The first time I painted my grill I used a bunch of different shit like bulldog (chrome adhesive) like 3 coats of primer, a bunch of coats of paint and a bunch of clear. about 2 months into it the paint started chipping and getting worse and worse and worse. A lot of people have been using the plasti dip so I thought, hey.... i'd give it a try. The second time was a lot faster because I knew how to take everything off and bla bla bla. About 3 cans later just to be on the safer side. So that's about 25$ worth of plasti dip and sandpaper which is $5. And water for the sandpaper to wet sand everything..... Priceless. Also I used about 4-5 coats on each piece
Here are some before pictures
And After......... I used a wire brush which is shown in one of the pictures to get as much of the older paint as I could off of the mesh grill part. This plasti dip seems to stick to pretty much anything though
Very nice.....Ok i have a question. I just bought a 05 black cts-v. And the previous owner spray painted the girlles, and it is chipping. I would really like to try out this plasti dip stuff. How do i do i go about gettin the paint off the crome trim and the netting. And also how do i go about prepping for the plasti dip before spraying. thanks.
you don't need to do any prep work for plasti dip as its a coating and not a paint. I would clean the grill the best you can. Then spray it with the plasti-dip over the current paint.
I took wire brush and my old paint came off easy. You have to make sure you get all of it off though, or the stuff that is left is going to lift your plasti dip off the mesh. If I was going to do it again, i'd just leave the paint and plasti dip over it
If I had to do it all over again, I would have just left the emblems on and razor-edged around them. Instead I took them off and forgot the best part of this product is that it just peels off.
the black and silver looks very good. I'd powercoat the wheels and stay away from the plasti dip for that. Unless you are very good at not hitting curbs
Hey has anyone tried using the plasti dip gloss enhancers...i think it just came out. I just ordered some to do the grille...i'll post pics up when i complete it.
I am now trying to decide if I want to pull the plastidip off the outside chrome lip and leave the rest black like odthetruth except blacked out emblem too... HMMM
I was thinking about doing that I may just peel it off on the outside of the emblem first so all of the emblem will be chrome except the colored logo in the middle and then I will leave the rest of the front black I will post up pics... I am also ordering the glossifier to test
Have any of you thought about using plasti dip to protect paint on long drives/track days? (I'm thinking front end and behind rear wheels.) I know some people do painters tape so they don't get rock chips, but this seems like it might be even easier/better? Thoughts?
Have any of you thought about using plasti dip to protect paint on long drives/track days? (I'm thinking front end and behind rear wheels.) I know some people do painters tape so they don't get rock chips, but this seems like it might be even easier/better? Thoughts?
My son (10) actually suggested this to me after seeing a C6 driver painter tape half his car before a Solo race. I will probably give its try along with some good humored racing stripes, lightning bolts and a big ass "Jake" on the hood. Wheels are next, maybe this weekend.
There are water-soluble products that would likely be better than Plasti-Dip for temporary use like a track-day. Better in that they would be much easier to remove, overspray is not a concern, etc. How would you plastidip your front bumper without it getting overspray in the grill, on the lights, etc? And how big a pain would it be to remove?
There are water-soluble products that would likely be better than Plasti-Dip for temporary use like a track-day. Better in that they would be much easier to remove, overspray is not a concern, etc. How would you plastidip your front bumper without it getting overspray in the grill, on the lights, etc? And how big a pain would it be to remove?
That Duplicolor product looks interesting. But it looks like it would require about as much prep as Plastidip. Definitely looks like it would be easy to remove though.
Dipped the wheels this weekend. Could not wait any longer. Pics to come. Oh yeah installed the Hotchkis front sway as we'll. Solo racing here I come.
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