UPDATE: 1/28/12

Painted over plasti-dip with Rustoleum Hammered Dark Gray Spray paint. One can did all 4 wheels. It's a close match in color to the nerf bars, but just a touch lighter.


In my usual parking garage photo spot...



Outside said parking garage...



Up close so you can see color difference...



UPDATE: 11/6/11

Well... I found myself in Home Depot this morning and happened to walk out with 2 cans of Black Plasti-Dip.

At first, I thought I would just try the wheels and see how it looked. I thought it looked fine (different, but fine) and then decided to try the front grill and the lower center portion of the front bumper. I put 4ish coats on everything and I was pretty happy that there was minimal overspray unlike regular spray paint. I read somewhere on here the other day about using index cards instead of tape for the wheels... that man (woman?) is a genius.




I chose to go with this look finally, after trying just about every combination. The wheels aren't plasti-dipped anymore (back to stock). I'm going to try for HOJeepster 's look by painting a gun-metal/graphite color over plasti-dip tomorrow (trying to match the Sport Edition's tube steps/roof rack).

I like it Good job!!

Mo Betta Sir! I like it, leave it

u didnt remove the grill or wheels? just sprayed them while still on the 4runner?

looks good. i did my trunk emblems this past weekend, but i didnt do a very good job. ill re-do it again when i have time. i didnt get the bottom of the emblems.

Looks sick! Especially the wheels. Got any better photos of the grill?

Here is a brighter picture of the front...

I did remove the front grill (8 nuts that you can see and be gentle with the hood latch).

I taped around the bottom of the front bumper.

As for the wheels, the front two I took off and sprayed. The rear two I left on. I was able to slide some paper bags between the wheel and the rotor, and then just slid an index card around the edge closest to where I was spraying. Its kind of hard to explain but if you just do it you'll see what I'm talking about... I hope? Haha

Btw... for the front wheels... I sprayed the center caps and lug nuts after I put them back on. I thought if I sprayed them before, the wrench would tear up the paint.

looking good w/ plasti dip!

Thanks! One day it may be as cool as your 4runners

Looks good! This just elevated my Plasti-Dip project priority ranking. I'm going to start with my grill when I get back from my 2200-mile road trip.

Haha well I'm happy to be a good influence then. Let's hope the wife thinks the same when she gets home from work...

She probably won't even notice the difference

your truck came out looking great bro.

It gives it a aggressive stances in my view. Makes me want to give plasti dip a try on mine.

it looks sick! i want to black out the grill but mine is white, could look strange. But bravo, sir. Good looking product for wicked cheap!

looks rockin!!!

Say I want to try this and dont like the look of it, does it come off easily?

Also, anybody done this to a titanium metallic?? Think it would look good?