slickooz

Just finished, put on about 5 coats. I'll probably redo it in spring, its not perfect but good for first time.

KillerG

looks nice. maybe some CF vinyl for the blade for contrast?

slickooz

Thanks KG. I never seen CF on wipers before, going have to check it out.

ed_423

looks good, and i think he meant on the shield grille blade, not wipers blade (although i think there are cf wipers)

slickooz

OH haha its late and I been drinking. Yeah the CF vinyl for blade does look nice.

How durable is the plasti dip? Will I be able to pressure wash the area?

tobwac

yes its very durable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPV2QgcAkwA

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

Good stuff. How long did it take you? Thinking about doing this.

slickooz

Took me about 3 to 4 hours? Taping everything took a lot of time and patience and removing had to be very careful.

slickooz

Thanks for the video!

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

How long did you wait between each re-spray? So it was 3-4 hour total job including the taping and spraying right?

ed_423

i waited about 1 hour between each coat lol, did 5 coat. (for the grille mesh)

slickooz

I waited about 30-40 mins for each coat. I had a fan blowing on it to help aid it dry. Yeah I started around 10 pm and ended around 2:30am.

I had to respray around the emblem because it peels a little and wasn't happy with it. There is quit a lot of over spray on the bumper. Going give it a good wash once it gets nice.

mrstak

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Damn I don't have a garage to do it in...I'd have to do it outside...gonna see if one of the days this Thanksgiving weekend is good enough weather for it.

slickooz

It says after your done layering to let it dry for 4 hours.

I'm not 100% happy with finish because there were spots that I had to wipe because of big blots. And it shows in the finish, I couldn't cover it up with layering over it. If I had to do it again I would first spray from at least 1 foot away and spray slowly. And make sure the nozzle is clean to prevent blots. I used about 1.5 can for this project. One tip is to layer the first one heavy, then go lighter.

I don't have my car now it's at Acura dealership because of rattle noise in the rear. But will take some pictures later to show you what I mean.

ssjoeboe9

Firstly you should be spraying 1ft away anyways, don't spray continuously you should do it in strokes. This will give you a nice coat without any thicker areas, prevents running too. After each coat flip the can upside-down and spray.the gas will clear any extra paint in there. To prevent overspray I found it very useful to overlap index cards and stick them between the grille and bumper. Good luck on your second attempt.

slickooz

Thanks for the tips! I didn't do much research before doing it, so it wasn't as perfect as I would of liked. I didn't have any index cards with me but next time I'm going have to pick up some.

Mr. NC

Does plastidip come in any other colours aside from black? lol

Nice job tho

KillerG

cums in white

KillerG

^thats what she said lol

KillerG

good one killerg!

ssjoeboe9

Any color you want! Well sorta... Just paint over the plastidip. Regular spray paint sticks well to it.

But for real I think they come in 5 different colors. Blue, black,red,white, and yellow.

Mr. NC

Ahhh touche....thanks ssjoeblow...wait what? (Sarcasm warning insert here)

I want a gunmetal/dark grey if possible is the reason I ask.

KillerG

SSJBJ

the rims look nice but they are just nice rims to begin with. Even if we powdercoated the stock rims theyd still be ooglee

ssjoeboe9

hahaha but for real though, I'm not joking... people forget you can paint over plastidip. Just buy the gunmetal color and paint over it. It will all peel off if you ever wanna change it. It would still be an easy job, juss sayin brahhhhhh

ssjoeboe9

Mr. NC

HMMMM this is true as well joebow-wow wow yipee yo yipee yay....but wudnt it be harder to peel since theres paint over the plastidip-set cam'ron santana aaaay! ?

KillerG

what im trying to say is, hondo's rims looks really nice in grey, but the base v6 style rim is really nice to begin with

our us stock rim though, is a piece of shit, so even if it was powdercoated grey, it would still look ugly.

saucy

Could buy my v6 rims and tires....they are for sale....hint hint

Nexson

i hate to be the odd one out, but it doesn't really look good. You took the classyness out of the TSX, now it has a totally dull black front center piece, which is suppose to compliment the car, not degrade it. I think OEM looks just fine or color match the grille. You can even color match the outter trim and gloss black the center. Flat colors do not look good on nice classy cars as you have.

Again nice job, but it just doesnt flow. Plastic Dip has its place

KillerG

what new rims did you get ?

rim season doesnt start till july for me

slickooz

I like how it looks, and will probably cf vinyl the blade part in the springs. The good thing about plasti dip, if I change my mind I can just rip it off.

ssjoeboe9

Nahh you'll be fine. It all peels off the same, as long as your plastidip is your base you'll be straight!

ssjoeboe9

Oh I didn't see anyone talking about rims, I guess you were interpreting what Mr. NC wanted to do. Anyways I like the OEM wheels. It's a lot better than a lot of other cars. I kinda want to plastidip my stockies just for a change.

Nexson

If you like it, that's all that matters

Mr. NC

For the record I hate our stock OEM rims, they are too wavy IMO. The TSX is an angular car with angular, masculine lines, how it ended up with wavy rims that should be on an 98' accord blows my mind. The v6 rims are better. If the TSX came with the TL-SH-AWD rims from 09-10' as OEM stockies I wouldn't be jumping for joy exactly but they look waaaaay better.

ssjoeboe9

I bet if you painted the mags on those and left the outside the way it is it would look pretty legit ^^

slickooz

Anyone seen this yet? This was from another TSX on this forum. Is that normal when removing plasti dip?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70337480@N04/6392855643/http://www.flickr.com/photos/70337480@N04/6392855643/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/70337480@N04/, on Flickr

Mr. NC

Bro this is where silver sharpie comes to save the day.

slickooz

I'm a little paranoid now... If I ever decide to go back stock look, that shit would suck.

itrhybrid

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Can I make a suggestion? Look for a local place that sells Wurths Satin black paint and use that on top of the plasti-dip. It'll give the paint a satin look rather than the flatter black of the pd. I did my entire mini in it and it looks phenomenal. For example:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30954811@N02/6440878513/http://www.flickr.com/photos/30954811@N02/6440878513/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/30954811@N02/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30954811@N02/6440873453/http://www.flickr.com/photos/30954811@N02/6440873453/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/30954811@N02/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30954811@N02/6440873613/http://www.flickr.com/photos/30954811@N02/6440873613/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/30954811@N02/, on Flickr