Plasticoat

[Allison3371]

Has anyone messed around with this stuff. My husband's co-worker is coating his entire car, he said it's pretty cool stuff. Evidently you can just peel it off the the places you don't want it after spraying. IE gaskets, lights, etc. I want to debadge my VX completely and thought this might be a good option for the center hubs on the wheels or the entire wheel. Would be a neat option for the cladding too, but I'd be way scared to take that plunge! Any thoughts?

[Triathlete]

Might ask VXorado about it. He used it for his door jams. I believe he said it was kind of soft and thought it would scratch easily.

[VXorado]

Plasti-dip is awesome stuff. I've used the aerosol can plasti-dip for lots of little project and as Billy said, my door jams after the vinyl wrap. The finish is pretty soft and it tends to tear if scratched. I would be worried that tree branches would easily ruin the finish. If you keep your VX on pavement, frequent scratching would be less of a concern.

The aerosol plasti-dip does not work on the cladding. I sprayed the cladding and it looked great for a couple days before peeling off. Maybe the pro kit would work better?

www.dipyourcar.com

[Triathlete]

I am going with tintable bed liner...should hold up to the branches!

[FenderBender]

I have no experience with the stuff. I have read about people painting their rims black with it. If you want them silver again you just peel it off. I think that is pretty cool.

[JoFotoz]

Yup, bedliner/monsterLiner etc...

I am going with tintable bed liner...should hold up to the branches!

...much more 'betterer' idea for whole vehicle IMO.

Jo

[Allison3371]

Yeah, plastidip not plasticoat...my bad.
Well darn on the cladding. I might try the rims this weekend and see how it goes.

[JHarris1385]

I have plastidipped my tail lights.

[frankd14321]

Plasti dip is amazing, just be sure you put it on a smooth surface.. Putting it on the cladding would be a pain to get off... But if you put it on smooth metal it comes off like a charm, holds up on wheels very well and doesn't hurt the paint.

[JHarris1385]

With some of my over spray I found that a micro fiber cloth pulled it away form the cladding pretty easily.

[givegodachance]

the great part about plasti-dip is that you can easily recover what peels and its great if you want to maintain the nice unscratched paint surface. I friend uses it to cover his roof of his FJ and it still is on there and has been about a year.

[pbkid]

Yup, just like others said, works really well.

We just plasti dipped my best friends 2012 4Runner's wheels and they turned out great, we also added 2 or 3 coats of nightshades to his headlights and tail lights. Truck really stands out now

[evillecutter]

i think plastidipped wheels look pretty good:



i think this is member tribalvx

[Allison3371]

Oh yeah! Looks great. Now I'm excited. I have the aerosol can. I hope that's what I should use.

[housertl]

Hmmm...off the topic of using it on your car, but I wonder if this would work as a firearm finish. For that price it is worth a shot.