Plasti-Dip front bumper lip

[jjt]

So after buying the can of black plasti-dip about 2 months ago, I finally manned up, stopped using poor weather as an excuse not to do it and did the front bumper.

For people who haven't heard of plasti dip before, its kind of like a liquid rubber in an aerosol, and creates a wrap after several coats.

After the first coat I was seriously panicking; this is after two

 

 

this is after four

 

 

five

 

 

finished job

 

 

and after another half hour to dry fully

 

 

Put about 7 coats on in the end, waiting 15-20 mins between them, and the finished effect is like a satin black. Mask off more than you think you need to, as it goes everywhere. Best thing is any overspray can be rubbed off with your finger/nail, or I found that an eraser worked well. Now when i get bored of it I can just peel it off so let me know your opinions of it!

 

Cheers

Jonathan

[TomS]

Looks good, will be doing mine when the weather picks up as it was easy to do my wheels, door handles and badges.

[theheff]

Looks the tits mate, I was waiting for someone to do this. I need mine done after my little whoopsy in the works car park

[Zugara]

Looks good. Where did you get that stuff from, going to do my front too.

[MITZ@CougarStore]

That's come out really well, nice work...

[jumping350]

Looks the tits mate, I was waiting for someone to do this. I need mine done after my little whoopsy in the works car park

Been done

 

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Best to get from plastidip website or flea bay

 

looking good

[jjt]

Cheers guys. Yeah I got mine from the Bay, about £16. I can't stress enough though that no matter how poor it looks after the first couple of coats, just KEEP GOING!

[gillywig2]

Looks great.

Plastidip is very easy to use and as you've said, it can just be peeled off.

I plastidipped my chrome front grill on my 350GT

 

[370Ad]

Wow looks awesome! I was tempted to do this but a mate offered to vinyl mine instead so i didnt have to do anything

[dave1221]

that looks excellent, i think i'll give mine a go with what arrived this morning

 

 

[John tarantula]

Looks good! how mnay can did it need for just that?

[jjt]

Just the one, and I had quite a bit left over as well.

[John tarantula]

[haytonz]

that finish is quite natt looking could you put a gloss black spray over the top of the plastie dip

[haytonz]

i ment matt not natt

[gillywig2]

that finish is quite natt looking could you put a gloss black spray over the top of the plastie dip

They do make a 'glossifier'.

http://www.plastidip.co.uk/eStore/index ... ng&stage=1

[ersen.o]

might have todo this to my scratched interior handles bits

[TomS]

might have todo this to my scratched interior handles bits

 

 

That's what I'm going to do next. I was going to wrap them but I might spray them just to see how they cope for a few weeks. Can always wrap afterwards.

[ersen.o]

lemme know when you do lol, whoever had my car before wore a ring and has a few nicks here in there where the window controls are! bugs me!

[dave1221]

i did mine today, so so easy and the results are really good:

 

 

 

 

 

its now drying time

[ddcboyle]

can you acquer this to make it shine more? or will that effect the rest of bumper?

[L4V15]

Nice. Defo giving that a shot

[14N]

Plastidip make their own lacquer siutable for their products. Normally available from the same places.

[AMT]

That lip looks superb! I had thought actually about getting the clear stuff to protect my alloys. Anyone ever done that? (not to make them black lol).

[samsniss350z]

Wow this stiff looks ideal to stop the 'looks like the front of my car got shot with a 12 bore' sandblasted look. I'm sure i've seen peope in the good 'olr USofA use it it smarten up wheels that have been kerbbed to within an in i there life and they've come out looking ok. There are quite a few threads on you tube for this product and shows just how versatile it is.