Don't do gunmetal. If you are looking for a dark non-black color use the new charcoal. Gunmetal is to light.
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Plasti-dip Questions and answers
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Good to know. I think for my first round of color change i am just going to keep it simple and go black. This seems like a great easy and cheap way to change things up on your car. I really would have liked a White Nsx so i can only imagine what i will be doing in my future as this seems 100 times easier then vinyl wrapping
My te37's are gunmetal with the metalizer.
Those do look pretty nice. I think i would probably do something like that after i get bored of the black. I loved my wheels when i got them bronze and now they just kinda grown on me and i actually like the way they look the dirtier they get LOL so i am guessing it is my eye matching up the black roof into things. Maybe before changing off the regular black ill do the gloss for a bit then throw the metalizer on then just rip it all off and start all over. This stuff just seems like such a great little invention
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Any pictures of nsx door jams and things like that? I'm wondering just because I'm trying to decide if I want to do the color as the outside, or a generic black in the sills.
Doing the jambs etc is VERY time consuming and you will need a lot more dip. They would all need to be done prior to doing the exterior. The shop car for source1 was dipped gunmetal and I went in and did the jambs in matte black. We just peeled it all today or I would take pics for you.
Ok. Yeah that's what I thought. There's no easy way to do it. I wonder how dumb my car would look with red door jams and a red engine bay but a white outside.
Well I've done stupider things so why not, haha.
Well I've done stupider things so why not, haha.
It'll look like this....kinda. :biggrin:
Haha true... That doesn't look half bad.
The door jams though I foresee being an issue, but maybe not. Jeff's got some cool carbon covers I think :biggrin:
The door jams though I foresee being an issue, but maybe not. Jeff's got some cool carbon covers I think :biggrin:
To someone who does not understand what the finish is then it will be an issue.. But Once explained that it is a temporary finish and peels off people seem to understand.
It'll look like this....kinda. :biggrin:
Yeah, I ended up painting the engine bay black. It didn't look that bad Red but it looks better black
I have a set of wheels I want to do for the mean time before I get them professionally done. A question that I have is rather than peeling the wheels after, is there a quicker way to remove the Plastidip. I tried a spot on my Advan Model 5's and then removed it with some wax and silicone remover which seemed to eat at it and wipe off. Is there a way I could spray a solvent onto the wheels and then pressure wash them to remove the Plastidip? I need to do the entire wheel including the inner barrel but I do not want to upset the wheel re-finisher if the stuff needs to be pulled off .
Lay it on very thick. Peels easy.
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Anyone have a picture of a plastidipped nsx with a good amount of glossifier on it?
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Now that you recommend 4 gallons instead of 3... How many coats would you recommend doing now?
It all depends on the color you want and the color underneath. Some colors take more coats and some take less but expect to do at least 3. I've heard some colors like yellow take 5, maybe even white as well.
The amount of coats depends on how thick you are comfortable in spraying. I would add as many coats as it takes to go through 4 gall. Even when you think it is completely covered and thick with 3 gallons once it settles you can still find spots. With 4 gallons you can not. Again.. This is personal preference. I change colors a LOT on my TL. So adding the 4th gallon saves me time in removing the product also.
Some colors are more in depth then others. Take Blaze orange for example. You can use 3 gall of orange. However you need to cover the car in a solid white base to achieve the bright orange. So you will need 3 gall of white then 3 gall of orange for a total of 6 gallons used.. If you "dust" it in white with a couple coats then try to spray the orange it looks horrible. All the placed you do not have good coverage on with the white will be darker orange.
Finally had a chance to Plastidip my wheels.
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After: 3 cans matte black, 1 can gold metallizer
Before:
After: 3 cans matte black, 1 can gold metallizer
Finally had a chance to Plastidip my wheels.
After: 3 cans matte black, 1 can gold metallizer
Looks awesome! What K1ng said "More pics" Let us know if it fades at all. I heard that the gold flakes will come off so it doesn't look as shiny after about 6 months...Its plastidip so I guess you could peel and respray
Thing with PlastiDip is you have to keep distance constant and make sure the surface is clean of dirt, wax, oils. Otherwise you get texure.
I tried the bronze last Summer and decided I didn't like the combo. So, I just peeled it off......
