ohh ok, thks for the tip :D

NP.... post pics once you're done

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I did both sides on mine.

Pics of anyone that did the whole wheel including the inside??

I don't like the wheel all black... I was considering it, but after this... no. LoL. These are all forum members ... nice work... just not for me
The blue Z was posted by accident. It's not plasti dipped, but the forum won't let me remove. Smf...

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I did not spray the inner wheel. No need to unless you want to cover every surface area of the wheel. Plus, it's less work to peel it back off when you don't want the plasti dip anymore. Check my pictures on the first post.

Saw them... but he was asking for how the sport rims looked tong... :)

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Oh..gotcha.

Sorry for the late question here, but how has that held up to daily use? Any sense that it's coming off given the handling of it?

Nope... holds up well. Rain or wind....

To anyone that has painted their door handles, how did you get the inside part? And does your button stick now? And has anyone tried to remove plastidip from handles yet?

Just spray in there but make sure you get it well. It seems I had to spray more in the area though. Also the button shouldn't stick. If I remember right it doesn't fill in that portion. If it does after ever coat take a tooth pick and trace that area when it's wet.

I really couldn't get into the handle all that good. Buttons don't stick at all. Love the look!!

Thanks guys. I think I'm going to do this. :tup:

Yes, I am going to do this as well, so Flush are you expecting the door handles to hold up after usage of opening and closing?

I hope so.. :ugh2:

Yeah thats my main concern, I don't want it to start peeling and look awful, I mean I could just peel it all off...but eh. I don't think I want to put in the effort if I know it won't last, may just stick to doing the emblems.

There's going to be a lot of funky Zs in a few years roaming around with peeling handles and rims. :rofl2: Then the masses that don't understand will be like wtf. :ugh2:

Yeah decided to stick with just doing the emblems for now, I think ill wait on the handlebars, maybe get them professionally done later. :tup:

Hey Guys PM zentropy. His handles are PLASTI-dipped and are holding up pretty well. The inside will start to peel after a while, but that should be obvious.

We just did our camaro's side emblems which are waaay more complex than the Nissan burgers yet it worked perfectly. Peeled off around the camaro in one piece! As for my handles, which I spray painted with Krylon fusion, my passenger button sticks but still works. The drivers side is perfect.

I think it's just a matter of how much build up is around the buttons when your done. And as for painting the entire area. I had the handle propped open using a small screw to get the area you don't see unless your pulling the handle to open it which worked perfectly.

The one thing I learned about this stuff is that it's not going to damage anything (paint) or you be unable to get it off if you dont want it on. We had to wipe off some overspray from the hood between a couple of the coats when it was windy and it just comes right off after hardening.

We did 4 coats 10-15 minutes apart even though it says wait an hour between them. Then we waited overnight to peel off the rectangle from the camaro just to be on the safe side. It says wait 4 hours per coat to dry completely but I think one hour would have been enough. There's no risk

^^^^Whoa I think u went a lil over board with that masking job, jus to be doing that side emblem! Jk man it came out really well.

Side note to those interested in doing their handles it holds up extremly well rain or shine. I was hesitant about doing the handles also but I'm glad I went ahead and did it. My car lives outside for the time being, jus be sure to clean and prep them well I used rubbing alcohol with q-tips. Make sure u spray the inside where your fingers grab otherwise eventually it will start to peel off inside. But that's to be expected it's a $5 dollar mod, hope this helps! :tiphat:

awesome man, thanks. im gonna do that to mine when i get it

I did my door handles about 6 months ago and then sprayed a couple layers of clear coat on top to help protect them. They look the exact same as the day I sprayed them. In fact, all the stuff I've sprayed has help up really well. There is one little rock chip in the passenger side mirror that I need to respray, but other than that the stuff is awesome.

Better to be safe then sorry!

Kool, still thinking about doing the door handles, how was usage of the driver door handle especially affected the plasti dip? Like when you open/close it constantly do you find it peeling?

Thanks!
Yeah the only reason we ended up masking that much was because winds were like 20+ MPH. I would never have used paint in the conditions we used the plasti dip but it was our only time off. Some overspray was getting on the door and hood which is why I went overboard on that side. But no worries it just came right off

If I wanted to do the nissan emblem with the Nissan part cut out as well, but not damage the emblem, anyone have any good ideas? I'm not sure the edge on the nissan lettering is sharp enough that it will peel off.

The ultimate would be if I could do it black but have the lettering be white. Any suggestions before I go through with all black would be appreciatted.

First tape off the area around what you want to "Dip". Four or five good coats of black first. Wait a day so it can dry. Then painter's tape over the whole emblem and cut out the "NISSAN" with an exacto knife. Then four or five coats of the color you want the "NISSAN". Look at pictures below...

Those cuts don't look very clean. I think I'll just do solid for now.

Then go pay some $ and get them professionally done, or make the cuts better yourself.:tup:

The second color makes the world of difference. IMO

Just got the gunmetal plasti dip from dipyourcar earlier today. Going to dip my Avantgarde wheels. It was way too windy here today to do it.

They have gunmetal plasti dip? Link plz? :excited:

Might do my wheels gunmetal.......

I meant no offense. I'm a OCD kinda guy. Even the smallest infraction would drive me nuts.

I was actually thinking about making a clay mold to push into the nissan emblem. that way I spray everything one color, put the mold in and peel around it. Then leave the mold in and spray it all again. This should in theory give the perfect cut. Making the clay mold would be tough though. Might have to ask my wife for help on it.

Looks like you can buy it from here, but they are out of custom colors for now.

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Here's a pic I found of someone who used gun metal plasti dip on there wheels. I think I'm gonna try this. Gun metal plasti dip with either the silver metallizer or a gloss finish. Gonna look sick :tup:

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DYC Home - Plasti Dip For Your Car - Resources & More at DipYourCar.com NEW Glossifier these dudes have it all. They also make metallic and glossifier. Watch some of his vids. The wheels come out looking pretty darn nice

Already beat you to it :p

I'll have to check out the vids when I get home from work.

Has anyone here used the metallizer yet? Trying to figure out if it's like silver color with metallic flakes or if it goes on clear with metallic flakes in it. I want to use it with the gunmetal to give it a metallic finish, but if it's silver in color than it will cover up the gun metal.

no offense taken. :tiphat:

You could just get the black plasti and spray whatever color you want over it.

Just a FYI if you don't want to get some of the better paint prep solevents there are better common solevents than isopropanol - methanol will leave less residue than isopropanol. Ethanol is the best of the alcohols - the use it in our calibration lab where they can't have any residue on the equipment under test in the physical properties lab.

^thanks man next time I spray my handles I will def look into those. :tup: