jamg

Has anyone plasti dipped their car?

If so, how many gallons did it take?

I'm wanting to do it to my car. Cheap alternative to paint, and making it look decent.

Matte White is my color of choice so far, but I'm still looking for cool colors.

it actually looks pretty cool.

Irresistible

They have colored plasti-dip now?

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I want to do this but I wish they werent all matte colors though, that's the only thing I dont like

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SLiDe_WaYz

Don't join that fad. Plasti dip is cool on certain things but don't do a entire car it's still a rattle can. If you insist a local guy here bought the car kit they sell and did his car. ($400 kit) it looks good from far away but up close it has major orange peel, splotchy, not smooth like those pictures you posted.

If your considering it why not Vinyl wrap you car yourself? About the same price as that plasti dip kit and will turn out a million times better. And it's also removable.

Google plasti dip paint kit. Comes in a lot of different colors if you insist on doing it.

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jamg

They have a product that will gloss the plasti dip.

i saw a video on teaching people how to avoid the features you were talking about.

A gallon of it is roughly $50

I did want to vinyl wrap my car till i found out how much it cost. I was even looking to use the cheaper vinyl wrap too...

plasti dip will last 3 or so years if you apply it correctly.

SLiDe_WaYz

Here ya go OP

https://www.dipyourcar.com/

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TheZ31Guy

Got some homies down here in a shop called Dip-Tex
https://www.facebook.com/diptexhouston?fref=ts

Normally three gallons is enough for a 240

silviaks2nr

You're going to end up spending like $500 and it's going to look shitty or start peeling in 6 months, and when it does you're left with whatever 20 year old crap is underneath that. Conversely you can spend $500 on materials for real paint and have a good looking paint job that will last 4-5yrs (given you are able to spray a car yourself).

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blueshark123

Exactly all u need to do is spend more time prepping i tell this to everyone. The only way this is ok to do if u have a nice paint job and just wanna chance it up for a bit.

Purestock240

the ONLY times plasti dip is acceptable is if the car is a lease, so you can peel it off when you return it. or if its on chrome wheels and you dont want to mess up the chrome

other than that its just ricey, get a job and do it right....

ManoNegra

between wrapping, rattling or dipping a car I would lean towards dipping
wrapping a car requires skill and a good job is as expensive as a decent paint job
rattling usually looks like shit and will make future paint jobs difficult
diy paint job is messy and requires proper equipment to do right - compressor, guns, booth, etc

To me, the best cost effective method of having a decent/presentable car is to
do the prepping/sanding yourself and find a well reviewed 1 Day Paint or Maaco to spray it.

Touge_Monster

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TheZ31Guy

Seriously, people here are not getting the damn idea of plasti dip.
For easy of removal and to cover shitty jobs like maaco.
It only takes a few hours to prep and paint, and NO they do not peal like your shit wraps and maaco jobs. Seriously, stop giving people second shitty opinions.
I know 9 guys down here who have plasti-dipped cars by said shop.
They now do wheels, valve covers, etc. Anything really goes. It's all about prep and it's only what 200$ in the paint itself, if you have a paint gun and compressor you're lucky, and then a maybe a hundred or so in cleaning shit and paint?
It isn't hard people stop making it so difficult.

arg23

Perhaps I am missing the point, I have not plasti-dipped anything besides the odd tool. But real paint is not that much work. I recently painted a car using single stage (basically clear and color in one). It was an OEM metallic and Im happy with the paint.

Sanded, primed, sanded, and final paint. Painting takes approx. an hour or two (including primer). But prep time is stupid, hours and hours of sanding. I think this is what you can avoid using plastic dip? Surface condition is less critical, specifically because its matte finish? And masking and prep is less time consuming, because you can trim/fix any over spray?

I use single stage to paint race bike plastics all the time. It sprays on easy, and sets up much better than spray paint. Got tired of gas/brake clean taking paint off, or rock chips, but its not worth expensive paint jobs to go crash the shit out of... Made it through one summer, and so far through a winter too.

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SaNTi

This. Especially their youtube page. They pretty much cover any of your questions with videos.

DipYourCarcom's channel - YouTube

thisisastickup

can we please stop posting this bag of dicks?

rebornS14

we did my buddies s2k with a hardtop and they said it takes more going black to white and recommended 4 gallons so we did. needed more. couldnt do the hardtop as needed so it kinda bleeds black. other than that, the application was pretty easy. came out nice. ill post some pics later.

here are the pics...

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jamg

so it's roughly 4 gallons?

site says that if you apply it right, it lasts 3-4 years. at that time, you'll probably need to touch it up though.

Banana_Cute

I swear, Zilvia members have the funniest term for the S-chassis.

Anways. Like everyone says, if you're going to spend $400- $500 on plasti dip and you do your own labor, why not spend the extra $200-$300 on top of that and get a decent quality paint job?

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kojiki88

Not exactly true about peeling in 6 months... I plasti dipped my wheels about a year ago and they are still like day one. Washed plenty of times, drove in the snow with them and they still look great. But, I only spent less then 40 bucks to do all four wheels with about 5 coats on each. About doing a whole car IDK but the stuff does hold up for a long time.

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cchondro

Pladstidip is semi acceptable
its better than rattle canning but not as good as an actual paint job

Touge_Monster

IN MY OPINION my $250 two year old Maaco job looks better than plasti dip


However, I like seeing cars in all differnt styles so if the matt look is for you this seems like a cool route to take.

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badbob2121

^ This.. its what I did.

You can post all the pictures you want, Plasti dip looks like shit in person, sorry..

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garagespec

Plastidip. Welcome to 2005

rcdad123

which Maaco painted your car for $250? did you prep it yourself? that thing looks really nice.

FourtyKid

This is Pedobear Run Kids's car, just so you know.

TheZ31Guy

For those who think Plasti-dip doesn't look good.

Just

silviaks2nr

You just re-affirmed that notion. Looks like some idiot kids got ahold of too much krylon and a contractor's neon spray.

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TheZ31Guy

And you're just full of shit. Lol..

Oh well, old dogs can't learn new tricks cause they have a dick up their ass.