Plasti Dip?
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Has anyone Plasti dipped their 350z? I’ve been searching the forum trying to find pictures and read about other Z owners experience about dipping it. The 350z I’m getting what I thought was a bad Dip job was wrong. The kid who owned it before instead of paying his car note was using his money to mod the Z and I guess as a last ditch effort to avoid the repo guys he removed the OEM paint and was trying to make the car black but it got picked up before the job was finished. So I’m thinking Plasti Dip will be my best bet I’m not sure Vinyl will stick to it in it’s current state and I don’t want to paint it just yet.
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do research on https://us.raail.com/
its a spray able vinyl which is easier on the paint and more geared towards automobiles exterior paint. its not as shiny and show quality as a paint job but another alternative to vinyl hand wrapping and pasti dip.
its a spray able vinyl which is easier on the paint and more geared towards automobiles exterior paint. its not as shiny and show quality as a paint job but another alternative to vinyl hand wrapping and pasti dip.
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do research on https://us.raail.com/
its a spray able vinyl which is easier on the paint and more geared towards automobiles exterior paint. its not as shiny and show quality as a paint job but another alternative to vinyl hand wrapping and pasti dip.
its a spray able vinyl which is easier on the paint and more geared towards automobiles exterior paint. its not as shiny and show quality as a paint job but another alternative to vinyl hand wrapping and pasti dip.
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yes Plastidip the whole car I was planning on ordering a kit from DipYourCar.com I don’t think wrap will stick to the primer on the car and I don’t want to pay for wrap that won’t last more than a few weeks at best. Never Plasti dip before but not to worried I’ve watched a ton of videos and if I mess up at least it isn’t permanent lol just peel off and start over ![](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/icon17.gif)
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do research on https://us.raail.com/
its a spray able vinyl which is easier on the paint and more geared towards automobiles exterior paint. its not as shiny and show quality as a paint job but another alternative to vinyl hand wrapping and pasti dip.
its a spray able vinyl which is easier on the paint and more geared towards automobiles exterior paint. its not as shiny and show quality as a paint job but another alternative to vinyl hand wrapping and pasti dip.
But that raail looks good. Makes me want to try it out
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I probably won’t be using any high pressure water. Supposedly gas eats through it but you can put like a towel or something against the car when you fuel and it’ll protect the dip from any possible gas getting on the car. The vinyl spray is good but I don’t see any reasonably priced kits for the whole car just the wheels. I even checked Ebay just in case
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I've only plasti dipped grilles before and while it was easy to lay down, it's a pain to remove when the time comes unless you love finger blisters. If you get any rock chips, you'll have to remove the whole panel and respray it. Good luck with taping off the panels which you don't want to spray as removing the tape will likely also remove the dip. I'm not sure about other colors, but the black fades after just a few weeks. It is also very difficult to clean as bugs and other crap sticks to it far more than paint.
I had my desert truck painted at Maaco for $700. They did a great job with no orange peel. I was debating on wrapping my Z, but when the time comes I'll likely go the Maaco route. Hard to beat for the price as the Z should be less than $500 (they charge extra for truck, plus I had my door jams done).
I had my desert truck painted at Maaco for $700. They did a great job with no orange peel. I was debating on wrapping my Z, but when the time comes I'll likely go the Maaco route. Hard to beat for the price as the Z should be less than $500 (they charge extra for truck, plus I had my door jams done).
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There was a series on YouTube, think they called it hi low and they compared doing expensive mods vs cheap ones. The vehicles they happened to be using were Z's
They did vinyl vs plastidip and I do believe the guy dipping the car, at one point, admitted to breaking down and crying out of frustration.
If it were me, I'd rather fix-up and prep the primer correctly and go for a vinyl wrap for the whole vehicle.
They did vinyl vs plastidip and I do believe the guy dipping the car, at one point, admitted to breaking down and crying out of frustration.
If it were me, I'd rather fix-up and prep the primer correctly and go for a vinyl wrap for the whole vehicle.
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I probably won’t be using any high pressure water. Supposedly gas eats through it but you can put like a towel or something against the car when you fuel and it’ll protect the dip from any possible gas getting on the car. The vinyl spray is good but I don’t see any reasonably priced kits for the whole car just the wheels. I even checked Ebay just in case
then again the colors they have now with the gloss is hard to pass up. both options are inexpensive in my opinion. especially if your tracking the car. since paint damage is bound to happen.
here are some colors you can look at. planning on doing my car again later this month
https://drpigment.com/
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I've only plasti dipped grilles before and while it was easy to lay down, it's a pain to remove when the time comes unless you love finger blisters. If you get any rock chips, you'll have to remove the whole panel and respray it. Good luck with taping off the panels which you don't want to spray as removing the tape will likely also remove the dip. I'm not sure about other colors, but the black fades after just a few weeks. It is also very difficult to clean as bugs and other crap sticks to it far more than paint.
I had my desert truck painted at Maaco for $700. They did a great job with no orange peel. I was debating on wrapping my Z, but when the time comes I'll likely go the Maaco route. Hard to beat for the price as the Z should be less than $500 (they charge extra for truck, plus I had my door jams done).
I had my desert truck painted at Maaco for $700. They did a great job with no orange peel. I was debating on wrapping my Z, but when the time comes I'll likely go the Maaco route. Hard to beat for the price as the Z should be less than $500 (they charge extra for truck, plus I had my door jams done).
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You actually can apply vinyl wrap on primer body kits, you don’t need paint.
Just needs to be smooth and clean of dirt/oil/residue, if it’s not, then the imperfections will show on the finished product. Scratches are fine.
I had a friend who wrapped his whole Chargerspeed body kit with vinyl wrap. I wouldn’t have known any difference.
Just needs to be smooth and clean of dirt/oil/residue, if it’s not, then the imperfections will show on the finished product. Scratches are fine.
I had a friend who wrapped his whole Chargerspeed body kit with vinyl wrap. I wouldn’t have known any difference.
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FWIW I sprayed an entire car with a Wagner airless system in my dad's garage when I was kid. Whole project with 2 step PPG color then clear cost less than $125. Just sayin.
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