The door handles hold up fine if you do enough coats...
You need to do the inside leading edge where you put pressure when pulling the handle

On that edge you need a solid 10 coats, but only on that edge, everything else... 3 coats is fine

Handles hold up great. Just spray them properly.. I guess they can be considered "cheap". But what looks the worst is when everything else is done black and your handles are still shiny and silver..thats why i do mine.

I did the rear and front splash guards.. Thats unique and i dont think many have done it

i just did my door handles on my nismo, they look amazing and no problems so far

im planning on plasti dipping over the car with the gun metallic plastidip and leave it

oh and im getting ready to do my stock rims black

What I need is a heated garage. The day I decided to do this is was supposed to be 55 and sunny. Halfway through rain came so I wasn't able to really take my time.

I HATE WINTER, now that I am a Z owner.

Search: http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...t-awesome.html

:tiphat:

i just did this last night.

Under the Headlights, Side mirrors and fangs.

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...99512955_n.jpg

^ not bad, I might try the headlight thing

How did you do that on the headlights? looks pretty good. :tiphat:

They should just call it "rice in a can"

I gotta say "how is plasti dip, rice"? I can see if you went crazy with it.

If you dislike PlastiDip, then why post here?:gtfo2:

I was bored and since they can come off

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Thanks! Just taped it off.

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...83902775_n.jpg

If he didn't tell you he plasti-dipped it & posted this same picture in the "Paint/Powdercoat" section. You wouldn't know the difference..

I don't like using the extreme colors like neon pink for wheels. But black on yellow looks GREAT.

& dipping it is affordable, and it gives us something to do on the weekends without having to overspend$$$ at a body shop for relatively the same thing.

& you can peel it off. :happydance:

If anything its, "Fried RICER". Much more flavor and creativity.

http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb0a70a6.jpg

I sprayed my alloys, it looked awesome but started peeling off within 2 days :rolleyes: , on the up side...I have decided to get the wheels painted Satin Black permanently :tup:

How many coats did you use? I just did my wheels 2 weeks ago and they've held up perfectly.

I used about 6 on each wheel, it had been quite cold over night despite the morning sun so maybe that was the problem?

Odd, I used about 5 coats and let it dry for 4 hours before putting the tires back on. I've noticed that cold and humidity really affect it during the application phase as well as not getting the rims completely clean before applying.

Tint that bad boy!

im not a fan of stripes but those look amazing

I drive a red coupe, I'm dipping my wheels in white this weekend. Stay tuned folks.

Looks like an 80's punk rocker with eye liner and a nose ring :roflpuke2:

but i like it


kinda like body kits, large spoilers, and oversized exhaust tips... :stirthepot:

agreed tho, call the bmw and merc guys rice too then. its better than permanately painting

Can't wait to see what that looks like! Keep us updated on how that goes and looks.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...56987257_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...57546580_n.jpg

i only did the drivers side but i love the way it looks!!

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1358647486
http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1358647486

NOT BAD Big Worm!

It looks unique and it adds a cool look when your rollin

I feel like you need to do the emblems white now...

thanks. i wanna get some rolling shots with it! im gonna take better pics tomorrow i guess

Here is a shot of it from a far. http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...28926149_o.jpg

Here is a front shot.
http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...16595106_n.jpg

Big Worm,

White is too bright for my liking. IMHO I would throw three coats of Pearlizer over top of it to tone it down. But if you like it that's all that matters! :tup:

Some of my fun from this weekend.

Black wheels, mixed coat Black/Pearl, and glossed:
http://www.the370z.com/members/dufda...arl-finish.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/dufda...l-finish-2.jpg

Whited out emblems with a Blaze Blue Z
http://www.the370z.com/members/dufda...-blaze-z-2.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/dufda...ue-blaze-z.jpg

Wow! That looks great. :tup:

Gotta love plastidip. I've done my emblems, handles, and wheels. Gotta take it off the wheels so I can sell them.

Doesn't the handles feel weird with the plasti dip on them?

if you do it right, its super smooth and feels like paint

i have dipped door handles and they look OEM

Csquared I like those stripes. Reminds me of the 3 stripe decal with the s tune kit on the hood. I think I'm going to try that out. Any tips for keeping the cuts nice and straight when removing the tape?

I love plasti dipping. It's like painting for fun on your car and can be removed over and over again.
Off topic, I think I'm going to sharpie artwork on my mirror caps, or find someone more talented than me to do it, then put a clear bra over the mirror covers to keep it, just like that sharpie Lamborghini.

Thanks! I've been experimenting with my friend. We found out that what you want to do is pull off the tape while the paint is still wet if you want a nice hard line. So instead of the 4-5 coats with 15 mins in between to let it dry, mine was done with just 1 thick coat. Rmb to be careful because your tape is going to be wet too. So don't let it drip onto your car or smudge touch and smudge anything.

Finally, wait till your car is 100% cool before you do this. The first time I did this I did it right after i parked. The plastidip bubbled and I had to redo it.

You can either do 1 big coat (which i wouldnt recommend)

Or

You can spray 4-5 coats and wait a couple minutes in between. Then, when you are ready to peel, respray the entire area that you want the straight line and make sure the dip gets wet again...then pull.

That way you get 4-5 solid layers, the straight line, and never bubbles.

+1, done right its legit. I've had no issues thus far.

http://www.the370z.com/members/usaf_...ivers-side.jpg

^ yup.