car turned out great. Far from perfect, but I love how it turned out for only $300. Next year I will probably pull it off and respray it again since I will feel more confident the 2nd time around and learned from a few mistakes my 1st time. I've never done anything with plastidip before spraying this car. The main thing that bothers me is that the hood and front bumper seem to be a shade off from eachother at certain angles. I sprayed 7 coats total.

Here is what the car looked like before:

After Dip:

Jan 4, 2014 | 01:25 AM

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looks pretty good

Jan 4, 2014 | 01:29 AM

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Eh. Not a fan of plasti-dip

Jan 4, 2014 | 07:04 AM

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that looks good .

Jan 4, 2014 | 02:05 PM

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The dip looks good...but the wheels no longer work with the color of the car though. Just my opinion though.

Jan 4, 2014 | 06:21 PM

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i dig it, you should paint something in the scoop ,a manta or inner part in black, and wheels also will look better in black too, imo

Jan 4, 2014 | 06:34 PM

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I like it. I like the original color better. Still looks cool though.

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Jan 4, 2014 | 08:22 PM

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I think it turned out pretty good

Jan 4, 2014 | 08:25 PM

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Was just thinking to myself how my car would look in blue, looks pretty sweet man good job!

Jan 4, 2014 | 08:42 PM

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looks good.

Jan 4, 2014 | 09:18 PM

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Looks great.

Jan 5, 2014 | 12:09 PM

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That actually looks amazing man good job and who cares about imperfections in the dip especially considering what it looked like before!
Did you remove the emblem on the back or paint around it? If removed does it stick well to the plasti-dip?

Jan 5, 2014 | 03:38 PM

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i like the original blue better also but for a cheap quick fix the plasti-dip works well

Jan 5, 2014 | 03:58 PM

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Man that looks real good! I like how you kept the sail panel

Jan 5, 2014 | 04:14 PM

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That actually looks amazing man good job and who cares about imperfections in the dip especially considering what it looked like before! Did you remove the emblem on the back or paint around it? If removed does it stick well to the plasti-dip?

Thanks for the kind words. And yes, I removed the emblem. It sticks great to the dip. I just used 3m double sided tape.

Jan 5, 2014 | 07:49 PM

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i like the original blue better also but for a cheap quick fix the plasti-dip works well

As do I. The only reason I bought the car originally was because of the color. I love Bright Blue Metallic. I needed a s60 rearend more than I needed a $4,000 paint job so I tried the $300 option and I'm happy with it.