Ian Carr

Hey all,

I don't know about many others, but for me my side view mirrors are black.. and covered with paint chips. While I have been thinking about other solutions to this like repainting them, getting a touch up paint pen, ext.. I think I will try a different solution.

I have been using the spray can version plasti-dip on my volvos grill and not does it look great, it is holding up extremely well also. This trick has been used with many of the VW and Audi guys (how i found the idea), so I think next week when I am home I am going to paint my mirrors with a can of black plasti-dip .

For those of you who do not know what plasti-dip is, it is a spray on rubber. Awesome thing behind this, it is extremely hard (almost impossible) to chip! It can even be used temporarily by just applying a layer to clean paint, you can simply roll the rubber off! If you do it for a permanent finish though simply sanding down the paint for a nice bonding surface it will stick greatly!

Here is the an example of the grill i painted on the volvo.

Before:


After:

MarkXIII

Have you or do you know of anyone who might have used the clear version as a stone guard?

APKhaos

^+1
Plastidip rocks. I've used on exposed trailer T Handles which have held up like new for years.

Ian Carr

I have yet to see a clear version.

MAGK944

I have heard it is also good for cracked dash tops after sanding and filling in the cracks. I think it also comes in a brush-on version.
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schwank

It comes in spray and liquid dip forms. I've used the spray but it doesn't provide a thick enough coat for me.

333pg333

You're admitting to owning and driving a Volvo? lol Where I come from only old men in hats drive them and never very well.
That Plastic spray sounds like it does have some uses though.

MAGK944

Funny, over here those same people drive 928's

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Ian Carr

i love my Volvo. for the price it is by far the nicest car you can by.

Musche

I have it on the front nose and mirrors of the 944 that sees mostly DE and track duty and I think it works great. It keeps the chips off the entire front end and mirrors. Since my car is black it kind of blends in and almost looks like a bra. You can peel it back off if necessary. Not a good pic but you can see how I did it below.

ShApE

why not use 3M clear bra?

Ian Carr

cause a 4$ can of plasti-dip works just as good?

User 41221

I wonder how well that would work on an AIR splitter? Would a coat inside the splitter and a coat outside give it enough structural rigidity to protect it for street use?

Regards,

Musche

Oh I dunno....the 3M stuff for my BMW was $400.....track car Plasti-dip.... 2 cans and a roll of tape for about 12 bucks and covers up all the old chip marks....I'm cheap and practical I guess.

ShApE

Ok no reason to jump down my throat. I figured the original car in the thread was a street car..