donieobseo

Hey Has anyone plastidipped their vehicles emblems before? I'm planning on plastidipping my NX and I wasnt sure if the plastidip would damage/remove the clear coat on the car.
Thanks!

P.S. if anyone doesnt know what I'm talking about, Here what I mean

NXOwner

I'm probably going to do the Lexus logo and the NX logo on mine fairly soon. I'm wondering if using plasti dip-like paint from major paint manufacturers is just as good. I've seen Rust-Oleum Peel-Coat or Flexi-Dip.

spyderman3

I would love to plasti dip all the chrome parts on the car and the wheels.

corradoMR2

Did my IS emblems. See build thread in my sig. Go for it, it's fairly simple and low cost.

fishcak3s

Like Corrado said, it's pretty straight forward. Did it for my other car and I'm no where close to a handy man or hands on person.

donieobseo

DId it damage the clearcoat in any way?

corradoMR2

Not at all when peeling it off.

Once dried, the PlastiDip stretches and feels like a plastic garbage and has about the same low adhesion to the clearcoat as does painter's masking tape.

donieobseo

How does it do under the sun? Would the dip melt?

NXOwner

Will plasti-dipped emblems survive automated car washes (either the jet sprayers type or the spinning brushes type)?

I normally go to a hand-wash place, but was just curious.

computerwi

Yep. Survives my 3000 psi pressure washer from a 1 foot distance and a microfiber wash mitt. Just be sure to apply many thin coats.

NXOwner

Thanks, @computerwi ⤴⤴

corradoMR2

No issues in the sun whatsoever. To provide you with more confidence in the product, my IS has in addition been through two winters including one ice storm and multiple freezing rain episodes. Emblems are all intact.

Pic in December 2013:




Pics today:






To add to this, so long as you're careful with the pressure gun, no problem. With this said, I would NOT bring my car to any car wash (hand or automated) for many reasons, one of which risks peeling a corner off the plasti dip.

LINSTEFAN

nigel821

iTrader: (2)

I'll post a pic later. I just sprayed the NX300 on my wife's caviar NX yesterday. I am going to debadge it but figured I'd see what it looks like black. Doesn't look bad. Will look nicer once the NX300 is completely removed from the back of the vehicle. I asked her if I could do all the chrome trim, and she was like "I like the chrome.." ..lol I really feel the roof racks would look so much better painted the body color. They stick out like a sore thumb to me.

-Nigel

NXOwner

Here's my NX plasti-dip...in this thread


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