Really bored today.... so i began to Plasti Dip

[nycMS3]

So I was very bored this afternoon and always wanted to have black emblems. But without going through the trouble of sanding, priming and painting (Than hoping it wont chip away after a week).

Here are my results:

First I masked of the area (yes i sprayed the painted area, don't be scared)



First coat of Plasti Dip (I was a bit nervous that I sprayed it like that)



After the third coat I began to peel away parts of the Plasti Dip



Finished product, I waited around 20-30 mins in between each coat. The excess plasti dip came off without any trouble.



The mazdaspeed emblem, same process as the other emblem. Just a bit tricky taking all the excess paint off because of the tight grooves. I used a very thin flat head. Buddy of mine took the pictures with his cell, im still waiting for more





If only I knew about this stuff a few years ago and if you get bored of the look. Simply peel it off.

[oh10speed3]

Looks good. The first pics looked like it was gonna end in fail

[Snyeed]

LAZY!

[karl-hungus]

dude, i don't think lazy is the right word.

[nycMS3]

LOL!!!

I did it this way because I did not want to go through the trouble of re-applying the thin 3m tape for the rear emblems (which i don't have). I did take off the front emblem if that makes it better

And oh10speed3

My friends thought I would be going home with a black box and black rectangle on my trunk. But everything worked out lol

[HARPER306]

Originally Posted by Snyeed LAZY!

Originally Posted by karl hungus dude, i don't think lazy is the right word.

+1

what's lazy about it? same results as taking them off/sanding/painting/reapplying without and of those steps. extremely durable stuff and removable whenever you want.

i've been looking for this stuff forever but its scarce up here in canada. the dippable stuff is easy enough to find, but the spray is non existent.

[nycMS3]

Originally Posted by HARPER306 +1 what's lazy about it? same results as taking them off/sanding/painting/reapplying without and of those steps. extremely durable stuff and removable whenever you want. i've been looking for this stuff forever but its scarce up here in canada. the dippable stuff is easy enough to find, but the spray is non existent.

Your telling me, I went through two home depots and a autozone before I found it at Lowes.

[D08SPEED3]

JDM as fukk! Lol. Fuck it throw some racing stripes while u @ it haha. Looks good. I plasti dipped all my badges as well.

[BlackMS6]

looks good, good job!

[Nikon187]

Without sanding off the chrome it WILL chip in time.

[nycMS3]

This isn't standard paint, a few people that I know used this stuff and went through a year without any chips or peeling. If it happens, then it does whatever.

But I added one last picture in the original post, sorry for the quality (cell phone pic)

[rodrigo]

looks ok///will it last.....

[oh10speed3]

At least it turned out good. I had a friend that painted his emblems black or some shit on his Tiburon. I remember him coming over to my house in a panic to show me, since he thought it looked so good. I walk outside and there were these huge bubbles in the paint. Looked like hist.

[jimmyx27]

haha boobs. 2nd to last pic

[bigx5murf]

One of these days, you're gonna walk out to your car... and the whole thing will be covered in newsweek + painters tape!

[wankular]

Plasti Dip also works on steel shift knobs. I put five coats on my TWM, the next day it sat out in 100+ all day long. The knob was barely warm to the touch when in the past it was literally like putting your hand on a boiling pot. Two weeks and it hasn't worn off yet.

It might be hard to find because sometimes it's not in the paint section. At Ace Hardware it was in the hand tools section.

[TRex]

how the hell is it so easy to pull off but also chip resistant?

i did my emblems with regular paint but just sanded down the chrome (fuck taking it off) and have a bit of chipping after about a year

[SRTie4k]

In my experience PlastiDip isn't super durable like everyone makes it out to be. It does harden up over time, but it's still plastic and can rub off unintentionally.

I PlastiDip'ed a handlepole spring on my jetski and 2 summers later its peeling everywhere. I can't imagine being out in the sun will help it at all. But it is cheap and easy to apply, so good on you for being innovative.

[predapio]

Damn polack.

Doing things ass backwards as usual....hey how did your formula for frozen water come out? I heard you lost the recipe.

