Plasti-dipped 128i

[kayjay128]

Ha it was originally black... it had serious road rash on the front end from driving through the mountains...so I figured id give this a shot

[kayjay128]

It was originally black. it had crazy road rash on the front end from driving on mountain roads.. i figured i'd give this a shot. I LOVE it

[froop]

It looks like a very good job. Very even coating and I'm also surprised it only took 8 cans.

I'm not a huge fan of matte colours usually, though we had a dyno day recently here in Sydney and there was actually a wrapped matte metallic grey 135i which actually looked really good. I think adding in the metalic colour to a matte job adds a lot.

If plasti-dip is cheap for you there over in Canada (It costs $25/can here...) what you could possibly try and dabble with is mixing black with some silver metaliser and see how you go. When you're bored of the matte black of course. You wouldn't be able to use cans but would have to use the gallon tins and some type of spray gun.

[kayjay128]

Originally Posted by froop

It looks like a very good job. Very even coating and I'm also surprised it only took 8 cans.

I'm not a huge fan of matte colours usually, though we had a dyno day recently here in Sydney and there was actually a wrapped matte metallic grey 135i which actually looked really good. I think adding in the metalic colour to a matte job adds a lot.

If plasti-dip is cheap for you there over in Canada (It costs $25/can here...) what you could possibly try and dabble with is mixing black with some silver metaliser and see how you go. When you're bored of the matte black of course. You wouldn't be able to use cans but would have to use the gallon tins and some type of spray gun.

Cans here in Canada are $20 plus tax. I live close enough to the USA border that a guy brought some up from the states and i bought it off of him for $11 a can. I'm not sure if we can get the metalizer here.. i'll have to take a look

[froop]

Originally Posted by kayjay128

Cans here in Canada are $20 plus tax. I live close enough to the USA border that a guy brought some up from the states and i bought it off of him for $11 a can. I'm not sure if we can get the metalizer here.. i'll have to take a look

Ouch that sucks. I have no idea why it would cost that much for you guys. I don't even know why it costs that much for us

If you wanted to do some kind of metallic black with plasti-dip it would definitely need to be premixed. I do not think it would work to use a metaliser spray can over the coats of black because to apply an even looking coat you would need to spray a few layers and then it just ends up looking silver... If you only spray a light layer on it would look blotchy.

To be honest I have only seen videos or pictures of the metaliser spray can being layered over a black base coat so I'd be highly interested in seeing a custom metallic plasti-dip job.

Check out some of the photos of the matte metallic grey 135i. Despite my bias against matte colours even I have to admit it's a beautiful wrap job and colour.

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...=797814&page=6

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[spray]

How hard is it to do it right?
Has anyone in the GTA done it?
I'm terrible with detail oriented things.

[kayjay128]

Originally Posted by spray

How hard is it to do it right?
Has anyone in the GTA done it?
I'm terrible with detail oriented things.

Seriously hard to mess this up. I did it in 45kmph winds, outdoors, between two trees.. as long as you spray it relatively evenly you cant mess it up.

[spray]

I'm more worried about how to tape it for clean edges.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/...25068e42_o.jpg

I think the c5 z06's look great in matte

Originally Posted by kayjay128

Seriously hard to mess this up. I did it in 45kmph winds, outdoors, between two trees.. as long as you spray it relatively evenly you cant mess it up.

[kayjay128]

Originally Posted by spray

I'm more worried about how to tape it for clean edges.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/...25068e42_o.jpg

I think the c5 z06's look great in matte

the trick is not to tape it for clean edges... take a look at the dipyourcar videos on youtube. they dont tape very precisely for a reason. i oversprayed on to my windows purposely and i got wonderful edges because it all just peeled off

[spray]

So would you just overspray on the taillights and stuff too?

[kayjay128]

yep, and then it just peels off.

[Webb70]

Does this come in gloss colours (like white) ?

[kayjay128]

it doesn't come in Gloss colors, but i believe you can get a gloss over-coat

[taichi]

wow good job, looks exactly like those wrapped cars, what's the major difference versus those who spend thousands in wrapping?

[vanondemand]

Originally Posted by taichi

wow good job, looks exactly like those wrapped cars, what's the major difference versus those who spend thousands in wrapping?

The vinyl material doesn't cost thousands itself obviously its the labour.

[taichi]

I did some research and plastic dip normally last a few months versus the vinyl can last for years.

[kayjay128]

Originally Posted by taichi

I did some research and plastic dip normally last a few months versus the vinyl can last for years.

its true... but to me.. i'd rather spend $90 for a couple months of fun than $3000 on vinyl..that peels... my husband has been a detailer for 20 years... Vinyl...not so good

[kayjay128]

So i decided to plast-dip the wheels today!

[Snakeeyes]

whats your original color? wonder if you have to do a color change in your registration if you will dip ir vinyl a car

[Webb70]

Originally Posted by Snakeeyes

whats your original color? wonder if you have to do a color change in your registration if you will dip ir vinyl a car

Yes you do if you change the colour...

[kayjay128]

My car was black... and its still black lol

[chris82]

Fantastic job. How has this held up? And damn if you lived lived near me I'd def ask you to do mine