unless you cover everything up on the wheel and try to paint them once they are torqued down worth a shoot

 

Dipping the balt anthracite this weekend. Ill be doin the evo mod again too and ill be keeping my hood wrap on. Ill let you guys know when its done and post some pics in my garage. It wont let me post pics in threads on my mobile app.

 

Yeah the bad thing about Plasti dip is it scratches so easy. I did my interior pieces and you have to be careful. GF already put a couple marks in by mistake.

 

Ive had mine done for almost a year and i dont have a scratch on them. Look the same as the first day i did it. Mine have glossifier on them also tho. And my gf knows not **** around in my baby

 

Oh I did not do any glossifier. And I put on like 7 coats haha, too yolo maybe.

 

Glossifier definitely toughens it up a bit. I dont think you can have too many coats lol. I usually do 5. Im hoping to get 4-5 coats over the whole car plus 1-2 of gloss.

 

Any one see the elstiwrap? Not sure if its new but first time I seen it. Lays flat and smooth, a lot more glossy. And peels pretty good, little harder then plasti dip. Also goes on the same way.

 

Couldn't pass up the DYC summer sale. New color to come in a month or so

 

i tried to get in on that, but they don't ship to Canada so im stuck buying cans for like $20 bucks a piece FML..

 

Go on Prodip.ca, the dude is pretty nice and do good deals.

 

Yeah, it does. You can dig into it with your nail by accident even.

 

PUT ON MORE COATS!!!



but really, it's the most succeptible to scratches in the first week or two after you srpay it while it's curing. Then after that it's more durable. after all, it was designed to insulate tool handles that see a lot of abuse in day to day use.

And more coats DO HELP.

 

Though my balt is now gone, I still used a bit o dip on the new gti. I like the front grille and the rear badge, I used paint clear to make them shiny and a bit more durable.

But the wheels are getting peeled soon, I'm gonna get them powdercoated for a better look and durability.

 

looks deadly brotha! I love GTI'S there wicked ol cars

 

I wouldn't use this stuff on any tools I use in the workplace. Wouldn't last a day of hard work. It's good for thing's that are not supposed to get roughed up though.

 

Yeah I love it. Favorite car to date. Always wanted to get my hands on a 20th too, so to find one in MINT condition with less than 75k on the clock in 2014 was a steal. Especially for the price I paid. I couldn't be happier.

Also emailed the powedercoat guy about a quote on getting my wheels gloss black, only about 320$ for all 4. Winning.

 

Geez man appearently you got a heck of a steal dude

 

My dipped balt has been sitting at the dealership 3 days shy of two months now awaiting parts...

 

dear lord ^

 

I'm going to wait for the new Plasti Dip Spray formula to reach all the colors, then I will be dippin'.

 

There's always something new coming out. First it was regular colors, then sprayable gallons, then bright colors, then non-fading colors, then glow-in-the-dark dip, then pigments added to clear for all different colors dip, then chameleon dip, now even brighter color flip dip, and latest is the new formula for better coverage (which I suspect is more of the old, clear dip with pigments in it)...

They're always coming out with something new, man... you can keep waiting a lifetime that way. Just take the plunge and dip it!

 

My mobile app wont let me post pics in threads but if u guys go into my garage u can see my anthracite dipped balt. Still gotta do the evo mod and cross piece on the grille but im happy with it. Metallic looks awesome in the sunlight

 

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so im thinking about plasti dipping my entire car... to those of you who have done this, how long does it normally last before it starts to peel in spots? My buddy did his car and said its peeling around headlights and in other places after ~5-6 months.

 

If you do a thorough job, take your time and prep properly, it should last quite a while.
I did mine for the first time last August and it lasted until May of this year no problem.
There were a few places that I messed up on which lead to some peeling. Other than that it was solid.
I ended up just dipping right over the previous color when I decided to change things up because it was in good shape.

Like a lot of people I've seen, once you do it once you'll want to do it again.. and again haha.
IMHO if you can get 6 months out of it that's pretty good.