TTechLexus

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I don't get it, what did you do?

Shervin350

the original emblem and grill is chrome, this is clean you spray over it, it turns it in to brushed aluminum type is no longer shiny

MadMorry

For those wanting to paint their rims with either Plasti-Dip or Paint...You dont have to strip the tyre off the rim and be scared of ruining your hard work...

Here is the old 'card trick' to paint wheels...
Just buy a set of playing cards and fan them around the wheel on a 45d angle between the rim itself and the tyre...over-lapping the cards a tiny bit so they dont have any gaps...

Here is how the procedure went and the end product on my Jeep Patriot...

Chow

awesome thread. I am going to have to give this a go soon. Thanks!

Fury82

Anyone know if spray painting with color matched spray paint or any color over the plastidip square and peeling off the excess will work? Can you still peel it fine if spray paint is on top?

smatt01

dont use plasti dip... **** is junk, it looks like **** after a couple months and there are so many other cheap mods that can be done to make your car look a million times better.

Just my two cents.. coming from a kid who plasti dipped the **** out of his car and now regrets it.. removal process isnt the worst but still a hassle.

trust me.. im on a tight budget too

BrandonIS

Plasti dipped a set of my old wheels because the chrome was flaking, won't use it on anything else though. If you don't like the chrome emblems, spend the money and get the black pearl ones, trust me. So much more quality. So good.

Smiles1984

i did the same thing on mine and its fffnn great, i went through a car wash plenty of times and its all there

Djfoho

bumping for awesomeness not a IS owner but love this thread i did my emblems on my sc300 and they look great however i did use gloss to give it some shine

Djfoho

if your on a tight budget i wouldnt since they can be pretty pricey this is why people do this honestly for me if the plasti dip starts looking like crap after 6 months (which for me it has not) for a 6 dollar can and supplies i have laying around i do not mind re painting every few months. but then again we all have our opinons, kudos to you if you purchased the pearl black emblems they probably look great!

alanuk

Hi guys I'm looking at doing my whole car then using the glossifier to give a shine and make it easier to clean. Reason I like this I'll either do my self or get a pro to do .iv got lots of surface scratches and stone chips so few extra layers will sort it out rather than few grand full respeay all because some bellend crashe into me no damage apart fro
light scrapes but on dark car very visable

don

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So uh, my "friend" tried this on his emblems and did not like the result so he tried to peel it off and start over. But he is having a hard time peeling it off in the tight spots.




Suggestions?

Again, for my friend. Not me. He thanks you.

kentaro

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^
seems the first try didn't have enough coats.
To clean it up (or re-do it) you can apply more coats and (hope) it'll bond to left overs and peel off

bob4256

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Use goo gone.

A friend if mine tried to plastidip his roof and didnt like how it came out. Goo gone worked like a charm

RDIS250AWD

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seems like a cool and cheap mod at first but months down the road it does look like crap. Some people take plasti dip too far by doing their wheels, hoods etc. Now they even have ppl that are "certified" to plasti dip your whole car smh
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/aos/3683033074.html