My (now) White SVE Drifts
07-17-2013, 01:17 PM
#13
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 19
Appreciate the feedback - i have been talking about lowering and tinting for almost a year now. I ordered my Eibach kit from American Muscle and it shipped out yesterday along with a panhard bar and some camber bolts. There is enough wheel gap there for a small man to live - it drives me crazy!!
the wheel color is definately whiter than the car but that does not bother me like the off color ford paint on the front and rear bumper (and the side scoops).
I just did these over the weekend so i have no idea what it is going to be like to clean but i plan on powdercoating them for the longer term. i assume they are going to be a friggen nightmare to keep clean - but worth it for now as i like the look.
will post more pics once it is lowered
the wheel color is definately whiter than the car but that does not bother me like the off color ford paint on the front and rear bumper (and the side scoops).
I just did these over the weekend so i have no idea what it is going to be like to clean but i plan on powdercoating them for the longer term. i assume they are going to be a friggen nightmare to keep clean - but worth it for now as i like the look.
will post more pics once it is lowered
07-17-2013, 02:59 PM
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 3,666
Appreciate the feedback - i have been talking about lowering and tinting for almost a year now. I ordered my Eibach kit from American Muscle and it shipped out yesterday along with a panhard bar and some camber bolts. There is enough wheel gap there for a small man to live - it drives me crazy!!
the wheel color is definately whiter than the car but that does not bother me like the off color ford paint on the front and rear bumper (and the side scoops).
I just did these over the weekend so i have no idea what it is going to be like to clean but i plan on powdercoating them for the longer term. i assume they are going to be a friggen nightmare to keep clean - but worth it for now as i like the look.
will post more pics once it is lowered
the wheel color is definately whiter than the car but that does not bother me like the off color ford paint on the front and rear bumper (and the side scoops).
I just did these over the weekend so i have no idea what it is going to be like to clean but i plan on powdercoating them for the longer term. i assume they are going to be a friggen nightmare to keep clean - but worth it for now as i like the look.
will post more pics once it is lowered
Once lowered, You will like the look and enjoy driving the car much better.
Plasti-dip is an inexpensive way to find out if you like it or not. I helped plast-dip my buddies wheels black last year. He used soap/water to clean and then he sprayed on some detailer to make it shine a little.
Look forward to seeing pics once it's lowered!
07-18-2013, 09:46 PM
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Canada, Montreal
Posts: 648
i dont know how you guys keep your dipped wheels clean, I made the test plastidipped all the chrome I had on my 300c, I really have to say I hate with much anger this product, it peel like in small area ****, my white dipped piecess are now all yellowish/blacked with dirt that cant get removed, I ended removing every dip on my car and man it was a pain in the ***..I do agree it help giving idea and doing test, but I just hate having the feeling im Rolling with a cheap rubber paint that is peeling off or fading out very quick, there is no real way to clean that, there is some kind of crazy frenezy over here thèses guys started a business called XTD Xtreme dip, they dip everyone car, range rover, mercedes, bmw, with all the sweet newly taken picture of beofre/after, but all you hear 1 month after is complain about peeling off, unwashable spot etc, id never dip my whole car, yet ill never use this produce again except on winter rims. I painted all my chrome trime myself and it came out 100% better and holding and cleaning the way it should be. Im having nightmare just thinking about how long it took me to remove all the little hided spot of plastidip spray that are barelly accessible, i cant imagine a whole car dipped everywhere, here an exemple of some guy that got dipped by some real tool, 950$ he paid for this..
the paint wasnt even finished the guy called him and told him it will take more plastidip then expected to finish the job , they wanted another 300$ to continue the job, he somehow prepaid so he couldnt get refund lol, man i would have killed for such a horrible job.
At least the guys at XTD did a good recovery job, but at the end, it cost him 2200$ for a dip job.(1100 from xtd to remove dip and paint the car again)..man id feel like ****..a wrap-vinyl job missed at that price
this is it now.
so all in all, dont abuse of plastidip, even if you know how to spray it, to the op, it does look good
(For now lol)
the paint wasnt even finished the guy called him and told him it will take more plastidip then expected to finish the job , they wanted another 300$ to continue the job, he somehow prepaid so he couldnt get refund lol, man i would have killed for such a horrible job.
At least the guys at XTD did a good recovery job, but at the end, it cost him 2200$ for a dip job.(1100 from xtd to remove dip and paint the car again)..man id feel like ****..a wrap-vinyl job missed at that price
this is it now.
so all in all, dont abuse of plastidip, even if you know how to spray it, to the op, it does look good
(For now lol)
Last edited by mighted1987; 07-18-2013 at 09:59 PM.
07-20-2013, 08:37 PM
#19
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: FL
Posts: 1,173
I'm digging the white on white! and the white on white with black trim, looks badass plus the white wheels let you see all the details in the rims (hince the reason black RTRs and such look weird) Good job(s)!
07-21-2013, 12:04 PM
#20
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 19
Looking good!!
I dipped mine in white and I've stopped trying to keep them clean. Surprisingly they've held up very well and a blast of the hose gets rid of most of the brake dust. I bought a tire shine thing with a handle, except I just dip it in the soap water I use to wash the car and just scrub it.
I dipped mine in white and I've stopped trying to keep them clean. Surprisingly they've held up very well and a blast of the hose gets rid of most of the brake dust. I bought a tire shine thing with a handle, except I just dip it in the soap water I use to wash the car and just scrub it.