Shit i have seen it all now, painting your car with Plasti-dip. Good for the handles of tools but your car. Check out there site dipyourcar.com

 

I'm probably going to do this to my courier. It has an alright paint job on it, but it has some scratches from sitting in the previous owner's garage for 10 years. I'm too poor to pay someone to strip it all down and paint it again, and i like matte finishes so it only makes sense.

 

People have been doing wheels forever. Want them black today, no problem. Want them blaze orange tomorrow, no problem. I look at it like vinyl, something you can do to change the look of your car without doing it permanently.

 

That place is a few miles away from us, have been thinking about doing the Z in white, nice thing is it peels off, want to see what your wheels would look like black, $7 at Lowes and spray away like Monte said. I did our PRI display with it to try it our, takes a few coas to get good coverage, spent $35 on a refurbed Graco airless sprayer from Fbay, $200 in Dip and the Z should look good once I have the body work smoothed out.

 

I may have to look into this. I like to change things up regularly so this stuff makes sense to me. Anyone know how long it lasts?

Jess

 

Damn i knew i shouldn't have posted that , you were supposed to say how crazy.

I was thinking if you can peel it off will it stay on a 200mph car ? blow your paint job off at the traps.

Remember it's not paint your car will look like rubber or plastic.

 

I ordered the matte black wheel kit. I was thinking of have my rims powder coated, but for less than $50 to my door I can see what it would look like, and I don't even have to dismount the tires. This may steamroll into doing the whole car.

Jess

 

Just thought , how do you wash it ? if you rub it very hard it will tear and peel .

 

It takes a bit to get it off, not like you are going to rob a bank and pull around the corner and pull it off and drive away in a different colored car. They offer a glossifier but I don't think it adds much to the shine, Fonzi, yes Fonzi at dip-your-car says it will last two or three years, touch up is pretty easy. Wash with soap and water with a micro fiber cloth. Think about how tough that stuff is on your pliers, an average car take 3 gallons of pre thinned dip and 3-4 decent coats for coverage that's a lot of material.

 

That was my point, it's not going to look like paint !

 

I am going to try the wheels and see how they turn out. The Billit Specialties rims on my big block car should look great matte black. I will see how it holds up. In the YouTube videos Fonzi is washing the blue car with a pressure washer, says it holds up fine. I would hesitate to do the whole car, all matte could get kinda boring. The car they did with the glossifyer looked bad, might be alright if you want a satin finish though. I did see a late model vette done all in satin black, it looked real mean, kinda like that Blackbird spy plane.

Jess

 

I used it our our mock up engine for our PRI display and it worked fine, was surprised it too three coats but it also fills in marks and scratches as it goes on, would be great for trying matte wheels and maybe on the rear lower 1/4 to protect against burn out rubber.

 

Post up some pics Jess, want to see!

 

Kinda like the guy that was going to roll his car that i caught all the shit over 3 years ago but he never did come back and post pic's of it. Shit i wonder why. lol

 

That's why they invented vehicle wraps.
Cheaper than paint and allows you to change the look over and over.
Wraps also will last around 3 years.

 

Im on the fence about the wrap thing... Ambulances at work were wrapped and ther are a ton of flaws with the job. Not sure if it were a crappy install job or if thats just the way they come out. Not expecting a paint like finish by any means... Just seems to be way too many bubbles and seams...

 

Wraps are still $2k-$3k. Plasti-Dip is under $400. We aren't talking about dipping a car for a Ridler show, just screwing around and having fun.

 

The pranking possibilities are endless. Make a stencil that says "I brake for penis" and visit you local Walmart parking lot.

Jess