bornking

Ok, got a new paint job from a very good body shop.
Now I got her dipped to protect that paint!
More pics coming soon!

Thoughts?

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

Looks OK, I think a wrap would do a better job protecting the paint with less risk of solvent damage that is a rare but known issue with dip.

dicer

If a car that new needed new paint it wasn't taken very good care of. I think its very spooky using naphtha containing plasti dip on top of the clear coat. I've read that it isn't always real easy to remove the dip when the time comes. Personally I'd rather a good coating or at least have the coating before doing the plasti dip. I'm not a fan of water base paints but the dip is one place I think it should be, why? Because like PureDrifter says about the solvent damage. Personally I would never put an oil base solvent on good paint and leave it there to dry, its bad enough spilling gas on the paint and having to wash it off real fast. Oh and how many months did you allow the new paint job to cure before doing this dip job?

bornking

I was hit once and someone keyed the car, otherwise I took great care of the car. Don't Assume!

Also plastidip won't harm your clearcoat as has now been demonstrated for years.

Furthermore, a wrap costs 3 times as much.

RX469

iTrader: (1)

I like your new paint job from that very good body shop!

sndlight

That matte black look is awful.

wolfy53

Since you asked that is crazy. Why cover up a beautiful paint job. Why not just dip it and make it look like a 16 year old spray painted it on top of the bad paint...

Sorry not my taste. It is your car do with it what you want but I personally don't like the plastic dip or whatever that stuff is.

oldskewel

iTrader: (1)

Looks great to me. But why did you get the real paint job first? Why not save the $$ on that and just dip it?

dicer

If the new clear coat didn't get a chance to cure real good, I think your in for surprise.

bornking

Good question. The paint job was an insurance claim after the car was vandalized. The dip is to protect it. Why? Someone already rubbed against the car within a few weeks of the paintjob...I had to pay another $500 to fix that (out of pocket)...this way at least the paint job is protected under the dip (to a degree admittedly).

01LEXPL

iTrader: (10)

Too bad... such a nice CLEAN color, now it looks like the typical 400km+ beaters going for 1k on kijijijijijiiii

I would've spent the few hundred to do a nice clearshield on the hood, mirrors and door edges/rockers. Bumpers can always be repainted with time.

winter4w

Paint job looks nice Looks like new. I have plans to get my car fixed since one of my doors has a scrape and on the other side it looks like some debris got kicked up from my tires leaving these marks. I was able to buff most of it out but it looks like the debris took some of the paint out with it.

RA40

iTrader: (6)

The paint looks nice. The aerodynamics are quite good that a clear bra of the bumper, hood and mirrors are good protection.

Stroock639

if you want to protect the paint why not just cover it with a tarp or put it in the garage? then you can just take the tarp off and it'll still look nice and un-riced

you asked for thoughts so i gotta be straight here and say i really don't like it. it's nicely done whoever did it, but i just don't think this is the type of car to murder out like that

dicer

So how long did the new paint cure for?