[oshusttoley]

Anyone have expeirence with this? I just bought two cans of plasti dip. Was wondering if anyone has any pointers or may be able to even assist me? I wanted to do the chrome outer trim. I've heard many doing this. Thanks!

[moonsin]

Spray in thick layers or you'll have hell of a time when you decide to rip them off. I made mistake of spraying in light layers and when i went to rip them off to wrap it with vinly it came off in little pieces size of my fingernail

[2jzn54]

Its quite easy. Newspaper/tape off most of the car since it will be a mess dealing with the overspray.. I wouldn't bother pulling off the trim already on the door, but the top piece plucks out pretty easy (don't be afraid to use a little force)

A said above thick even coats and make sure its nice and warm when you do it.

[WRichieX]

Just fyi, I had mine plastidipped and looked like crap after a bit. Ripped it off and wrapped it. Looks so much better. But hey you already bought the spray so might as well try it.

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by Daily Three

Its quite easy. Newspaper/tape off most of the car since it will be a mess dealing with the overspray.. I wouldn't bother pulling off the trim already on the door, but the top piece plucks out pretty easy (don't be afraid to use a little force)

A said above thick even coats and make sure its nice and warm when you do it.

Thanks! I heard if you take the trim off, it never goes on back the same way. Won't the chrome bend and look crappier lol? Does it go in easy back on? I'll prob attempt this after the rain that supposed to come for the next 3 days.

Originally Posted by moonsin

Spray in thick layers or you'll have hell of a time when you decide to rip them off. I made mistake of spraying in light layers and when i went to rip them off to wrap it with vinly it came off in little pieces size of my fingernail

Thanks for the tip! How many cans did you use. You think two is enough? It's easy to too off the over spray right? I don't want to over spray and then get it stuck on my paint lol.


To both, how long has this plasti dip lasted? Does it do well after car washes and harsh winters ? Or is this something that needs to be re painted after a while. I want to do vinyl but I can't find anyone in my area to do this. Or I would do vinyl 100%

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by WRichieX

Just fyi, I had mine plastidipped and looked like crap after a bit. Ripped it off and wrapped it. Looks so much better. But hey you already bought the spray so might as well try it.

You wrapped it yourself? Was this difficult? Do you think I should attempt to wrap it myself rather then spraying it?

[2jzn54]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

Thanks! I heard if you take the trim off, it never goes on back the same way. Won't the chrome bend and look crappier lol? Does it go in easy back on? I'll prob attempt this after the rain that supposed to come for the next 3 days.




Thanks for the tip! How many cans did you use. You think two is enough? It's easy to too off the over spray right? I don't want to over spray and then get it stuck on my paint lol.


To both, how long has this plasti dip lasted? Does it do well after car washes and harsh winters ? Or is this something that needs to be re painted after a while. I want to do vinyl but I can't find anyone in my area to do this. Or I would do vinyl 100%

only for the bottom piece and its a 50/50 sorta thing with the bottom piece. someone did my vinyl on it before and messed it up that way. needless to say i was pissed.


i gave it a few weeks before taking it into a wash so it could cure. i've had mine on for several months 0 issues. i wouldn't waste your time with vinyl. i found it less durable and much more of a hassle.

[Andrewe92]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

Anyone have expeirence with this? I just bought two cans of plasti dip. Was wondering if anyone has any pointers or may be able to even assist me? I wanted to do the chrome outer trim. I've heard many doing this. Thanks!

toley! hey bro hah found this diy on e90post.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=671155

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by Andrewe92

toley! hey bro hah found this diy on e90post.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=671155

Exactly what I needed!

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by Daily Three

only for the bottom piece and its a 50/50 sorta thing with the bottom piece. someone did my vinyl on it before and messed it up that way. needless to say i was pissed.


i gave it a few weeks before taking it into a wash so it could cure. i've had mine on for several months 0 issues. i wouldn't waste your time with vinyl. i found it less durable and much more of a hassle.

Perfect. I will attempt this probably this weekend and will report back hopefully with my success

[Andrewe92]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

Exactly what I needed!

good luck!! lol

[WRichieX]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

You wrapped it yourself? Was this difficult? Do you think I should attempt to wrap it myself rather then spraying it?

If you can return can, I say wrap it. It'll look so much better. It wasn't that hard but you need patience as you'll need to heat the wrap and stretch to get it around the bends. There's one part I actually need to redo as I rushed it because it was my last part and there are some bunching on the bends.

[moonsin]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

Thanks! I heard if you take the trim off, it never goes on back the same way. Won't the chrome bend and look crappier lol? Does it go in easy back on? I'll prob attempt this after the rain that supposed to come for the next 3 days.




Thanks for the tip! How many cans did you use. You think two is enough? It's easy to too off the over spray right? I don't want to over spray and then get it stuck on my paint lol.


To both, how long has this plasti dip lasted? Does it do well after car washes and harsh winters ? Or is this something that needs to be re painted after a while. I want to do vinyl but I can't find anyone in my area to do this. Or I would do vinyl 100%

Two cans should be enough. It lasted couple of months until i decided to rip it off (it was still in good condition).

Wrapping the trim yourself isn't that hard you should give it a shot. It just takes a looooong time to do. I think it took like 3 hours to do mine and its still holding up fine to this day after like 1.5 years.

[2jzn54]

just remember to leave thick layers and if you find that its not coming out smooth.. easy just peel and spray it again..

[Veeemdoubleu]

plasti dip = poop
looks good for few days then turns into horse poop.

my .02

[2jzn54]

if you manage to do it wrong it'll look like poop no doubt. if you want a matte black window trim i dont see the sense in spending the time wrapping it at least first.. the vinyls in my experience chip worse over time.. (used shadowline). they look great until then and its a pain wrapping and getting out any creases when wrapping and also removing the vinyl.. if you don't like the plastidip look thats fine you bought 2 cans you are out $10 bucks and can peel the damn thing off and start over or move on. if you don't like how the vinyl came out or choose to remove it down the road its a pain and iirc you can't vinyl the bottom trim without actually removing the trim.

in my opinion try the plastidip first and if you really don't like it go for he vinyl.. I did it in the opposite order thinking plastidip would be tacky and it actually looks better to me and when/if I do get chips I can easily mend the dip or respray vs removing and rewrapping.. Maybe its just the color of my car, but I was much happier with the plastidip result.

[Sexy07XI]

I did this on my Maxima before i got the bimmer. I sprayed multiple coats, probably like 8. Peeled it off and for like the next month i would use black spray wax on it and it developed and nice even sheen. Came out great.

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by Daily Three

if you manage to do it wrong it'll look like poop no doubt. if you want a matte black window trim i dont see the sense in spending the time wrapping it at least first.. the vinyls in my experience chip worse over time.. (used shadowline). they look great until then and its a pain wrapping and getting out any creases when wrapping and also removing the vinyl.. if you don't like the plastidip look thats fine you bought 2 cans you are out $10 bucks and can peel the damn thing off and start over or move on. if you don't like how the vinyl came out or choose to remove it down the road its a pain and iirc you can't vinyl the bottom trim without actually removing the trim.

in my opinion try the plastidip first and if you really don't like it go for he vinyl.. I did it in the opposite order thinking plastidip would be tacky and it actually looks better to me and when/if I do get chips I can easily mend the dip or respray vs removing and rewrapping.. Maybe its just the color of my car, but I was much happier with the plastidip result.

Thanks