I wanted to start this thread since I will have quite a bit of time off soon. I have 4 cans of black plastidip and 4 cans of plastidip clear. Thinking of doing my spokes of my Boxster S II wheels. The fun part of this is given the design of the wheels, the inner most portion of the rim must be 'dipped' too so it doesn't look funky. Similarly, Porsche painted the 997 GT2 spokes the same way with the inner part of the rim in black as well.

986 Boxster S II Wheels for reference:



GT2 Picture for reference






I think it would look pretty good, but I can't photoshop for **** on this computer.

As the car looks now... I guess we'll see what happens next:

 

In addition to fudging around with plastidip on my wheels, I'm just curious who else has used plastidip on their 928? I saw a guy in the 911 forum plastidip his entire dash (not on RL, but I think it was on Renntech or Pelican).

 

I did the wheels on my Gold '86.5, they were chrome, I like them in Black.
Ive' noticed the rubbery texture doesn't clean up all that easily though.

 

Dipped mine, flocked it, too - https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...iler-idea.html

 

I'm not a big fan of black wheels with different black on the tires and different black in the wheelhouse liners. Might not be so bad on your red car, but on my black car I think it would be too much. Kind of like black cars with black interior. I love black, but need some contrast.

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My spring project list includes a trial Plasti-Dip black-and-glossifier treatment on the plastic wheelhouse liners on the Honda Pilot DD. They are getting a little bit of blasting from cinders and sand on the winter roads here. OCD extends to the DD's, so they get the same regular wheelwell cleaning at each wash that the 928 enjoys. A new neighbor stopped by and asked me to stop that stuff, because it makes her car look so neglected. I'm trying to decide if I should just get half a case each of the spray cans, or a quart to go in the HVLP and do it right. If it works well on the Honda, the 928 rear liner sections will be candidates too.

 

I run black plasti-dip, no glossifier, on my Carrera III's. Not because it looks better than silver, but because it hides brake dust SO MUCH BETTER!

Not a great picture, but all I have available:

 

I was thinking about plastidipping the rubber spoilers o make hm look new again. Now the look a bit worn by the sun

 

Has anyone used the Plastidip glossifier? I'm trying to see how much gloss it provides.

 

I plastidipped my 86.5. I did Mocha Brown pearl.

I used the gun from DipYourCar.com. I started with two gallons of gunmetal gray base. Then, I mixed two gallons of 50/50 clear and gloss, stirring in 100 grams of mocha brown metallic pearls. The intent was to give a satin finish.

It took about a day to tape off the car. Plastidip is very forgiving, though, and you don't want to overmask. If there is a seam, you can just peel the dip off the part you don't want. Among the things I did was pull the rear bumper and remove the headlight buckets. I sprayed them separately, then applied new rubber to the edge of the bumper.

I wiped down the garage then put drop cloths over the entire floor before rolling the car in. I degreased the car and wiped it with a tack cloth. I sprayed on a hot day in the garage. I started with the garage closed and a puller fan, but eventually opened the garage door because the fumes were too strong. Plastidip is very forgiving, though, in that you can shoot without being hermetically sealed and still get good results.

About a week after I sprayed, we had a wind storm and a pole came down and scraped the PlastiDip on the passenger fender. So, I just peeled the dip off that fender, masked off and reshot it.

I made some mistakes and learned from it. Mostly about masking and keeping the gun clean. I plan to peel the mocha brown off the car in spring and reshoot in a new color and using their new improved gloss product.

A few notes:

1. Buy the "DipCoat Spray" from DipYourCar.com. Plastidip stains pretty easily (bird turds, pollen, etc.), and the "DipCoat Spray" protects it. If you apply this right after dipping, it will make it easier to clean and add a nice glossy sheen to the dip.

2. Spray it thick enough to peel off. If you spray too thin, removal becomes a pain. The dip does come off with Goof Off or Goo Gone if it does turn out too thin or you need to remove from crevices. Any citrus cleaner should work. You can also get a spray to dissolve the dip in spots where it scratched or tore. That way you can smooth it, respray that spot and it will look good.

3. They are coming out with a much better gloss product in March. It will give the Dip a much more glossy appearance. More like gloss paint. The current Glossifier is thin and pretty hard to shoot by itself without getting runs. That's why people mix it with the matte clear.

4. Have some extra around for touch up. If you buy by the gallon, go to the local Ace and buy a Preval. It's a little aerosol set up you can fill with your own paint/dip. Costs about $5 or so and then you can use it for touchup, or to experiment with new color mixes.

 

Great idea!~ I plan to take my car up to the Maker's Mark distillery and have it dipped. It is a nice red color and will probably make the car faster.

Brad

 

Very nice color with there with the Brown!

 

Matt,

Your plastidip paint job came out great. I'll send you the pics I took when I was up at your place and you were just starting to paint it. Watch for them in your email. When you get ready to re-do it, let me know if you want some company and I'll stop by.

Thanks for giving us some info about what you learned. I think I'm going to buy a kit and give it a try this spring. I'll probably hit you up for some more tips on how to do it correctly.

-Steve

 

Nice thread, thanks to the OP!

I have used plasti-dip in some unusual places...
first I pdip'd a set of 7 slot wheels, Very good result!
I coated the bare metal of the bowden cables,
I pdip'd the door speakers, not the grills, the speakers.
exterior door locks,
front chin spoiler, (hides gorrila tape patch / air duct fabrication very well)
oil fill neck.

 

Hey, Steve, thanks. And thanks for helping out last time. I'll definitely let you know when I'll be doing it again. It'll be once it warms up and Plastidip's new Top Coat Gloss is available. Probably March or April.

I am curious how elastic the stuff is after eight or nine months on the car, whether it gets more brittle and harder to remove over time. We'll see...

As far as buying a kit, don't buy the gun because mine's right here and available whenever you need it.

Matt

 

Is the gun anything special? I have a few HVLP guns, including one with a bigger tip I used to spray varnish on my antique cherry garage doors.