Herblenny

Now I had the matte black finish for a week and put some miles on the car.

Here is what I like about the finish.

-No more polishing and waxing the car
-Wiping the car with just water to clean
-protects my original paint
-easy to re-do
-costs $200 to re do.

Here are some more pics over the past 10 days..

phee

iTrader: (5)

that looks great for 200$ did you do it yourself? i thought these wraps cost thousands

fsttyms1

Its Plastidip

rockstar143

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I didn't ever think about those pros vs the cons...that is pretty awesome!

Enjoy the matte black but get some contrast with the wheel color, no?

DaChef320

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wow very nice

Herblenny

I want to let some of you know that my 3 rotor RX7 will be featured in 'Modified Magazine' October issue.... Which should be coming out any time. Please go pick up your copy when it comes out!

DaChef320

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congrats bro i'll def. pick up a copy keep up the good work

swoosh

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Congrats....

you deserve it

Herblenny

Well, Just found out the issue is out on Modified Magazine!!
And who's on the cover??



Hope some of you will pick up this copy...

Thank you all for reading this build thread and I will continue to update..

Here is a photo I've taken that I haven't shared until now from the shoot..

ttribe

Congrats on the cover! That's outstanding.

Herblenny

Thank you!


Update!

Since the magazine is out and I finally got it in my mail box, I'll post some photos from the shoot.

Here are my iPhone photos that I posted on instagram..

Getting ready to shoot inside and engine bay.




Normally you don't see the rear end


One of my favorite shot I took..


And the cover photo Modified is using on their Facebook page..

swoosh

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Dom is here


Love it

Herblenny

Here are some recent photos (my other 7).. Been doing some track days and having fun with the car.



And it got kind of wet.. Testing out the Toyo R888s..

ttribe

How was the performance of the car on the track?

swoosh

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SICK !!!

am glad you putting her to great use bud....

Herblenny

Not bad.. I was trying to get used to the track with an instructor and my last session, I was let loose I took one of my friend and decided to take it out in the rain.. And when a GTR passed me, I decided to see if I can follow using my Toyo R888... which aren't really meant for rain.

Here is a video:
Sorry.. No sound for some reason when I uploaded to youtube. I suggest watching in high def as its hard to see out due to rain and such.

Trying..

nspec_ya4

iTrader: (38)

wow. bad ass!

Acura_Swag

The car came out amazing

DaChef320

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Looking good as always bro! nice to see a beautiful fully built car used on a track and congrats on being on the front cover of Modified Mag I picked up a copy just to see your ride

Herblenny

Update..

Well, having the plasti dip in black for couple of months, I decided to lay another color to see how the stuff lays after first 3 coats of black and waiting 2 months.

Did it a week before Import Alliance (IA) in Nashville, TN and one of the organizer of IA gave me a good spot to display the car. Here are some photos from the event.







and from recent cars and coffee.

CLtotheTL32

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Congrats on the feature! Well deserved.

fsttyms1

Was gonna say this pic looks familiar. Then i remembered seeing it on DYC.com Oct dip of the month poll.

DaChef320

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any updates and did you go to SEMA this year?

Herblenny

Update... Long over due..

To Start, my cover feature came out on Modified Mag.. Nov 2013 issue. Which is now online: 1993 Mazda RX-7 - Built In Bama - Modified Magazine

Some photos from the shoot.









Also just before the Holidays, My plastidipped MB/satin blk FD was featured in Stance Nation. Photos from Stance Nation:
Sinister Rotary // Phil’s Mazda RX7. | StanceNation





^^is Plasti Dipped (www.DipYourCar.com)

Below is a comparision satin painted the FD from 5-6 years ago (My 1st Black FD where this thread was started).








My opinion about Plasti Dip:

I been getting a lot of questions from people.. So I will state some pros and cons compared with my experience with satin paint, 3M vinyl, and plasti dip.

Satin Paint is by far most expensive and super hard to keep it nice. it chips easy and once chipped, that's it. You can't buff, wax, etc.

Vinyl, the theory is nice. but quite expensive if you hire someone to do. I did couple of test run on my MB FD and also my daily TL when 3M first introduced their 'car' vinyl. it was fairly easy to do and held up well. Until, I decided to pull it off. TL, vinyl came off easy and without any issues. However, my repainted/aftermarket painted FD3S? vinyl took my paint off. Apparently this is a VERY common issues with non-OE paint. Of course 3M did not disclosed this nor would they do anything about it since I installed it myself.

