Hoffman5982

Well, for starters, when he requested and paid for them to repair his wing, and they confirmed it as being fixed, I think he expected, at the very least, for the wing to be fixed. But maybe that just makes too much sense...

Did you actually watch the videos? Shit masking job? There were parts where white was visible, there were parts where paint shouldn't have been(ie the hood vents), and there were giant ass runs in the paint. Shitty plasti dip or not, if you're a professional or even mediocre paint business, you should avoid those issues at the very least. If it happens, because mistakes do happen, it shouldn't be a problem for them to sand it back smooth and respray that section before laying the clear down.

You guys are a bunch of fucking assholes. OP came here to warn others. He didn't have to do that, but he did it to help. Don't like plastidip? Get the fuck over it. It isn't your car or your money. Even with the shit dip job that car looks significantly better than most or your heaps of dog shit you call a car.

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lunchmeat

I don't get the plastdip thing, but to me that's irrelevant. All I see is a "pro" shop that gave piss poor service.

BoostyMcZface

ughhhh plastidip. this is why I feel doing it right the first time pays off in the end. sad to see, but WHY pay a shop to dip your whole car? it had to have been a few grand, which is around the same price as a wrap. like others said, if you expect a body shop perfect job that looks like paint, you're gonna be disappointed. this is ricey crap. not meant to look flawless. might as well paint it however you wanted in the first place, now that you'll need it.

sure the shop is partly responsible, but you also should have done your research or gone with a higher quality route instead of the cheapest.

KAT-PWR

Plasti dip doesn't work like that

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KiLLeR2001

Sorry but shit painting product like PlastiCrap is going to promote shitty prep work. Unless you are paying around the same amount as a real paint job, why would these shops waste their time? Go to a real paint shop and ask them to PlastiDip your entire car they will laugh at you and tell you to get the fuck out.

I guess it really boils down to how much was paid for this service. I mean, it has the appearance of a $400 Maaco job.

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wkpainter

We aren't assholes for not appreciating his "warning". None of us are dumb enough to want plastidip on our cars. There is a reason this forum doesn't have a "plastidip" thread... It has a "doing it wrong" thread already.

I'm not sorry or put off that zilvia doesn't sugar coat anything. We are trying to be as straight forward as possible so it gets through peoples F'ing heads. When you STOP READ CONSIDER what we are saying, you will REALIZE we are actually helping. We aren't going to waste time dancing around the fact that stupid decisions are stupid.

Hoffman5982

Again, he paid to have his wing repaired and they didn't even try to repair it. And ok, I can agree with the shit prep work. But did you see those runs? I'm terrible at body work but even my shit doesn't have runs like that, no matter how much I'm rushing the job. Someone who's job it is to paint cars, plasti dip or actual paint, should be capable of not having runs like that.

Wkpainter, I never asked anyone to sugar coat anythinf, maybe you should learn to read. I simply said to get the fuck over this guy choosing to use plasti dip. Look at his car. Think about the fact that he spent probably upwards of $3k on this. He didn't do it because he'said broke. He had his reasons. I've seen plenty of people choose this route because they want to do a different color/theme every year and this is more cost effective, and easier when the time to change comes, than an actual paint job. Regardless of how you feel about plasti dip, and please pay attention to the word regardless because it means your opinion is fucking irrelevant, a shop presenting themselves as professionals giving him the car back in the condition they did is unacceptable. Period.

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Dman II-40

Funny that most 240sx owners here are against plasti dip. I can't justify paying $3000 minimum for a paint job on a car worth $5000 max. On a 370z, that's a different story. To each their own. I will be dipping my car eventually, only $300 for the full kit and I can change it every year for about $100 if I want to. Will it be perfect? No, but I'm not trying to win awards just cover my oxidized and flaking crap clear coat that Nissan used in the mid 90s.

Dman II-40

Agreed, it's not about the dip, it's that they did a shit job. If he paid for a paint job and it came out like shit everyone would just be like, "Dang, that sucks. Thanks for letting us know that place sucks."

theStig880

I hate the argument "I wont do nice things to my car, because my car is worth $xxxx KBB". Why even bother doing anything to it? Isnt the point to make the car nicer than you started? You add value to it by doing quality changes. To me it just seems like something people say when they realize that modifying cars is an expensive fucking hobby that they can't do right but they can fuck up a car for cheap and get the same insta likes.

