Yeah I'm definitely not paying that much. Actually I did paint my brake calipers and they turned out pretty well.

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...z/IMAG1320.jpg


Just in case you're wondering, here is that aftermath of the tire change :icon17:

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMAG1391.jpg

I might try to do it on Sunday if I have time. How many cans of primer, paint, and clear do you think I will need? I think 1-2 cans of primer, 2-3 of paint, and 1-2 of clear might be good.

Going on the powder coat subject, I've been thinking about getting my base rims done in a gunmetal color, then doing the protruding edge on each of the 5 spokes in a white. I have to try to shop up some pics to get a visual.


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Yeah a photoshop might help, but the way I'm imagining it in my head is not so good. I say just leave the wheels all gunmetal and they'll look pretty awesome.

After painting my handles 3 times.. I decided plastidip is not the best option for durability... So I removed it and used primer+paint matte black spray instead, it looks smoother and it can be retouched anytime. As for durability it seems to be more scratch resistant than plastidip.

Pics of the handles? This is pretty much the same conclusion I've reached about plasti dip. Going to be doing the same thing with my wheels soon. Should be much easier to clean as well.

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Totally followed this thread and knocked out my front lip, emblems door handles and rear valance in one morning! i was ready to spend a grip on paint, got away with a $6 can of plasti dip instead! AWESOME!

Geez. You put the tires on with a potato?!

Ghetto tire shop. Do I need to say anything else? :icon17:

I have gotten all the plasti dip off my wheels and they are finally back to stock color. Had to use goo gone to get all of it off and it worked amazingly well.

Yeah I've reached the same conclusion. Plastidip is a good, cheap, temporary solution to keep me happy till I can afford my carbon fiber pieces.

I think plasti dip is good only to get an idea of how something will look before you make a permanent change. I think badges/emblems might be the only thing you can keep plasti dip on for a long time without issues. I've moved on from plasti dip to paint.

The thing that I still like about it is that it's a good protectant for your paint. There's been a couple times on the highway where a rock hit my fangs, but didn't do any damage because of the plastidip.

I've had plasti dip on the fangs for 6-8 months and not a single chip in it at all. Looks great. My old room mate had his fangs painted and had chips within days.

When I was pulling the plasti dip off my wheels, some of the parts that had gotten really hot took some of the wheel's original finish off with it. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow to show you guys what I'm talking about. This might have to do with my new brake set up though since it seems to get much hotter than the stock setup. I installed Carbotech XP8's a month ago and also took my car on a track session. Guess some parts of my wheels got a bit too hot at some point there.

Try WD40 to remove plastidip.