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Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #15 –
'it! it ran!' *let it dry, peal it off, respray* LMAO.. cheaters!
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #16 –
For Pete's sake please oh please don't put Plasti-Dip on your car....of all of the ways to cheap out on vehicle modification and try to get something for nothing, this is the worst. It has a picture of a HAMMER being dipped in it on the bottle :rollin:

Save your pennies....PAINT your  car, be happy. That stuff is gummy and has a texture to it. Sure it might look "murdered out" in a picture but if I saw what was clearly plasti-dip....on a CAR.....at a SHOW? I'd probably throw up in my mouth. And I'd wonder what other corners they cut in building the car...
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #17 –
LOL ^ think he's trying to talk you out of it hahahah
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #18 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;384631
For Pete's sake please oh please don't put Plasti-Dip on your car....of all of the ways to cheap out on vehicle modification and try to get something for nothing, this is the worst. It has a picture of a HAMMER being dipped in it on the bottle :rollin:

Save your pennies....PAINT your  car, be happy. That stuff is gummy and has a texture to it. Sure it might look "murdered out" in a picture but if I saw what was clearly plasti-dip....on a CAR.....at a SHOW? I'd probably throw up in my mouth. And I'd wonder what other corners they cut in building the car...


I couldn't agree more.

Another thing that annoys me are rat rods...come on people have a little pride in your work.  Paint the darn thing.  Rust is not cool.  lol!
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #19 –
if you paint a ratrod, it's no longer a ratrod! lol rust is 1 of the essentials of building a ratrod.. jerry started with a ratrod cougar :p LOL
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #20 –
Quote from: Shadow;384646
if you paint a ratrod, it's no longer a ratrod! lol rust is 1 of the essentials of building a ratrod.. jerry started with a ratrod cougar :p LOL

 
I've seen people that build a rod, sand it down to bare metal and then clear over it.  I just don't get it...to me a killer paintjob is more impressive than rust.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #21 –
I bought some plasti dip about 6 months ago to try this and did a fendor on my truck just for giggles. It pretty much lays out flat by itself and is equivalent to coating something in silicone. It peels right off and leaves no residue. I cleaned my fender with a terry cloth rag and hot water. It was a bit of a pain to get off considering I didn't wash the fender or anything prior to spraying. I bought it with the intention of doing goofy designs on my ranger just to mess around.

Long and short, its cheap and doesn't hurt the paint underneath.
88 Turbocoupe: Coast High Performance 331 kit 28oz balance, Comp XE264HR14 cam, 58cc 185 afr heads, 1.7 roller rockers, Mass-Flo EFI (was POS to setup and their techline is a joke at best)
Full 1 5/8 primary equal length headers, 2 1/2 exhaust, Full manual reverse VB c4 and baked off clear coat "BECAUSE RACECAR"

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #22 –
Quote from: 50tbrd88;384648
I've seen people that build a rod, sand it down to bare metal and then clear over it.  I just don't get it...to me a killer paintjob is more impressive than rust.

a true rat rod has no paint.. that's why i laugh at the people who build an old coupe or sedan with a straight axle up front, paint it flat/satin black and call it a rat rod.. a TRUE rat rod is pieced together from numerous random cars, super low chop tops and road sign floor pans (floor pans optional LOL)

these 2 are true rat rods..



this is not



if you throw paint and shiny parts at it, it loses it's 'rat' appeal and becomes a resto rod.. which is built in the rat rod fashion, but not truely a rat rod because it is painted.. the term 'rat' comes from the sense that the car/truck is built in a 'ratty' fashion, basically meaning junky, old and decrepit
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #23 –
And think how much better that top one would look with paint on it.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #24 –
Seems like a whole lot of effort to circumvent putting real paint on something.

You ever talk to anyone with matte paint? Ask them what bird poo does to it.
It's more maintenance than real paint, in the end.

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #25 –
Quote from: 50tbrd88;384669
And think how much better that top one would look with paint on it.

i like it that way.. i'm more into the real rat rods than the resto rods.. they don't need paint to be appealing lol

Quote from: EricCoolCats;384672
Seems like a whole lot of effort to circumvent putting real paint on something.

You ever talk to anyone with matte paint? Ask them what bird poo does to it.
It's more maintenance than real paint, in the end.

rustoleum leaves a nice, smooth surface.. birds can dump on it all day long and it'll wash right off.. i have experience with this.. the F150 i just painted became a target for a flock of birds the first time it rolled out of the shop >:[
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #26 –
The one local board (full of stupid arrogant kids driving Hondas, Evos, STI's, Sauerkraut big 3 etc etc....) is the first place I saw it, they're all foaming at the mouth. I read the place from time to time for some good entertainment, but things like that ensure I'll never associate with any of them. If you want to murder everything out but be able to take it off...you're either indecisive or a massive tool that just wants to do that because that's popular now.
 
Just like vinyl wrap. Great idea for advertising and things like that. For your whole car's appearance? Yeah, what happens when you open the hood/doors/trunk? Yup, looks like a pile of half-assed backyard trash. And people are doing this to brand new middle of the road luxury/sport vehicles!!! (see above) Come on! Why don't I just go ahead and take a brand new Ferrari F12 and put IROC wheels on it? LOL
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #27 –
So have you ever seen/dealt with it in person? TBH I am not concerned with what is popular, if I was I surely wouldn't be playing with T-Birds. Believe it or not I actually like how the cars I have seen done with it looks (but so far I have only seen pictures). Door jams are door jams, whether it be PlastiDip or paint if you don't take the time to do a color change appropriately it will look out of place when the hood comes up or the doors are opened.
...and there was light!

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #28 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;384688
Why don't I just go ahead and take a brand new Ferrari F12 and put IROC wheels on it? LOL

DO IT! hahahahahahah.. they make iroc replicas in 18's, so at least you can go up in size lmao
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #29 –
im surprised how prissy everyone is being about this.  All the technicalities between rat rods and resto rods.  They're cars, we modify them to our own preference for fun.  I see no point in telling someone what they should or shouldnt do unless its a safety concern or a product that'll cause a massive headache down the road or flat out doesnt work...  As for me, I kinda like the stuff, its not a big investment by any means and clearly if you prep it and apply it as advised you can pull it off.  Ill admit right now I've spent way more that $150 trying mods that didnt work as I wanted at all and Im not butt hurt about it.