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Dman II-40

I upgrade my car when a part needs to be replaced so I try to not spend a lot of money on it.....so that's just me maybe. The cool thing about modding cars is you can do it the way you want to. Just because something isn't of popular opinion who cares. They aren't spending your money to do it and it's their car.... If they don't do something the way you like it that doesn't make it wrong, it's just your opinion.

KAT-PWR

Atleast you know your car will look shitty 100% of the time, so you won't need to worry.

But if your sole purpose is only driving the car, nothing more, more power to ya.

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zerodameaon

That's exactly the same thing I am hearing.

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BossHogg

Dips and wraps look like shit almost always lol. Also, its easy to paint in a garage if you know what you're doing. Only a non experienced person wouldn't be able to paint in a garage in a smart manner. Is it easier in a booth, well fuck yea. Common sense. But any painter can paint in a garage easy. My uncle has been a bodyman/painter for 30+ years. Have done many many many side jobs in the garage. Were not talking about joe blow repairs either, full custom paint. Kandy, pearls etc. It's not rocket science and quite simple. Just be smart about it.

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scottie

It's not an opinion when it's the truth. There is a right and a wrong way. Baseline is what OEMs provide. Even when their bottom line is being pushed by the bean counters, they won't touch Plasti Dip or the like. Let that sink in. So you can either do it right or use excuses to make it feel better when you do it wrong.

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Hoffman5982

You fucking idiots are missing the entire point here. His car did not turn out the way it did because of plasti dip. Try to comprehend that extremely simple concept. If the person who paint this car used actual paint, it still would have turned out like shit. Let THAT sink in. The most expensive paint in the world would have still resulted in OP's car looking as bad as it does because the work was rushed and half assed and the person doing the work possesses little to no skill. In fact, if "real paint" HAD been used, fixing this shotty work would have been tremendously more difficult.

You guys are so pathetically closed minded to see past your "I don't like plasti dip so I'm gonna cry about it" mentality.

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Matej

Plastidip sucks.

CamryOnBronze

It looks good enough for Instagram screen resolution in the photo of it, which I would imagine is typically plenty nice for most of the kids out there plastidipping their cars these days.

OP, sorry to see this happened. Best of luck with restoring the car.

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OBEEWON

I like that front bumper on the Z.

Hoffman right though. Y'all dumb.

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Until we hear both sides to the story, all one can honestly do is chastise the decision to 'Dip Yo Ride Bruh'. One thing I have learned reading/researching horror stories is that there is always two sides to the story and you have to take a little from both to form a conclusion. I agree I would not personally allow my business to deliver a finished car like this, BUT I also would not take on a project where the owner wanted to bargain. I have seen shops put out uncommonly bad work, owner was displeased and after full disclosure the vehicle owner had agreed to low labor hours, agreed to or provided inferior products for shop to use and a 'not to exceed number at all cost'. Some shops are willing to do this to turn a quick small profit to pay the electric bill where as others will not because ultimately their name is attached to it.
So until a representative of the business in question enlightens us to their side of the story, this is really a moot point.

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JM216S14

Yes it turned out shitty because it was plasti-dip not paint.. quit trying to defend plasti-dip it sucks and the only place it belongs is on bro dozers

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///Maestro

Well...my thought behind the dip was to paint the entire car for the same price as it would cost to paint just the new panels. And I've done a lot of research on it and it seemed like a great alternative to wrap and paint.

It was a mistake and I'll admit it....But I certainly didn't deserve to receive my car back the way I did.



Already taking this guy to court.


They aren't supposed to come off without any damage? The whole point of Dip/autoflex is to remove it just like wrap. This guy didn't spray thick enough so he went real close with the power washer to take the dip off.

Correct, if it was done correctly, it would have came out amazing. Unfortunately, I got unlucky...

Nice

You'd be surprised with the outcome of some of these autoflexed cars. The cars I saw in person are what sold me on the idea. Looks exactly like paint and one would never be able to tell the difference. Unfortunately these guys seemed like they were legitimate and apparently they weren't. With that said, they painted my buddy's 2015 mustang and it came out pretty good, a lot better than my car. I have no doubt in my mind that two different people sprayed our cars. The one who did mine was obviously a complete rookie.

There was no disclaimer or any notification of this. A company offering this service should know what may/maynot happen with the product/services they offer. If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn't think twice about not going there.

+1 There are some amazing cars that are autoflexed, as I've said earlier. This company did a few GTR's and in pictures, they did great. Unfortunately AFTER my whole fiasco, I found out that the GTR's came out like shiit just like my car did.

no.

