Looks great, I had wanted to do this when I had my 03 but I was worried about it rubbing off like yours did with the vacuum hose. I hear clear coating it makes it a little more durable

Bad thing with a real paint job it that the paint isn't as flexible as Plasti-Dip. I saw a T4R a few years ago that had been painted and it was flaking off where it had been bumped. I have thought about having the cladding wrapped with matte black vinyl

When taking off the masking tape how do you keep the plasti-dip from stretching or pulling up with the tape? as it is a film

Looks great! Although I don't envy you with having to paint/mask all that. I recently plasti-dipped my grill. It looked great but began peeling with all the bug guts and washes. I took it off last week b/c I was tired of the look.

Probably the same as with any other application, just peel everything off while still wet. That's what i've always done and it seems to work well.

Thanks! How long did it take to begin peeling? My front bumper murders tons of bugs but the Plasti-Dip is holding up just fine. I usually go through the touch-free car wash as it is the quickest but whenever I have the time I wash it myself in the driveway. So far, the Plasti-Dip has survived both methods and still looks the same after around 3 months.


Yes, I made this was happening to me when removing the tape. Next time I do it I will remove the tape immediately so it doesn't pull. When I saw it was pulling I just ripped the tape off quickly (comparable to ripping a band-aid off for less pain) and it didn't pull much off. I took the canned form of Plasti-Dip to touch up some of the edges, which worked surprisingly well.

It was on for nearly 3 months before I started to notice anything. The spots were tiny and were areas that were hit by big bugs (according to how much guts were left). The peeling was then made worse by my scrubbing to clean the area when washing the truck. It wasn't on my truck long enough to notice any fading.

It's worth mentioning that I also had a set of 18s that I ran for a while after plasti-dipping them. They held up great! I can attest to the surface area being completely different based on how many coats and the proximity in which you spray the area. On one tire, I was in a hurry and wasn't as thorough and it turned out really rough. However, on all the others, it turned out perfectly smooth and super easy to clean.

I have My front grill and wheels plasti-dipped. Its been about 7 months now. I see bugs splatted all the time and it is holding up. I have gone thru touch-free car wash or washed it myself. Got all kind of weather, heat, snow, sleet etc but plasti-dip is till holding. However it is starting to fade a little, may be too much sun. We did have several 100+ degree days.

I passed on an 03 because i didn't like the two tone look but seeing this makes me happy at least knowing there's an alternative... albeit a tedious and time consuming one.

How is it holding up? Worth it? There is a black 03 I'm looking at so i'd def do this if it's worth it. And.. is the first pic you posted already plastidipped, or was that a before photo?

After doing this, I like the look a lot better than the ones with color-keyed cladding. It's holding up great, still want to do it again, but until my summer classes end this week, I'm booked. First few pics are before I plasti-dipped.

I photochopped my '03 with some options. Let me know what you guys think.

Debating Plasti-Dipping......Opinions on pics inside..

That's definitely what it would look like. How do you like the look? I say go for it man!

Is there an easier more time friendly way to mask everything?what about plastic covering for painting, or a tarp of some kind? Just seems like a pain in the ass with all those papers/cards.

On most of the body i am going to tape a couple of inches away from the cladding and cover the rest of the truck with that cheap plastic drop cloth. Having the extra space between the tape and the cladding will let you pull it up and if there is a gap between the paint surface and the cladding, the plasti-dip will just snap. If the plasti-dip bridges the gap, it will give you a place to lightly cut it with a blade before it starts pulling up off the cladding. I think this will work based on some of the videos i have seen on dipyourcar.com.

Yes exactly. I am aiming to redo this next week and I have one of those cheap plastic sheets. I might need more than one though. The time consuming part will be taping down around the border of the cladding, but it will protect from overspray much more efficiently.

I'm a visual person. If you could take pics, that'd be awesome!