So I decided that my blue '05 Limited Roadster needed a new look, and Plasti-Dip came to the rescue. Unfortunately, the forum isn't letting me upload images right now, so I'll post links to a few - the full album can be found here: Plasti-Dip'd Crossfire - Imgur I did the windshield surround, the front grill and badges, the rims, the side strakes, the door handles, and the rear badges. I also tinted the side markers while I was at it.
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I know it may not be for everyone, but I think it looks good and gives it a slightly more sinister look.

-Kevin

 

Looks good.

 

Like the 'look'

 

Looks good!

We recently sprayed an entire car in this particular color at my friend's body shop and it turned out great. Matte but with a nice metallic flake...

 

I used a few coats of Glossifier over top because I wasn't looking for the matte finish, but I could see it looking nice on a large scale. The only place I had issues, and I imagine you would on a full car coating too, was with the rubber weather stripping around the windshield. The weather stripping is pretty tight up against the painted surfaces / the windshield trim, so getting the plasti-dip to 'break' along that seam was real difficult. I ended up running a razor blade along the seam to cut it, but I imagine that'd be quite the headache on a full-car dip.
-Kevin

 

Yes, there were some things that took some time, but to be honest, doing the detail stuff like you did is probably more time consuming than an entire car. Especially since everyone working on it was a professional body guy or a well seasoned DIYer, the tape job was important, but we still had to use razor knives on certain areas as well...

 

Hello, my name is Boostmonkey and I am a plasti-dip addict.

Looks great!

 

Getting the tape job right, doing the prep right, and taking your time is worth it all. I saw a dip'd car today that looked like crap.

 

This looks really good. Well done. I have been thinking of doing something in plasti-dip - just not sure what!

 

please tell me how you did the letters!

 

Did you do the entire wheel?

 

jimmirehman,
The letters are pretty easy actually, as is any of the badging. There are great videos on YouTube, but here's the basic technique - Get some painters tape and tape a box about an inch away from whatever you want to paint. So when I painted the back letters and logo, I put a line of tape about an inch under the letters all the way across, and another line about an inch above the logo wing all the way across, and then two vertical lines an inch to either side. Then mask off the rest of the car with drop cloths or whatever to catch overspray - it's just easier to not have to worry about cleanup later. Clean and prep the area within the tape box - I use the dipyoucar.com pre-dip spray, but it smells a lot like windex so who knows - getting everything clean and oil / grease / way free is important. Make sure it's 100% dry (I use my air nozzle). Then spray down a light tack-coat over the entire area inside the tape line, including onto the tape. Then do your follow on coats - I did 4-6 coats depending on how it was laying down. Then let it dry a few minutes while you pull off all the tarps and drop cloths. Then, as you peel up the tape, the plasti dip on the painted area within the tape will start to peel up. When you get to the letters go slow, and the plastidip 'sheet' you're pulling up will snap off clean at the base of the letters, where there's a big change in direction. Use a tootpick to get the plast dip up from inside the letters (R,O,S etc). Same with the logo - peel up slowly around it and it'll snap clean right where the logo badge is on the trunk lid, as long as you cleaned good and pull up gentle / away from the logo, not towards / over it. Watch some of the YouTube videos to see more of what I'm trying to describe. Good luck!

lildaddym,
I did the entire wheel, inside and outside. I did the center caps separately.

-Kevin

 

Looks awesome. I went out and bought the can of pd but I just haven't worked up the courage to do anything but my grill yet. I'd want to remove the tires off the rim for the wheels, the door handles, and the logo pieces to feel comfortable. A good tape job might take me days.

 

what about with the top down.... did you spray the roll bar posts?

 

If you can get 35s and 40s remounted without scratching plastidip I'm going to be seriously impressed. Those suckers are tough to get on, for me at least.

 

So... you need to watch some videos of people applying the dip. One can won't be enough, and you don't need to worry about any sort of tape job. Read my post a few up on how I did the letters - I didn't tape every single letter, just a rectangle about 1" away from all the letters and the badge, then spray. You need to mask the rest of the car off to avoid over spray.

Removing the tires, or removing the logo pieces is a waste of time. I removed the door handles because you need to in order to get 360* coverage on the inside of the handle. I removed the grill because it was easy and I didn't want to spray the radiator. I removed the side strakes because they were easy enough to remove without issue. The tires stayed on the rim, and all the badges stayed on the car.

I did not do the roll bars - thought about it, but I like them being silver on the inside.

 

Dumb question...maybe. After you spray the clear over the plastidip does it have a smooth feel to it? or is it still a tacky ,rubber feel.

 

I'm guessing it's the same feel as non-clear-covered dip. It's not smooth like clear coat on the car, but it's not really tacky. It feels fairly smooth, but still has a bit of that rubbery feel to it.