[drknyte]

Does it work on a cak?

[HARPER306]

Originally Posted by drknyte Does it work on a cak?

makes a wicked condom br0

[bigx5murf]

^ the real challenge is maintaining an erection during cure time, all w/o contact of any sort...

[nycMS3]

So I was quite bored today with my friend and we decided to plasti dip his grille on his wrx.



lols! We are taking off the extra plasti dip, i will try to get a better shot tomorrow. Also my badges are still holding up great.

[I gotthatzumzum]

Wow... I have heard of this stuff, but never quite knew it worked like that... How well would it work for interior stuff?

[apena85]

Why don't you give credit where credit is due. Faggot...

It did come out nice, mine is sitll holding up no problem.

[bigx5murf]

Originally Posted by I gotthatzumzum Wow... I have heard of this stuff, but never quite knew it worked like that... How well would it work for interior stuff?

I wouldn't use this stuff on interiors where things get scuffed. It can resist rock chips, and head on stuff well, but doesn't take the side to side scuffs well.

[wankular]

It lasted about two weeks on my shift knob and then started peeling like a bad sunburn.

[nycMS3]

yes yes apena (antonio) I copied you! are you happy? lol

Also its been more then a month and no chipping or peeling on the emblems.

[apena85]

I took mine all off, but the left side of the grill won't come off. It's almost like paint now. Which is weird. Maybe I'll put a heat gun to it.

[Mistersix]

The black badge's look good on the red. Nice work.

[HLR Element]

i don't understand how that stuff came off so easily... i seriously thought you were going to havea huge black square and ask how the hell to get it all off...

[bigx5murf]

I was waiting for someone to realize the black square wouldn't come off lol

I was disappoint

[wolly6973]

My rear emblem has a few chips in it after about 6 months. I don't think I put enough coats on though, since my can ran empty, and I didn't feel like buying more.

I put this stuff on my E4 knob and it was sweet! Kept it from getting insanely hot/cold. I coated the crap out of it and it lasted 6 mos, until I took the knob off for a JBR.

[08cosmic3]

I need ideas guys. I'm going to plasti dip part of hood, hood stripes, wheels, roof, design on the side, something for the big EECMM meet at the Tail of the Dragon in October. I like the idea of decorating up the car for a meet and being able to reverse it afterward. I understand this stuff is not very durable but it will only be on my car for a week. I have only found black so far which is great for my Cosmic Blue Speed. I want to do something wild with my RX7 FD wheels. Maybe gold or red. I don't have photo shop skills so any ideas or pics would be welcome.

[bigx5murf]

moar plasti-dip

[Z-Indy]

Originally Posted by wankular Plasti Dip also works on steel shift knobs. I put five coats on my TWM, the next day it sat out in 100+ all day long. The knob was barely warm to the touch when in the past it was literally like putting your hand on a boiling pot. Two weeks and it hasn't worn off yet. It might be hard to find because sometimes it's not in the paint section. At Ace Hardware it was in the hand tools section.

Did you do the spray plasti dip, or the actual dip stuff like you use on tool handles?

[bova]

I plasti-dipped one wheel to see how it would hold up to getting a tire changed. it didn't hold up, well not even the oem paint on the wheel held up the way the asshat guy changed my tires. so i peeled it off, and the place had to repaint all 4 of my tires to fix the scratches they put in them. then after they came back i re-sprayed them all with plastidip. been holding up great over 2 months now and even took them through a soft cloth car wash with no problem.

here is a vid of me peeling it off the wheel. comes off with ease.

Remove plastidip from wheels - YouTube

Remove plastidip from wheels - YouTube

[Giantsrb45]

Originally Posted by nycMS3 So I was quite bored today with my friend and we decided to plasti dip his grille on his wrx. lols! We are taking off the extra plasti dip, i will try to get a better shot tomorrow. Also my badges are still holding up great.

How well did it come out? I wanna do this to my ms3 since I
it with white grills

[apena85]

I did it to mine check out the sig

[2.3speed06]

Looks good dude!! I did the same, but took the emblems off. It wasn't coming out right while they were on the car.