2014 Limited Stormtrooper Plastidip Chrome Delete

[littlehandegan]

Anymore pictures?

 

[Kenny Powers]

Hey All,

I've been meaning to give an update to this thread for a couple months now but have been so busy I haven't have the time. I finally put on some new TRD wheels and Nitto G2 tires last week and figured I would update everyone on the durability of the Plasti-dip job that I performed about 14 months ago. I really can not praise the product enough. It has held up miraculously through out the last year, even on I-76 in Denver, for those of you that know how gravely that road is. I have touched up a couple spots on the front bumper where rocks have slightly dinged the dip and also where a couple of people have scraped the black strip on the rocker but these repairs took all of 5 minutes total with a artist brush described above. Hopefully this thread can be the straw that broke the camels back for those of you who are still on the fence about rattle canning you expensive rig. Next up is some Trail rockers and Shrockworks sliders, came really close to messing up my rockers last weekend and figured that was the weakest link at the moment. Happy modding!!

Thanks for the update, you did an amazing job! I want to pull the trigger and start deleting chrome, I just didn't know how long it would hold up under normal setting. I live in Scottsdale, and it is hot and sunny nearly all the time. I want to dip my rear badges and get rid of the shiny stuff, I just wasn't sure if the average car wash would take it all off. Looks like as long as I do numerous coats, I should be ok. Just confirming, you didn't apply some type of sealer on the top as a last step? Thank you!

 

[ManhstuhT4R]

I took advantage of the weather as well and plastidip the shit out of my the t4r lol. Looks great man!

 

[desertred]

[MENTION=108420]EasyAndy[/MENTION], I knda like that green tape as an accent color, as well as the matching NA in the driveway.

 

[470SNC]

looks great and more stormtrooperish!

 

[EasyAndy]

[MENTION=112338]Kenny Powers[/MENTION], I did not do anything except stated above. I would recommend waiting for a day when it is below 75-80 degrees. When it is too hot, the texture seems not as smooth.
[MENTION=14992]desertred[/MENTION], I thought the same thing. I was thinking it would be cool to paint the calipers that color but decided I didn't want to go through the hassle of painting them.

 

[Kenny Powers]

[MENTION=112338]Kenny Powers[/MENTION], I did not do anything except stated above. I would recommend waiting for a day when it is below 75-80 degrees. When it is too hot, the texture seems not as smooth.

[MENTION=14992]desertred[/MENTION], I thought the same thing. I was thinking it would be cool to paint the calipers that color but decided I didn't want to go through the hassle of painting them.

Thanks so much Easy! Really appreciate the help!

 

[littlehandegan]

265 70 17's?

 

[Cheers!]

Panda bear > storm trooper

 

[RRED5]

Looks great, was it hard to plasti the door handles and the chrome on the running boards? Check out the pic of my limited also.

 

[fourrun]

The stormtrooper looks awesome! I just bought a red limited, and deleting chrome is the first thing on my list.

 

[jasonv]

then repainting it second?

 

[b407driver]

Looks better than the chrome. Wouldn't quite call it 'Stormtrooper', though, think you need a different front end for that.

So two years down the road, how is the plastidip holding up?

 

[EasyAndy]

Received a couple messages that the pics were not working anymore and I cannot figure out for the life of me how to get them to post from Dropbox. I ended up attaching all of them to their respective posts.

 

[reale325]

You inspired me!

You inspired me to try and do the same thing. Here are my small steps so far. Slowly working my way down the grill, and I did the side emblems as well. This weekend I will finish the front, and tackle the back!

 

[Mark4runnar]

black out

I really like the look against the white.......not sure it would look as good with nautic blue, and I live in new england, not sure it holds up against winter road rash from salt / sand

 

[TBTally]

OP very nice and very clean!!!

 

[CameronMagee]

Thanks for this, just got my 4Runner today and learning from what everyone's done that I like!

 

[pspears]

Thanks for this thread, I’ve learned a lot and succeeded in dipping my 2013: front emblem and chrome strip, Limited words on the side, and the roof rack. I have a question about the silver bit on the back. The underside has the backup camera, the handle that lifts the hatch, and then there’s the up/down arrows for the window. Did you spray over these items and then peel the dip off? I’ve held off on that part, not being sure about spraying the camera and arrow buttons.

Also, as this is an older thread, is your dip still holding up?

 

[PCRIDE4RUNNERORG]

$100 worth of plasti-dip and maybe $300 to get it professionally painted. This plasti-dip doesn’t appear to last from what I’ve seen. Getting parts painted such as the valance at a paint shop is actually very affordable if you just take the part in. Lasts a lifetime as well.