1. The only after market stuff I have is the hood, wing, and fenders which are very expensive and fitment is spot on. Wing is life doe and that isn't coming off. Everything else is OEM or OEM Nismo...
2. As I've stated earlier, I've seen autoflex come out better than some paint jobs.
3. IF I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
4. Cheap ass aftermarket aero? This isn't a 240 my friend, this aero is expensive.
5. The point of this post is to warn any other people looking into this product/company. I will bet at LEAST 50% of people that saw this post have considered this product.

+1, I had no idea this was the outcome that was going to happen.

The car will be getting wrapped by the best wrap shop in NJ. Don't care too much about paint now that the car will be getting some track time.

Excuse me? You pay to get a service done right. I don't care if it's 5 dollars or 5,000. If they are promising you a certain kind of finish, you better believe I'm expecting what they are promising. To top it all off, not only did I not get the finish I wanted, but they ruined other parts of my car.

I was supposed to be "sponsored" by them and they gave me a price which is about half of what a wrap job would cost.. what a great sponsor! LOL

No way less than 2-3k. I did get a full refund tho. (after about 2 weeks of waiting)

I've seen cars get peeled off. It truly is supposed to come off seamlessly...but ONLY when the job was done RIGHT and sprayed with enough coats.

Again, you're not knowledgeable of what you're talking about so you don't know the possible outcomes with autoflex.

Thank you...Seriously, thank you. You hit the nail on the head.

Price was significantly lower than wrap. I did my research...they actually did a good job on the few cars I saw. Unfortunately AFTER I endured the hell I went through, I saw the rest of the cars they ruined.

Again - You have 0 knowledge of the product and are posting in this thread for all the wrong reasons.

You actually aren't helping. I simply posted my experience with this company so no fellow car enthusiast goes through what I did. I've posted this same exact post in other forums and the responses I've received in this forum are probably the worst and most uneducated.

Thank you. Just to get the wing, hood, front and rear (OEM nismo) bumpers was very expensive. I needed an alternative to wrap because wrap had a VERY long wait time before I could schedule my appointment. I waited a little less than a month for my appointment for the dip, so you can imagine how long the wait was for the wrap shop. I honestly thought that DipOne was the best of the best in terms of dip - which Is why I went there. Obivously it was a mistake.

I recommend not doing this. If you have a project car and you're not too worried about the paint, I would buy a paint gun and learn how to paint by trial and error. Of course, I would never do this on a 370z for obvious reasons.

I'm really not worried about my kbb value or overall value of my car because I know I'm going to keep this thing for a very long time. With that said, I just can't justify painting(real paint) the 370z myself because I know how much hard work it is. I do not have time for that.

Wrong. Wrap and dip sometimes (use that term loosely) look WAY better than some paint jobs I've seen. And second, I truly think you have no idea what's involved in paint because "knowing" or "seeing" your uncle do it is completely different than knowing HOW he actually does it. After 30 years, one can assume that technique comes second nature.

Agreed. Thank you for understanding


Look guys, I like to troll as much as the next guy, but in the end, that's not the reason why I created this thread. I took my time to be as detailed as I could be so that you could see where I'm coming from and my experience with DipOne.
Picture this - You see a few cars that the shop did and they came out great. They quote you for, let's say, half of the normal cost. They promise you "showroom finish" and lift your expectations. While this was all in my head, the only negative thing I thought was "it's only X amount of dollars, and it can always come off easily." The cash price was not nearly as much as some of you think. I was not worried about that.

The point here is this:
-I paid for a service which was "guaranteeing" me certain outcomes.
-That level of service was not achieved.
-Once the paint was removed, the car was NOT returned to me in the state in which it was given to the shop. This includes several different area's of damage to the car.
-I was not aware, told, or warned that any of this would happen.
-The DIP was not the problem. The problem was the WORK that was done. If I went to a different shop and actually got it done right, 99% of you would have a completely different outlook on Dip.

In a nutshell, Dip looks great when applied right. It wasn't applied right to my car. It was a mistake going there, but who knew? Heed my warning and just stay away from dip shops all together. The car will be fixed and wrapped soon.

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KAT-PWR

You're lying to yourself saying that you can't tell the difference between paint and dip.

Dip looks okay for a short period of time.

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///Maestro

Then you haven't seen a properly done autoflexed car.

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JM216S14

You're right none of us have, because they don't exist.....

///Maestro

This forum never ceases to amaze me.

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economix

Sorry about your experience and the douchers here who missed the point of the post. Thanks for the detailed explanation of issues.

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