ok so just to make this clear i recently primed and painted my front grill, but it is already being chipped up and pissing me off so im going to plasti dip. However i dont not need to strip the paint off or prime before i do it? Does platidip hide imperfections?

 

my guess when using tape...cut before you remove it w/ a razor...carefully

 

Carefully isnt the word... a mm to deep and there goes my paint lol

 

LOL i'm not thinking you have to THAT deep when cutting just enough to break the mate between plastidip and tape. you will need a new/sharp blade

 

Im gonna try to think of something else.... razor near my paint makes me very nervous

 

lol understood

 

Does the black plasti dip come out flat? Just apply a clear coat to make it shine? Has anyone done this? What clear coat do you recommend

 

It is a flat black but I originally painted in a gloss black but definitely prefer the look of the plasti dip and don't plan to paint a clear

 

http://forums.maxima.org/album.php?albumid=4381

There is the link to my album.... Grille came out nice and was real easy to do.

 

Damn that looks good....

 

since i had some nice weather today and had the plasti dip sitting in my room for months i decided to plasti dip the grille. it took about 7 minutes to get out i got cut on my hand twice trying to get it out. i forgot about before and after pics but this is what i got.

 

thats pretty sick. is it easy to take plastidip off if you wanted to go back?

 

Yup it peels right off.

 

You can use your sig as a before pic

 

How easy is it to peel off? Just wondering how it holds up to road debris . Looks great though.

 

not too sure on the road debris but it looks great. but u can peel it off pretty easy

 

Ill let you know in a few weeks. Painted my lip kit with it. Waiting to see how well it holds up

 

cool thanks

 

Dave the grill came out great man!!

 

Few more pic of my plasti dip project

 

Is it waterproof?

 

yea, I took my car to a carwash like two weeks ago, it came out fine, nor problems.

 

SG, I like yours how you left the chrome trim around the edge of the grill. Did you just tape that off before spraying it?

 

looks good man SG

 

Please answer me this : If you want to paint a section that you taped off you will have to use a razor along that edge so when you peel the tape off you dont peel the Plasti Dip off? Example : If I want to paint a big letter M on my hood I would need to trace the tape line when its done with a razor so when I need to peel the tape off when it drys it wont peel the Letter M I just made? Not that I would do that but there is a few spots I want to do and It would be hard to trace with a blade when its done.

And to bad they dont make this stuff in a clear color as that would be great to use as a invisible bra that is simple to apply and remove wehn needed unlike the expensive film a pro has to install over and over.

 

I was just thinking this morning that if you tape it off then remove the tape as soon as you spray it then your line will me there and it wont be dry yet so it won't peel off.... this will be time sonsuming as you need three coats so you will tape and untape 3 times but if any of us have compaints than we should pony up the dough and send it to abody shop... at 6 dollars a can IM not gonna complain.... and they do make it in clear.

 

They do make a plastidip clear

http://garage-toys.com/plspbl.html

 

Thanks! Yea I used painters tape, really easy to do!!! I wanted the 2011 look so I wanted some chrome to stay there!

 

Thanks Dave!! Best 7 dollar mod ever lol.

 

My next project after I get my tints in about two weeks is gonna be ther circled area in the picture on the rear bumper, any thoughts??

 

you should do it. another suggestion... u should also plastidip the chrome above the license plate

 

If I did that piece Id want it to match the cars color, I dont wanna OD on the black around the car. I want some chrome around the car just to contrast with everything.

 

true....

 

I planned on doing the same thing this weekend and playing with some looks on the front as well...my car is white so I am gonna do a black plasti dip

 

The rear valence will look sick blacked out on a white max, but dont do the front, Ive seen it done b4 It didnt look fresh. Looked out of place.

 

I have some different ideas than what I have seen and I will post pics ASAP and wait for some feedback.... hopefully it is nice out this weekend

 

What color did you use to plastidip, just a regular matte black? I really like the way yours turned out with the chrome lip still there.



Does the chrome piece above the license plate come off?

 

No it doesn't. I wrap mine with black Marta vinyl instead of plastidip

 

Sounds good!! Thats the great thing about plasti dip, its pretty much error proof.

 

antny74 has his done in vinyl. I'm thinking about doing my rear and the rest of my chrome trim in plasti dip. Already did grill, door handles, and lower lip on the bumper