this isnt the best but it worked out for me

http://www.team-integra.net/forum/7-appearance/193150-poor-mans-paint-job.html

 

Why in the hell would you want to cover your hole car in rubber? I have tried that stuff on springs just to see how it would look,and that stuff is hard as hell to get a smooth outcome,i can't even imagine how a car would look.

 

Man I think that stuff is pretty textured. That would probably be the last paint job you ever do or get because it would cost you twice the shops regular price because they would have to strip all that shiz off.

Get some QUALITY automotive spray paint if you really have to do it this minute with little funds. Otherwise just save up and have someone else do it once you can afford it. Friends with a compressor and a garage they could lend you for a week could make this a lot cheaper as well.

 

Why the F would anyone over do this? Your car would look like it was dipped in road tar.

Actually, you know what? Do it! I want to see this now.

 

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Actually, you know what? Do it! I want to see this now.

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Plasti-Dip is OK on small surface items and irregularly shaped items, but not for large surfaces. It's extremely hard to get even. It'll be across the spectrum from rough to smooth and will look terrible. You'd be better off rattle canning with matte blank. Probably cost the same but it'll look a little better.

 

I have a friend who coated his entire truck in Rhino Liner and it looked like ****. However, it was his weekend "rock crawler", so it actually served a purpose.

 

You couldn't do anything worse. Why would you add more paint before you need to have it sanded/stripped for a professional paint job? There is absolutely NO valid reason to do this as a "temp. thing" before you get your car painted. Even if your car is rusting, the best and really only option is to cut out, repair, sand, and properly prime/paint the new pieces of the panels.

My cousin built an old Toyota 4-Runner with no roof and Rhino liner painted the entire outside of the car, but that was so he could roll it a dozen times in the desert on a weekend, and not give a damn about the paint or body panels. In his case it was PERMANENT. The only way to remove something like that would be a chemical strip or a media blaster.

Do not do this. The cheap way in this case, will cost you more in the long run.

 

i think just freaking spray canning would look better than plasti dip in the end you might not need to buy new body components if you plan on actually painting or spend a **** load of time removing it

 

not a teg but same idea...
Plastidipped my car. - DSM Forums

 

I got to say,that dose indeed look good. But that **** drys to fast,so i wonder how he got away with spraying the whole car.

 

It looks great, I'd even consider doing something like that to my car, BUT not if I was planning on getting it painted afterwards. Most paint shops will not want to deal with painting rubber instead of metal.

 

I agree,it would cost "WAY" more in the long run to take all that rubber off.

 

After reading that DSM thread... it looks like that stuff peels off pretty well but I'd still be hesitant to use that pre-full-paint job.

 

doesnt look at that on the entire car, just dont use a power washer to get off the pasti-dip.
reading the entire 14page thread posted above I saw this.
Plasti-dip FAIL: What not to do - G35 NYC

I bought a can of it so I can do my fender wells, looks like if you put clear on it the pasti-dip just sucks it up.

 

Well that was just dumb. "we got tired of trying to peel it off, so we used something that strips stucco off buildings, and then we were surprised when it affected the paint the plasti-dip had bonded to over several months."

[facepalm]

 

Here's my ammended opinion. If you're okay completely stripping all the paint off with some sort of media blaster, go for it. That stuff looks really sick with 8-10 coats and costs around 100 bux to do the whole car, just no you can't slap it on there then paint on top of it. That DSM tread made me wanna do it to my car...

 

After seeing this I may just try it on some interior pieces.. Been searching high and low for black interior to complete my tan to black swap with no luck..

 

Its dose look sharp when sprayed on,and you wouldn't have to worry about rocks dinging the car as they would just bounce off.lol
Whats cool about it to is that stuff comes in different colors.

 

Psh, all these people are painting their cars with the PlastiDip Aerosol cans.

I'm going to just buy a vat of the stuff and lower my car in. YEeeeee!

 

anybody end up doing this? seriously considering it since my car is matte black primer right now and autocross season is almost over. [been hitting cones during autocross, so have been waiting on new paint]

 

You should do it, looks like stealth black/flat black, doesn't look too bad actually.

 

The World's First Record Plastidip G35 - Project Car

Plasti-dip is a great product. My friends use it on their cars when they take road trips (porsche gt2 and zo6 corvette), then peel it off their paint when they are done. Works better than blue painters tape in most cases.

 

The World's First Record Plastidip G35 - Project Car

Plasti-dip is a great product. My friends use it on their cars when they take road trips (porsche gt2 and zo6 corvette), then peel it off their paint when they are done. Works better than blue painters tape in most cases.

For the record there are other cars out there where it takes the paint with it when it goes. Check out the link in Andy's post above.

 

thats some crazy stuff people are doing with it.Ive used it on tools for work but never on a car...

 

i though plastidip just peels off?opcorn:

 

smh..old ass thread