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[tone]

A guy on the MGF forum plasti dipped his car in matt black. Think it took around 14 cans and looks to be a pretty decent job. Might give it a go on my alloys for winter time protection

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Plasti Dipped MG

[davemate]

the paintwork on mine is terrible, i might do this just for giggles. Could you sent the full link to the thread and the forum.

[VXT Tim]

Plasti Dipped MG

Dave

[tone]

Link should be at the bottom of my post. Plasti Dipped MGF

Go for a glow in the dark yellow

[davemate]

Link should be at the bottom of my post. Plasti Dipped MGF

Go for a glow in the dark yellow

Doh!

[GiGo]

That looks pretty damn good, wanting to do this to my wheels too.

[ghand]

That looks pretty damn good, wanting to do this to my wheels too.

Can you get it off if you get fed up of it ?

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

Plastidip is a brilliant product I have been using it for years on all sorts. Good thing is you can just peel it off cleanly with no mess leaving the original finish perfectly fine. Still not cheap though 14 cans would cost in the region of £220!

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

Can you get it off if you get fed up of it ?

Yes.

Edited by -Dab-of-Oppo-, 04 February 2012 - 01:02 PM.

[GiGo]

That looks pretty damn good, wanting to do this to my wheels too.

Can you get it off if you get fed up of it ?

Not fussed, I brought another set of wheels to do it on any-ways

Edited by GiGo, 04 February 2012 - 01:00 PM.

[tone]

Plastidip is a brilliant product I have been using it for years on all sorts. Good thing is you can just peel it off cleanly with no mess leaving the original finish perfectly fine. Still not cheap though 14 cans would cost in the region of £220!

Works out to be £136 delivered for 14 cans. Better off buying it from the official site as ebay etc sell them for £15+ a can

[ben922]

that looks great, decent range of colours too, im very tempted, especially if it doesn't damage the paint underneath

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

Works out to be £136 delivered for 14 cans. Better off buying it from the official site as ebay etc sell them for £15+ a can

Yeah I was a bit over the top in that estimate, I have allways gone direct to get mine.

If you had a spray gun that could handle the thickness one of their 5 litre cans would go alot further. Should work OK as it has a certain amount of self levelling as it dries.

Edited by -Dab-of-Oppo-, 04 February 2012 - 01:22 PM.

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

that looks great, decent range of colours too, im very tempted, especially if it doesn't damage the paint underneath

There are a few drawbacks you would have to wash the car very gently as since it is effectively a rubber coating it tends to scratch / dent quite easilly. Once a little area has lifted or become exposed for what ever reason you can see from the video above how easilly the rest will follow. Still you could just do the whole panel again in a few minutes if needs be, touch ups don't really look very good as you get different thicknesses on the over lap.

If it was more cost effective I think this sort of thing would be great for the protection of new cars being transported?

[tone]

Yeah, depending on how durable the finish is, I guess the clear finish could be useful on our stone-chip prone areas

[ghand]

Can you get it off if you get fed up of it ?

Yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6httg4_lGaA&feature=related

Looks easy.

[haggi961]

[GiGo]

So how many cans to do 4x17" Alloys then? Just wondering, might give it a go myself

[davemate]

So how many cans to do 4x17" Alloys then? Just wondering, might give it a go myself

if you look at dipyourcar.com they do an alloy package, looks like about 3 or 4 cans. I say three as they do seem to give 20 cans for a full car kit. plus it is waaaay cheaper out there.

Edited by davemate, 05 February 2012 - 11:08 AM.

[j0n]

This stuff looks good, but how hard is it to get an even finish.