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Old 03-15-2013, 09:22 PM
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Default Would you plasti-dip your car?

I have to say this blue he did is pretty slick looking to me. Knowing I can peel it off in weeks/months if I get sick of it is pretty awesome. I saw a couple people here did their wheels but not much about changing the whole color of the car with it.

Old 03-15-2013, 09:52 PM
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I would not, but only because I'd want to take it off as soon as it had a bubble or tear.

I would, however, vinyl wrap my Corvette in a heartbeat if I could find a good deal.
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I had used Plasti-Dip on a few of my Hummer parts this past winter and it's a great product (held up flawlessly all winter through some pretty rough stuff). Many people locally have done this to their entire car. It looks tacky and cheap from 15 feet or closer in my opinion.



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Wonder how many cans it took?
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Nice color blue but think I liked the white better.
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They sell it by the gallon. As others noted, it looks ok as long as you're 15 ft away or more.

Also you have to mix it with paint thinner(which obviously can eat into the paint). There have been some members that have tried it and some have reported some surface defects after they peeled it off, requiring the whole car to be polished afterwards.

I would much rather do vinyl which has had a proven track record in both durability and paint protection.

My $.02
Old 03-16-2013, 10:33 AM
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I've seen it yellow lighter color cars. I would never let that crap touch my clear coat. IMO even vinyl looks like crap close up. It would drive me crazy to see a diff color when I open a trunk or door.
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I know a number of folks have had excellent results with vinyl, but by the time you pay to have it done professionally you might as well have payed for a respray. It seems like a good idea to me if you are going for a carbon fiber look or something else out of the ordinary (a print of some kind.) I see no benefit at all with Plasti Dip however. It seems wildly inappropriate for a sports car.
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A few friends have done it and their cars look good:
GTR, Quattroporte, Viper, Z06

EDoyle, the truck looks great. I sold my '98 HMCO a few years ago.
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If you track the car it would help protect the front from stone chips and you could peel it off after an event.
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FWIW, they do sell a clear version of this which can be a good temporary bra for track events and cross country trips. I could've used this when coming back from Florida through the everglades in the middle of the night.
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I wouldn't, primarily because I'm not into the whole matte-sheen look. I like my car to be shiny.
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Originally Posted by BReif61
I wouldn't, primarily because I'm not into the whole matte-sheen look. I like my car to be shiny.
They actually sell a "glossifier" for Plasti-Dip which would seem counter productive with having a rubberized product. LOL
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How does this hold up on the front of the car when being sandblasted at highway speeds? I painted the grills on my 40th AE matte black. And you can already see it's getting blasted and see the original silver underneath. (Yes, I prepped it per instructions, and I used plastic bonding paint).

If the plastidip holds up better, then I'll do that next. My fear is if it starts tearing/ripping it'll get sucked into the radiator bellows and create hotspots.
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I used it on my D90 wheels as I'm not a big fan of that style wheel stock. Has held up pretty nice! Here are some before and after.

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