Okay! I got most of the work done this morning. I have yet to dip the rims but I'm actually considering leaving them be. I might try one out and see how I like it and then make a decision from there. But I have uploaded a few shots of the finished product. It came out much better this time around! The box cutter helped more than I had imagined! Much cleaner but still imperfect. Enjoy!

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Looks good, you gotta love plasti dip now time to smoke them heads and tails lights. :driving:

Now black out those 18's!

X2 :tup:

moar plastidip!
 

Well i saw plastidip released the blue blaze color dip and I just had to get some. So I did some of my engine bay just to spice things up a little. Is also matches my headlights pretty well. This is only temporary as I want to get them powder coated but regardless I think this turned out well.

I also did this mod in the complete worst setting ever and it still went well. Humid, below 65~F, 10mph winds. Lmao :tup:

blaze blue dipping my wheels sometime soon.. havent checked this in a while, so i didnt know this new blaze line existed. ive had my 18s matte black for the last year and i think its time for a change...Hoping itll look nice on a blacked out 370

Can it deal with the heat?!

yea yea what he said

Please update because if yours holds up Ill be doing mine red.

blaze blue? Hmm never heard of it, sounds cool though throw some flicks up if you do it. :tiphat:

looks good! I'll be doing my rear diffuser soon, any tips?

Pull tape off when wet...

Hey fellas. 3 days later...even after doing some spirited runs and getting the heat up quite high in the engine bay I have no peeling, no discoloration, and no melting.

I am quite confident that the only thing we will expect to see from heat is ciscoloring in the dip but that is quite easy to touch up with just a fresh coat.

Nick is right..but I happened to have removed my tape after several hours and it wasn't as bad as I had expected. It did take longer than I had expected, though; but I am very careful about removing it slowly with a box cutter for a smooth line-- but be very careful not to scratch your car if you choose to use this method. I think it should make for a clean line either way you choose to go.

As far as tips go, make sure not to short change yourself on the tape job and be sure to do light coats, especially the first one! I got excited and sprayed the hell out of the second coat lol I was trying to make sure I covered the crevices that I hadn't hit yet and it left a few sloppy conglomerates of paint that dried and looked like lines with a rough texture. It's not difficult to fix if you are careful with the other coats, though! I ended up doing 4: first and fourth coats were a light dusting, second and third were pretty solid coats that covered the majority of the paint. If I could recommend one thing further than I have done it would be to be sure to cover the entire exhaust and spray underneath the diffuser on the "invisible" parts as opposed to just the visible rear area like I did. I saved the best for last...be sure to spray in a consistent left to right pattern so you get even coating on each spray! Good luck and post pics once you get it done!

I should be receiving my black vinyl to black-top my roof today! I'll update with pics once I get it done...probably not until the weekend; unless, of course, if I get antsy and dive in after work! (Not very likely lol)

I'd like to see pics of the vinyl! Try and snag a couple on your phone for me. Looking to get a gloss black roof soon... It was $200 at a shop to get it done. I think i can probably do it myself.

that is badass~!

Since the recommendation is to let it dry between coats, how are you pulling the tape off while wet?

It really depends on the space that you are spraying. If it is a small space. (Door Handles) You can spray your first layer and get a nice even ZEBRA color. Wait 5-10 til dry. Then do a heavier coat and cover everything from a good distance away so you don't get any paint drops or runs. At that point if it is completely covered and looks good. You can still wait 5 minutes til it dries. After that you will put on your final coat and while the dip is still wet, you want to start to peel using a sharp edge. A Straight tape line is often a better approach than an edge as the dip is still wet and can smudge.

I just recently did my mirrors. I will add pic in a few.

just did all emblems fangs and lip... hope the lip holds up
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How is washing the car with this stuff? Does it come off when scrubbing with a sponge?

I never risked using a sponge on it for fear that it would come off. They do make a special rag to clean plasti dip though. It worked ok.

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Blacked out mirrors! I love them!

I want your lip

Looks good! Can you post some more pictures? I have a silver Z as well and was thinking about doing this.

It should not, no. If there's a perforation or tear in the dip, it may promote further separation.

Oh, okay. Thanks for the info. Guess I'm gonna have to get myself a can of this stuff and have some fun. :tiphat:

Yes more pics please!

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You sprayed the lights with plasti-dip? How many coats and how is the visibility?

Video coming in the next few minutes.

Did you use the plasti dip smoke or actual black plasti dip?

I did about 3 coats. I might remove it and do less. Not sure

I don't know about modifying taillights in AZ?

But in Cali you're begging to get pulled over for modifying your taillights

Other than that it looks good

The tinted tails look good but I think your asking for trouble. In the video youre brake lights hardly even attract attention so if you ever get rearended its going to automatically be your fault as the guy behind will just sa he couldnt see any brake lights.

Ive had tinted tails for a year straight and no issues with rear ending :tup::tiphat:

Update: Removed and re-applied with 2 coats instead of 3.

You can BARELY see a little red. But you can see thru the lights perfectly. No blotchy areas. Smooth layer.

Its awesome. & Removable in 30 seconds.

Thats Awesome.

Plasti dip is def a cool thing to use for the tails, but the tinted look provides more durability imo, longer lasting, my friend did the VHT and then tried plastidip on his tails and his tails looked really bad, :icon17: he quickly went my route when he saw that the tints looked and lasted longer. Nice vid though. :tup:

ings+1 rep!

brilliant

So are all of the driveways in Arizona unpaved lol I feel like that would suck if it ever rained! But the Z looks awesome! I love the silver and black combination! It's funny how we pay for color matched splash guards and then paint them black again lol but it all matches well!