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I debated on buying a black hood scoop for my car in the past few weeks but it was a little expensive then what I thought. I ended up doing some research on painting it but I was worried I would mess up. Then I came across the Plasti Dip idea that others used on their car and let me tell you best thing I've ever done as an EASY and CHEAP mod. I definitely recommend it and so far so good.

Let me know what you think!

 

I'll post the pictures tomorrow, my computer won't let me upload them for some reason!

 

My scoop is the same color as the body, but I've wondered what it would look like plast-dipped. I wonder how it would hold up in the triple digit heat?
Looking forward to pics, I'm sure it looks great.
I've been doing some plasti-dip today myself. Doing my mirror caps, since they are bare. Never been painted, and they are a grayish color. I guess they've faded a little.
So far, this plasti-dip stuff looks great!

 

i primered mines and added a few layers of gloss, i originally had the chrome scoop which i despised, but as soon as you're done upload pics and i might follow suite

 

I do not understand the whole deal with the Plasti Dip craze throughout the sport compact community. The cars i've seen with it start to peel and the texture looks very cheap and DIY'ish. Why spend $25K+ on a car and cheap out on painting parts? A properly prepped surface with a primer, base coat, and clear coat blows the pants off plasti-dip. It's not hard to do in your garage or basement either. I just don't understand why this is so popular

 

My plasti-dipped parts have been on for a year and a half on a car parked outside in Seattle. They have not cracked, peeled, or faded. My door handle covers from Aesthetic Creations have only been on for about half that long and have faded. With P-D you don't primer it. With P-D if you want to undo it, you just peel it off like a thin rubber skin and the chrome surface under it is still in perfect condition. With P-D you can spray 4 coats in about 15 min. and reinstall the parts after another 15 min. The mat finish of the P-D mimics and ties in with the finish of the wheel arches. If your P-Ded piece does peel or fade, you can peel off the P-D and redo it in half an hour. And, to me, painting the chrome parts glossy body color makes the car look like it is the bottom of the line model, budget version of the car.

 

Mind sharing some pics? I'm really curious about how it looks after PD. Honestly I'm still debating whether I should go that route.

 

Sorry, I don't have a camera. Go to Home Despot and gat a can of Plasti-Dip for about $8, take off one of your tail light rings or chrome gas cap cover if you have that, either one takes less than half a min., wipe it with alcohol, and P-D it. Then you will know exactly how well it works. If you don't like it, it will easily peel off in one piece and you will be back to where you started. Trying it is better than a thousand pictures. BTW, I used the spray can P-D, there is also brush on P-D. Oh man, as I'm writing this I just had a thought, if the brush on P-D goes on as smooth as the spray on, I've read that it does, that could look a lot better than that glossy belt line tape that I used. Thanks for causing me to think of this.

 

That's exactly what I want to do as well, thanks for the info!

 

Hey Pez someone on here recently tried the brush on PD and it didn't turn out as well.

Here you go https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...lasti-dip.html

 

Did my: Headlight rings, Gas filler door, Grill surround and inserts, Door handles, 5" driving light covers, and Tow hook. I drive it all year round, including road trips from MA to FL, and MA to CT and RI all the time (did I mention all year?). Only have a little wear that's easy touch up on driver's handle. Easy to remove if undesired.

 

yes you are correct. paint is better than plasti dip. except when you want to remove it. The plasti dip "craze" is simply because it is removable.

 

This is the reason I am looking at it as well. It is removable and I have seen some wheels with it and they looked pretty good.

 

Ha, i didn't expect such a religious following of plasti dip users on NAM! Whatever floats yer boat i guess.

 

Not really religious, but it is a nice way to see how something might work on your car before you commit to it. I plan on getting my parts properly sprayed at some point, but this will at least let me see what it will look like first and still be reversible.

 

That proves PD can handle 150 days of rain a year........

 

...and can handle the OTHER 150 too. no wait, it's more like

 

Still holding up strong!

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I have to redo a couple parts

1. Top trim piece of the hood trim (dealership chipped some spots)
2. Fuel cap.

Other than that, the rear boot lid and other trim pieces have held up just fine. I did at least 6 months back.

This was taken about a month ago to show a revision to the AEM scoop i have installed under the hood. You can see the coating is uniform and has a nice matte finish.

 

Just wanted to show everyone how the hood scoop is looking

 

Very slick.

 

Nice. The texture and sheen looks just like the wheel arches.

Do most people remove the parts from the car or mask and spray?

I saw one guy on the What did you do to your mini today? thread plasti-dipped his entire car! Looks pretty BA.

 

Yeah trust me the plasti-dip in black blends in with the wheel arches for sure! I actually removed it from my car, it's really easy as long as you do it in a straight angle, you don't want to snap the hood scoop in half.
Oh and I seen his car, looked pretty legit with all of the plasti dip and his stripes looked great with it too. Are you trying to do some parts on your car or the whole thing?

 

I recently removed my PD from the hoodscoop. It was on for at least a year and it was more "seasoned" than the trim pieces. It took more effort to removed from what I assume is the baking heat it gets every time the motor is on. I now am on a 6 month rotation to redo all of my PD so it not only keeps looking fresh, but is relatively easy to remove.

 

Not going to do the whole car. Going to start with a few trim pieces...hood scoop, tail light rings and etc. From there I may do the triangular pannels that the side scuttles are on in black and the mirror caps in red. Also considering going with red wheels for a while, just for fun. I'm also planning to black out the belt-line but I am told that is done better with electrical tape.

So here's a question, why bother with clear bra's when there is clear plasti-dip? I'm thinking of a trial application of this on the top of the rear bumper where things go in and out of the hatch.

 

P/D FTW. Spencer is absolutely 100% right on. I did all my chrome and it looks sick and has been solid since Day 1, that would be about 10 months ago. I did however purchase Aesthetic Creations bonnet and boot emblem covers. They have already faded after about 2 months on that car. I am actually pissed, I new I should have p/d these. Why didn't I The problem is I secured them w/ 3M adhesive, might make a mess trying to get them off, to clean up for p/d rejuvenation. But p/d does the job and I only spent 50 bucks for 6 Cans of P/D and 6 hours of my time vs. $400 and waiting 8 weeks for the parts to come in.