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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 03:45 PM
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Does anyone have any experience with Plasti dip I'm deciding on getting matte black for my wheels and badges, but I can't quite decide if I want to get Gloss Black
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 05:26 PM
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Easy stuff, mask it off, spray it on, but make sure to take off any tape on the edges of the paint before it dries, or else it will just peel up on the edges.
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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Sounds like a project one sat. I want to do mine too but can't find my jack stands to take all my wheels off. Don't want a lot of over spray on everything and want my whole rim painted.
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 07:12 PM
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My stripes and wheels are done with Plastidip. They have been on right at a year.
The first attempt
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the second attempt and with the wheels done.
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My 2008 (gone but not forgotten) The stripes and wheels are plastidipped
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Took a lot of time but the wheels turned out nice. This is with the front one done and the rear still stock.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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Holy crap I think I know what I'm doing this weekend! Did you ever remove the stripes? Did it leave sticky stuff behind?
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 07:25 PM
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I removed the double stripe and went with the super snake style. It has been on for a year along with plastidip on the wheels.
It came off perfectly clean with no residue or anything.

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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 09:01 PM
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Plasti Dip is awesome stuff. I recommend it. I used it to black out the deck lid on my 99 GT like the Mach 1. Turned out great. I got a little over spary under the deck lid, and once it dried, peeled it right off.
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 09:41 PM
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Mike you can borrow my jack stands if you want, just give me a holler.
Old Jan 14, 2014 | 06:51 AM
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I used it on my wheels. Pretty simple to use and take care of. My only fear if you were doing stripes as DK did, would be whether or not the paint underneath the stripes, if you left them on for a while and parked outside (or even just under the sun for lengths of time), would fade differently than the un-treated paint around it so that even if you took it off you would have ghost stripes.

But for wheels and the like, it's perfect, especially with all the new colors they have now. I have a set of True Metallic ready to go for mine once I get home. Gives it a gunmetal looking finish.
Old Jan 14, 2014 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by HT
I used it on my wheels. Pretty simple to use and take care of. My only fear if you were doing stripes as DK did, would be whether or not the paint underneath the stripes, if you left them on for a while and parked outside (or even just under the sun for lengths of time), would fade differently than the un-treated paint around it so that even if you took it off you would have ghost stripes.
I thought about that and when I first started messing with it I was using it to decide what style of stripe I wanted. I tried a couple of different styles before settling on what I have now. I figure that if it does fade I will just get some vinyl stripes or have some stripes painted on.
The car is garaged most of the time so I doubt it would have faded much if any in the year and a half.
I've thought about the Gunmetal Gray for the wheels instead of black. Might try that this spring sometime/



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