tungman started this trend of plasti-dipping the nissan burgers and 370Z logo. so i did my first coat. wow this thing stinks (as in smelly)! :icon14: letting it dry 30min before i do my 2nd coat.

alchemy- you're right about the texture. im not sure if i like this texture. it looks like a blobby drippy nozzle spray can look. :icon17:

fire- yah, i think you'll like the matte black. the color itself is nice...but the smell. wow it's like someone jammed tar up my nose. :D hahaha. ;)

Actually living out on LI (Glen Cove). I was driving around brooklyn last night with a friend that lives over in woodside. It's white...

I made the mistake of taking the LIE, i was cringing for like 30 minutes, that construction over there is out of control, I was all paranoid stuff would hit my car.

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Ken I told you not to sniff the paint:shakes head:

MJG welcome hope ya get to drive more on longg giland, Brooklin? LIE? WTF you gonna get jacked and dropped in a construction zone LOL Sweet ride :ughdance:

got coat #2 on. :D giving it another 30min to dry. but there's a storm coming around that time so i may not get to do the 3rd coat. :crying: that means i need to motor my Z tomorrow am with flapping masking paper and blue tape boxes. lol :D

Awsome Ken you are a trend setter, oh wait somebody else did that and he had sweet paper cones too.:ugh2:

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A quick tip, although Im not sure if it will actually work or not. They say hold it closer when you spray for a less textured look. Further away for more texture. Personally i like the slight texture I have on my fangs and rear valance.

hello, mr.onzedge! :tup:

hey thanks for the tip. actually the blobby mess smoothed out itself after the 30min drying time and wasnt bad at all. here's how it looked. i thought it turned out well for the project.

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i took this one with me blocking the sun to give you an idea wat it looks like in low light.. it's kind of just a black burger...

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i decided that it looked too black and plain for me so removed it. i thought it was well worth the try and it was kinda fun. anyway i proceeded to cleaning up the car and lightly touched the hood with my finger to see if wanted to use my duster as i normally do for cleaning up overspray dust...

the problem with this 'paint' is that it's not really paint... it's black adhesive. the overspray on the car was sticky as if i sprayed rubber cement all over the frikken car (actually cars because my G was also in the garage). :icon14:

let me just say i was f-king pissed. :mad: (after my wife made me katsu-don i was :icon17: ) so i pulled out my claybar and QD and started claying the worst areas. some of the reaaal bad areas i just went directly to my RC motor-spray into my MF towel and just wiped it all off as if removing tar. the sticky mess was on all top surfaces... fenders, doors, roof, glass, trunk lid, wing, wheel lip, etc. (not to forget my tool case, my mobile cabinet, detailing cart, etc) :facepalm:

at the end i went through about 20+ towels and about 2hrs of cleaning to get it all off. i SprayOn Waxed the Z to give it some boost. then proceeded to doing the same on my G. the G wasn't nearly as bad but still nothing like paint's overspray dust. this stuff is actually sticky and kinda gooey.

so, for those you thinking about using this product make sure your entire car is clean and use in low dust condition cause this sticky overspray will bond grit and all sorts of crap once it dries onto your paint. that little newspaper cut out with blue painter's tape is NOT going to cut it if you're anal about your car like me.

I dont think it looked bad Ken. Sorry removal was a pain in the butt. I think removal may have been easier if u let it dry longer. It took days till my fangs werent tacky when touching them. Your heart desires cf emblems dont it, lol.

hey thanks alchemy. yah it's really a preference thing. once i took off the black the emblems kinda 'fit' my car better even though the burger is chrome with dark lettering. i guess this looks more natural to me.

the overspray was dry to the touch...and bonded to the paint. normal rattle-can paint over spray (oem matched paint, etc) is just dust. i paint car bits in my garage off and on and never had this happen to me before. :ugh2:

DIY water temp gauge

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Ken..... That sounded like a nightmare. Sorry to hear. If that happened to me, I would've had to clay bar, then prolly have to buff the entire car with my Flex. That would turn into an 8 hr ordeal or more.... that's how long it takes me to fully buff a car.

Yeah not a fan of black emblems or debadged emblems for that matter. For me, it takes away the "class" of the car. Again, just my opinion.

Question though, why didn't you physically remove the badges before you plastidipped it? And did you leave the rear emblem black dipped too? How about the overspray by the rear of car?

hey G2Z - yah, honestly i was thinking about pulling out my RO and polishing the entire car too, but i looked at my clock, i gauged how much energy was left in me, and thinking i would need to do 2 cars, i better do a temporary clean for now, and then do a full detail another day if im not happy. i ran my fingers all over the car and checked for contamination but it was smooth by the time i was done so i think im okay. :)

the entire theme of plasti-dipping is that you can do this without removing the emblems...well that's wat it's portrayed at the lexus forums and at the370z as well. it was suppose to be a quick and fun paint, peel off excess, and enjoy thing. i was 100% not aware the overspray was sticky. if i would've known this i would not have used plasti-dip and just removed the emblems off the car and painted in my usual means. :(

G2Z- yah, i did both the front and rear so the overspray dust was all over the car.

Ah I see.... How did alchemy do it without overspray residue all over car? Yeah sounds like it needs to be done in a well ventilated and entire car masked area.....or just removed emblems. So did u return both front and rear emblems to stock?

Either way, glad ur z is back to pristine condition.

well, i can say it was well ventilated... well enough the overspray dust was all over the car pretty evenly. :D hahaha.

yep, my emblems are all back to stock and keeping it that way. looks better. :)

I just simply masked my areas. I had no overspray:)

Is this sex talk. :bowrofl:

Lol

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May I go ahead and make a wildly accusatory (and possibly inflammatory) assumption that you are a solid non-advocate of Plasti-Dip?:bowrofl:

Detailed the exterior after getting caught in a hellacious rain yesterday.

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LOVE the way your Z looks, all murdered out man! :tup:

I esp. like the fact that you picked a theme and stuck to it!

:tiphat: Thanks! Its a beotch to keep clean but it pays off when it is.

Ps. Nice garage!

Beee u t ful! I really love blacked out sports cars. They just look bad ***! Nicely done.

Loading video for my gauge installs. Got about 4 more hours.

Hahaaha, yah, I wont be buying another aerosol plasti-dip product ever again. :D

Motored my Z this am and QD'ed afterwards. Was a great drive. :p also cleaned my detailing cart afterwards.


Zcarman- nice monsterZ (kai jyu) :D

Finally saw my Z again, after being away for the weekend.... ahhhh.. will drive her later.

Zcarman, love the look of your car. Although, couldn't help but notice, is your left exhaust tip lower than the right?

Thanks, and yes the exhaust tip appears to have settled and will need a slight adjustment to get it back level. Funny how things like that can drive a man bonkers!

:bowrofl: Yep, I could lose sleep over that. :tup:

Speaking of exhaust my FI tips keep turning gold and I polish it with mother's mag and chrome polish but I gave up trying to keep it chrome/silver.

I bet you have test pipes or HFC? If thats the case it's a loosing battle.

HFC,I just leave it Gold.:shakes head:

Clutch return spring swap and cabin air filter replacement today so far.....

On the other hand I had a great experience with it and will be doin many other projects with its aid. Already used it to waterproof the electronics on my rc truck. Im a Plasti Dip advocate:)

Plasti dip on wheels how does it hold up?

depends how much you use the brakes.

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