Plasti Dip (purchased from www.DipYourCar.com) is by far best, easiest, and cheapest solution. I heard about this 2-3 years ago. Been watching videos and about a year ago, decided to give it a try (for DGRR). I mainly wanted to use this stuff to protect my MB paint (costly paint job) while I drove around town and DGRR. Bought 4 cans from Lowes, experimented on my lower part of FEED flares (where rock chips were common). One side of the car was vinyl and otherside was plasti dipped. Most people for 6 months had no idea one side was dipped and other side was vinyl.
I also used my daily as test subject and plasti dipped the front grill and few other areas to see how well it will hold up since it was parked outside and saw more environmental elements. 6 months, I had no issues on either cars. Cleaned up easily and peeled off without an issue.

I than talked to guys at DipYourCar.com and decided to get their full car kit (under $400 with the sprayer). The satin black FD you see here is 3-4 layers of their black. I did the entire work in 1 day and drove in the rain about an hour after spraying. I also did 2 track days with this and performed great!! I had very little chips, clean up was easy (just water and microfiber towel, in 15 mins), and than I layed 3-4 more dip after running it for 2-3 months (still using the left over from the kit).



With the new color, I have about 6-8 coats of this stuff. I've put over 1000 miles, another day at the track, and the plasti dip is still in great condition. All, under $400.
I'm going to do one more layer in different color before peeling this stuff off. I'll post a results of 1 year of dip later this spring.

1StGenCL

That looks great and I'm impressed with the dip. DYC has some great how tos and the dude seems pretty cool. One question, how does it feel to the touch? Smooth? Rough?

Herblenny

Pending who sprayed and how well its done. It does take some practice but quite easy. I've done some painting before and this stuff, you can't do the traditional car painting method.

Mine, its like fine velvet feel to it. But I've seen and felt 'some' pro dipper who's work feels like you have sand paper on your car.

swoosh

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BoriTL

Pretty sick ride especially making it a 20b, have a 1st gen that daddy o reconditioned before passing away, been fighting with the brother to let me take it since it was his original car.

DaChef320

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man i love this car looks super hot and i love the TE37s with the car they match perfectly good job bro!

Herblenny

Its been awhile..

I been quite busy with car stuff lately and kind of forgotten to update this..

Couple of news to start..

My plasti dipped car is featured on current (April 2014 issue) of Import Tuner Mag! So please pick up a copy at a local magazine rack..

Here is a photo from the issue,



At the same time, my online feature of this same car (different wheels) was featured couple of days ago.

http://southrnfresh.com/2014/02/phil-sohns-mazda-rx7/

Here are few photos from the online feature.











I'm now working on something little different and will be getting ready for my event in April..

Oh, I did a track day at Barber Motorsports Park last friday..
Video and photos..

swoosh

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effin SICK !!!!


love the car and the way its done

fsttyms1

Awesome!!!!!!

chill_dog

rockstar143

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What a beautiful girl...
and car...
and girl...
and love her jacket...it's so NON revealing

Okay, seriously though, thank you very much for your write up on DIPYOURCAR vs all the other methods...if I ever grow a set, I'll be spraying one of my cars with it too.

I'm glad to see you're getting the recognition you deserve with all the features, btw.

Herblenny

LOL!.. It was bit chilly.. Next time
And don't be afraid of dipping.. It really do no harm on the car..

Update:

I just got featured again on Stance Nation...

Old School Perfection // Phil Sohn’s Mazda RX3. | StanceNation

rockstar143

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fuggin phenomenal. as per usual.

oh, and summer is fast approaching, looking forward to your second date with that model and a new video in swimsuit

Herblenny

Here is something for you..

Video from recent event I attended.. A new plastidip from www.DipYourCar.com (Neochrome)

http://www.thirdworldsociety.com/the...hns-rx7-video/

or

https://vimeo.com/95773941

rockstar143

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Hmmm...hot as hell, but still no way you let her drive that thing. Although I'd let her wipe down my wheels too

Car looks great! Is that a new chameleon pearl plastidip? I see they sponsored you now? Very cool.

DaChef320

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man your FD is so damn sick wanna sell it

EvilVirus

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That's an understatement