Plast Dip****Please Answer if you have used it

Thorgan112

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So my 2002 SR5 is Stella Blue, not exactly the most masculine color, if I only had a penny for everytime someone called it the barney mobile. I was looking at plasti dip for a few things as i saw everyone on this forum uses it. I cam across a website dipyourcar.com, which actually says you can paint your whole car with this stuff, not only the accessories and rims and so on. Does anyone have any ideas about this? or any experience or opinions.

HELP!!!:hurt:
 
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Do it!!! Three of my friends already have and it holds up great and looks awesome!!!
 
One of their more recent one:

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Used to be an ugly grey...
 
are there any VoTech or carrer schools near you? most of them have autobody programs and are always looking for cars to work on.
I had several friends in a program back in the day who would take the car to the school and paint it, you pay for supplies, they get the learning experience
something to think about
 
I wouldn't put that stuff anywhere on my car, I used it on a few small things and it just looks and feels cheap IMO.

Plus the purple is badass once you start modifying.
 
DIY Paintjob Help?

Thanks for the advice everyone! It seems like there are mixed feelings on this, and I don't want to use a product that has 50/50 split reviews. I'll probably be criticized for asking this because I don't know all that much about painting, but how hard is it to legit paint it a flat black or charcoal to? So tht is using 400 sand paper and primer and so on. Anyone have any good links or advice for a DIY flat black or charcoal paint job?

Thanks everyone!!
 
cdthiker said:
are there any VoTech or carrer schools near you? most of them have autobody programs and are always looking for cars to work on.
I had several friends in a program back in the day who would take the car to the school and paint it, you pay for supplies, they get the learning experience
something to think about
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There arn't any in my area, otherwise I would deffinitely have given that a try
 
If you're trying to be cheap and you don't care too terribly much about quality you can mask it yourself and take it too Maaco, or let a VoTech school (or a community college might have an auto shop) paint it. Both will probably do a better job than you will if you've never painted a car before...but neither will be top quality. I think with Maaco you need to prep the car or else they just spray whatever you bring in...which really won't last long either.
 
I've used it before but I don't think I'd try to do a whole vehicle with it. It's not meant to be permanent and the larger the area you apply it to, the better chance there is of it getting messed up. The "fruit roll-up" comparison above was a good one. That's what it looks and feels like when it peels off. I've used it to black out badging on a vehicle and it has held up really well for that. But I've heard of people doing rims with it and it doesn't seem to last long there.

Don't run from "Barney". Own it and embrace it. At least it's not pink. There are other things you can do to "man up" the truck.
 
The hardest part of a paint job is the prep work. once prepped you can spray a whole car in 15-20 mins and then everything you shortcutted is highlighted, and sealed, in paint. Not a car, but i painted a boat once in a buddy's barn. The sanding and sanding and sanding is what sucked, then we just closed the doors, hit the air compressor and sprayed it down, came out pretty good considering. I would have no problems trying a satin/flat paint job this way as imperfections will be greatly minimized by the non-super shiny paint.
 
Whitson Metalworks said:
Not a car, but i painted a boat once in a buddy's barn. The sanding and sanding and sanding is what sucked, then we just closed the doors, hit the air compressor and sprayed it down, came out pretty good considering.
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^agree^
I just got done painting an old aluminum boat. I didn't sand it as well as I could have where the previous owner had used some sort of bedliner to seal the lower half and now you can totally see every high spot, etc. Granted, it had tons of rusty bolts and tiny corrosion spots on it before, so it's still a huge improvement, but it could have looked much better with more prep. I spent about 2 hours sanding it...and that's not enough.
 
plastidip is great for blacking out emblems, but as far as doing body panels, its a waste of time. It is designed to peel, not adhere, so its not going to last long. I think a quick respray (like mentioned) is the way to go, like he said, painting is in the prepping....
 
Hey, i own a "barney" runner also... That's the one my husband drives... He gets compliments because of how rare it is... If you mod it up it looks pretty bad ars.. Imo anyways!
 
If you really want to change the color of your 4runner, you should do it the right way. Vinyl wrap is a good option which is cheaper than a professional paint job. But most vinyls will only last 5 to 8 years before they really start to fade.

I think your best bet would be to do all the prep work yourself, and then search your local craigslist for someone who paints out of their garage. There are a bunch of them near where I live. A lot of these guys will do just as nice a job as a professional body/paint shop. If you went this route you could get a nice new paint job for probably around $1500 to $2000.
 
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