alright so i know some of you have painters taped your front ends for long road trips and what not, my questions is, how long is it safe to leave on, and how many rolls did you use about? im going to do half the hood, the front bumper, half the front quarter panels, and the mirror backs. Im taking a roadtrip from Seattle, WA to Las Vegas its about 2000 miles and i dont want my front end getting more fucked than it already is.


Thanks for the help


Joe

 

Just be warned masking tape deteriorates from UV light, aka the sun, and its not pretty when it comes time to take off the tape. I'm not sure the time frame that you'll have. just I've seen what one summer weekend will do to a strip of masking tape.

 

hmmm, well its going to be like a 4-5 day drive i think...i will wax the car before i go, i just want to make sure that the goop from the tape isnt going to stick to my paint, and that it will come off easily

 

honestly you should be fine. It's not worth the time and energy for taping it up and pulling it off

 

Clear bra?

 

Yeah a layer of something underneath to help aid removal of the adhesive will work well. my only concern was when it breaks down it becomes one hell of a mess to clean up, and your left with a lot of adhesive still on the car.

 

im making my road trip tomorrow from nebraska to vegas. im not doing the tape but ill let you know how my front end looks when i get there haha

 

from what i have read alot of people do this, i just dont want my car all messed up, driving in the winter with all the crap on the road is horrible. some dude with an M3 did it for 2 weeks in so cal and had no problems at all just came right off. i think im gonna do it, if it ***** it up, oh well i guess lol time for a carbon fiber hood and repaint my front bumper haha

 

Umad?

 

The clear bra idea is probably your best bet, cause obviously your not going for looks, and this way it kinda looks better than tape, and you get the added bonus of reusability. For the mirrors go to an auto parts store and look for a 3m product called stone guard. Only this stuff isn't cheap nor reusable.

 

its way to expensive to clear bra the car. and i already have some rock chips i just dont want a crap ton more you know?

i guess we will see what happens lol

 

or i can plasti dip the whole front end haha

 

Well definitely try the wax then tape. It's a long haul so anything to protect from chips is certainly better than nothing.

 

yes sir, thats what i was thinking we shall see how it goes!

 

I was gonna say plasti dip too...do it.

 

no, you'll be fine... i drove from tx-nc-ky-pa over a 2 week span an got no new marks in anything...
got no marks or dents from goin from tx-va an back in a 2 weeks span either...

all my dents an knicks came from sittin in the barracks parkin lot... fuckn soldiers lol

if anything, do a clear bra.. its not 2 hot outside so painters tape'll praly be good if you're that worried.. but if anything a clear bra'll look better, an protect your front end during an after the trip



oh an if you get a good price for one lemme know... I was thinkin bout gettin one a whiles back, but my money got shot, my trip got rushed an bla bla...

 

im not looking to get a clear bra lol this is just temporary during the trip.

i think it will be ok, granted it doesnt rain the day i leave WA which is probably not likely haha

 

He's not talking about masking tape. He's talking about blue painters tape.

To the OP: You should be absolutely fine. I had blue painters tape on my car for 3 days and had no problems what so ever. Mine got wet on the 3rd day and it made it come off super easy, but even if it doesn't you won't have any problems.

Here's some pics of my car when I had the tape on it (my old 2.2 ion)

 

sweet thanks!

glad u chimed in, i know people have done it with no problems, just wanted some more info

 

Haha painters tape flames...wtf, funny though

 

haha its gonna look beast on my yellow car

 

Post pics!

 

i will lol not gonna be for a few more weeks though

 

Hell im driving from here to miami in 2 months, might go with the plasti dip, 20 hour trip

 

ya i would do plasti dip but sometimes it can be a PITA to take off too especially in small areas