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YOUR RESEARCHWould you plasti-dip your car?
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I have an old Ford Explorer and I used PD to cover my dash,
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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).
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(Yes, I prepped it per instructions, and I used plastic bonding paint).
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I saw a couple people here did their wheels but not much about changing the whole color of the car with it.
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I don't see a distinct advantage over using a 3M vinyl wrap.
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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).
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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.
Plasti Dip S4 Custom Blue Color DipYourCar.com Pro Car Kit - YouTube
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
I have an old Ford Explorer and I used PD to cover my dash,
and parts of my worn interior.Now I cannot even drive my car
on hot days because the fumes make me sick. Is this stuff
safe? I'm in the process of trying to remove the PD,
but it is not coming off that easy. Does anyone know
of a non-toxic alternative to PD for covering a car interior?
car-crazy-carl, the problem in temperature usage. The PD after full drying isnt toxic.
Alternatives (water-based) isnt UV stable thats why dont competitive.
http://plastidip-russia.ru
My company makes a waterbased peelable coating that could be an attractive option. You don't have to worry about putting a solventbased system over your nice paint and potentially causing issues. It's definitely not the same type of product as PD. I made a video and here is a YouTube link to it.
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After watching the video - and personally knowing about the amount of work involved in prepping all paintable surfaces on a car, taping it off, and spraying 5+ coats of paint - I wouldn't do it. I don't see a distinct advantage over using a 3M vinyl wrap. Why spend so much time/money/effort on something that may or may not hold up. The 3M stuff is proven and relatively inexpensive + you get a consistent finish all around.
If you haven't actually seen it in real life you should before you do it. It doesn't look that good in real life. Wheels are okay and maybe small trim. I've done that with okay results. I've also seen a whole car and in my humble opinion it looks bad.
Now a wrap. I saw a Panamera the other day at the Porsche dealer with a metallic gold wrap. It looked like gold chrome paint, like something from the future. A spaceship. I don't usually go out of my way to comment to an owner of a car but I just had to complement it to the tall Russian super model like woman driving it and her mean looking companion. She told me it wasn't actually paint but a wrap and gave me the full tour of the car. Really blingy but if you want an attention getter and something really unique that looks very high quality, that wrap was amazing!
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