You do realize that you have opened a Pandora's box for me. Now I want to plastidip my roof and wheels black. I wouldn't have considered it until I saw how good it looks on your car, so I am blaming you. Maybe even one of those hood decals, but done in plastidip. Dang it, this is all your fault, but a heck of a good idea!! Your car looks fantastic!!

 

I wasn't sure what to expect when I clicked open your thread. Dang man, it looks great!

Just a word of caution since you changed the vehicles color- your vehicle registration card is now void since its lists the color of your Landy as Red. You may have to contact DMV and see if you can alter your registration card to reflect the new color. Or just screw and don't do anything boneheaded to get pulled over

 

I love it when people just... DO things.

Again, good job!

 

Thanks for the tip and compliment coors! I was concerned about this to and I was actually just at the CA DMV yesterday afternoon to submit my overdue *passed* smog certification (damn P0174 code) and asked them if I needed to record the color change with them. DMV told me that it wasn't necessary since they no longer list the color of the vehicle on the registration and/or title. I checked the documents and sure enough, they don't list vehicle color on them.....just VIN, year, license plate #.

 

Dang, now you got me thinking about doing it. Do you think stripes could be applied? I was thinking of doing a Union Jack hood.

 

Thanks Joe! Plasti Dip is addicting lol. I want to dip everything now... my laptop, my mountain bike, my dog, my wife. lol

Regarding durability on wheels, I P-Dipped the wheels on my P38 in in dark grey with metalizer added to create metallic effect almost a year ago and have had no issues with durability. They've been on there solid since last June.

I also P-Dipped the "graying" front grill, bumpers, window trim, door / side trim and exterior vertical pillars in PDip black. It brought it back to life! See photo below.

 

JUNE!!! People will think it is a confederate flag and chase you. Hahahahaha

 

You totally can do that June! I just did the logo for my craft beer bar & retail store on my spare tire cover this morning with left over camo green dip can I had. It didn't come out as clean as I wanted (too thick on the coats in the middle part of the trident) so I'm going to peel it off and redo it. That's the beauty of this stuff. F Up and just peel it off. LOL

 

For the full DII spray, I used the pre dip spray that DipYourCar dot com sells. Honestly though, I've used a mix of 50% distilled water / 50% rubbing alcohol (70% and up ideal) in a spray bottle in the past on wheels and a motorcycle gas tank I've P-Dipped before and it worked just as well as the prep spray. Cheaper too.

 

Thanks for the compliment Charlie_V! I appreciate the kind words!

It's funny, I've been approached at gas stations, grocery store parking lots and people ask "Cool color! How much did it cost to wrap?" I respond a little over $100 and they're like "WTF"? Then I tell them it's P-Dip... with rattle cans. Then they "WTF" even more. hahah

I'm pretty sure it will last.... my brother has had his Jeep plasti dip in matte white for a year and he lives back east so it's been exposed to winter snow and summer heat.