plasti dip whole car?
 

my friends nicknamed my car the batmobile... it's not even black...? anyways the batmobile is in some dying need of body work. i was given the idea to plastidip my hood because it doesnt match the color of my car... what if i were to do the whole thing? i'm thinking it would look sweet.. paint job on a budget? little more along the lines of batmobile...

as long as you like the flat black look go for it... look into vehicle wraps too, might be about the same cost...

definitely flat black. how many cans would you think it would take?

well 1 can covers approx. 10 feet, do the math :lol:

that colbolt is a friend of ions. go for it, it would be interesting, id maybe look into painting instead of using the can, idk. when i did my hood you could see where the can was ran and saw the paint lines. so search an see what others used to lay it on first.

i'm assuming... a lot? haha so like 40-$50 worth right?.... i'm mathematically challenged.....i think if i used the can right, it would be ok. i have no other way of doing it anyways.

Many many many light coats....... sleepy has no sense of patience.

i just did it like i did the emblems.. light coat wait 5 mins, nice coat wait 15 mins, then a good coat wait and hour. i even added a couple coats after that and waited, still could get it to go away.

it'll probably cost almost a couple hundred bucks worth out of a rattle can to get it looking good.

You'd be better off getting jugs of it, thinning it, and spraying it with a paint gun. See here:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=684511

There are links to the dip site for product sourcing as well.

from a durability standpoint, i think it's pretty nice. I dipped the bottom of my rear clip as i wanted somehting that matched to motif of the carbon, but i know rocks and shit hit it all the time and i didn't want to have to re-wrap the whole bumper if it got chewed up. I've never had to respray that area and there is constantly gravel and sand and stuff hitting it and caked to it. originally, it was made to dip tool handles in to give you a better grip. that's what it's called plasti-dip and not -wrap-in-a-can. So knowing it's use, I dont know why people think it just falls off on it's own or something.

As far as comparing it to a wrap cost-wise... that comment must be a joke. I wrapped my car and it was almost 1k in material alone. granted it was di-noc and matte black is about %40 cheaper, but that's still way more expensive that plastidip. and then you gotta pay for install unless you know what you're doing.

It would definitely take me all day... I can't afford to buy a spray gun.. So I'll have to go with the cans... I'll just do what was said about many many light coats.

one bit of advice. clean the car very well. and when you think it's clean with no dust on it... clean it one more time. Spray in a dust free environment if possible. you will be much happier with the results if you keep dirt out of it.

We have a pretty insanely large garage. I'll do it in there. Then I'll dust it, about 4-5 times. Get all the bugs off of it and what not.

should be sweet.

Keep floor wet and keep dust out of the air. Especially in a big garage.

cant wait to see this. :D

I may do it also if it turns out ok

I'm with you on that. The matte black looks pretty nice.

It's probly gonna be 2 to 3 weeks. I'll fill everyone in on what happens.

Looks like something one might do to a beater.

Like one of the guys said....CLEAN IT GOOOOOOD! Get bug remover for the bumper cover/headlights/mirrors and clean them....then soap that baby down and scrub her good. Like manwhore said....LIGHT COATS....dont go real heavy with it or it will look bad/run. Also just spray it one part at a time. Do the hood first...light coat....5-10 min flash or w/e it needs....another light coat....maybe another after? idk....depending on how light ya go. then move to the fender...do that...then door....ya know? One part at a time. Don't try to just do one side of the car at once. K, i'm done ranting ;) Good luck! Can't wait to see how it looks on an alero.

just watch the video that was in the link. it tells you step by step.

Dont worry about taping off the windows, it will peel right off.
Only thing that its hard to get off is the tires imo

I would never so this to a beater. That's a waste of time and material. What you do to a beater is go get some cheap primer and bomb it with that like an idiot. The better the paint and body, the better the matte finish.

apart from my quarter panels rusting,(getting fixed right before) and a small mark on my rear bumper, it's pretty much flawless.

I don't think this is a good idea, especially if your alero is near mint. I also think you'll spend a lot more than 40-50 bucks on this stuff. just my 2 cents.

no bdyman in here yet??

not saying whether or not he should do it however, it has a mismatched hood and needs the rear quarters rebuilt due to rust so I wouldn't consider it to be near mint

yeah its also gonna look sick.

I would do it but my wife would just shake her head and ask me why....

would you saying "because I can" be an incorrect answer to that question :p

Well I said mint because he said he was getting the quarter panels fixed but (no offense to the original poster) if he can't afford paint then he definitely can't afford to fix the quarters.

I just can't see this stuff staying on the car for as long as you want it to. Every month I have to repaint something that some jackass didn't take the time to prep properly. The paint starts peeling off in spots and it looks awful. And thats paint. Its meant to stick to cars. This plastidip stuff isn't even intended for cars, much less the leading edge of a car going 70 mph hitting bugs. I hope this works out for you man but personally I'd worry about it.

it isn't like he is expecting it to be permanent...i don't know if it was in this thread or the other one but it was a temporary thing until he could get the money to paint it properly...unlike paint where you have to sand everything, when you are ready for this to go away you just have to peel it off...there are people doing newer bmws the same way, as referenced in some of the stuff that has been posted it lasts anywhere from 6 months to a year before it needs to be messed with

I guess it wouldn't be the worst then, but I still don't think it would stay on the leading edge of the car long enough to be worth your money. Good luck I guess

yeah he can remove it at any time with no down sides to it. its basically protecting his paint.

Plastidip....

that subie is sex.

when you're close friends with a welder, it tends to change the story a little bit... it's not going to cost me more than $100 to get that repaired. and yeah maybe i got the pricing a little wrong... more like 250, but still beats a price for a full paint job.... could i afford to have my hood repainted, yes. i just think it would look a little different from anyone else's in flat black. it's removable. so it's not like a massive devastation if it doesn't turn out right.

dipp ur whipp

i'm thinking of plasti dipping my stock rims but does anyone know if it holds up good against chrome?

search..

http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showt...ghlight=plasti

it'll hold up fine..