dschaos

I've been thinking about doing some stuff with plasti dip, and after watching some videos on YouTube I went to Home Depot and bought a Can.



As a test I decided to do the emblems, I totally forgot to take before pics, but everyone what they look like. I also forgot to take pics of when I first taped off the area I would be working with, with blue painter's tape. Here's a pic of where I taped after I it was done with it all. Then pull out the news paper and mask off the surrounding areas. The more prep here, the less clean up later. Its ok if you do get some over-spray, it will rub off.



Notice that I framed the emblem, not taped all the way to the edge. The best part of Plasti Dip is that it will cut along the gap of the emblem and the body.
Just like paint you want to start off with a light coats. I did 2 light coats with about 10 mins dry time between coats. Then 2 medium coats.




I ended up having to redo the A and the TL cause I accidentally pulled up some of the Plasti Dip when I was removing the excess.



After about 30-45 mins dry time I pulled the masking off, carefull when you pull the tape the Plasti Dip will pull up with it. Just take your time and be careful. You'll be left with a black frame around the emblems. Sorry again forgot to take a pic. Carefully pull the excess off and it should cut at the edge of the emblem. For inside the A and other spots, I used a toothpick to pull the Plasti Dip up.




Front


I'm happy with the results. Eventually I'll get around to doing the front and rear silver trim pieces too. But first I'm gonna order the Gunmetal Plasti Dip wheel kit from http://www.dipyourcar.com Hope to do the wheels in the upcoming weeks. Depending on how the wheels turn out I might redo the emblems in Gunmetal and the trim in black.

xander569

I like it! I have been thinking about doing this for awhile. How long does it take to peel off the excess around the emblems? Did you just use your finger nails where you could? I've never used Plasti Dip before.

dschaos

It doesn't take long to peel off the excess, just need to be careful around the emblems not to pull up the plasti dip on them. I used my fingers to pull it up and a toothpick to get in the small parts and inside the A.

vietxquangstah

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Anyone with a NBP got pictures of the rear A emblem plastidipped?

24no7

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I'm so doing this LOL

tl_from_hell

Like the black edition I like it but don't know if it well go well with my cbp cheers

RaviNJCLs

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Good work.

dschaos

Took a pic when I got to work in daylight so you could see them better.

Steven Bell

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Nice job DS-it looks good.

Dewalt09

Definately looks alot better than chrome. Butttt a flat finish is not for me. I recently used Krylon DUAL (primer&paint) gloss black on my emblems. Granted does take more work having to remove all emblems but IMO its more of a oem look. If there's more members interested in plastic dip definately check out this webpage. http://www.dipyourcar.com/shop/page/51?shop_param=

ez12a

looks good. now i'm thinking about trying it myself lol

24no7

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if the plastic dip can't stand water a high pressure then this is not worth doing

LaJay007

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I did this to my WDP TL's emblems, trim and front grill. It turned out great and can withstand the pressure washer. Check out the videos Fonzi's put on dipyourcar.com and you'll see. I too am going to check it out on my OEM rims. That way if I like it and feel good about it, I'll leave it or get them powdercoated. Saves a ton of money for me the family. Nice job DSCHAOS!!

fabricator

I just did mine last week. did it once on the car, and wasn't happy with the result so i pulled the emblem and sprayed it off the car and reinstalled. this pic was before i pulled it off. i still need to take some of the redo.

r.nogueira23

Hey dschaos - how did you plasti dip the front emblem without taking the whole bumper/grill apart?
did you just spray it and peel around it (taping up around it)?

EvilVirus

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Tape around it and block behind the grill so you dont get it on the radiator/condensor area

TheLowLife

^ this

dschaos

^ what he said...taped around the grill and stuck cardboard between the grill and condenser/radiator.

GeeCastle

Plan on doing this soon but rather take the emblems off but I have no idea what to use to put it back on my car hahah. Any suggestions?

rossv1

^
Just get some 3M double sided tape from Autozone or somewhere. The "A" has two prongs that kind of snap into the trunk lid but you should put some 3M tape on the emblem too.

GeeCastle

Awsome! Thanks. Yea I'm thinking about just leaving the A an taking everything else off

rossv1

If you take off the other emblems, make sure to tape a ruler or something on the trunk so when you go to put them back on, they'll be straight.

nchein

It actually can stand high pressure. I have a pressure washer at home and use it all the time on the plasti dip. You just have to make sure you dont stay in one spot too long and are on spray mode rather stream.

Here's a vid:

AdAstra

Resurrection here: I'm going to do this in the next couple of weeks. I also have AM and I'd really like to dip the center bar through the grille and the emblem matte or gloss black (if available), and dip the rest of the grille to match the rest of the car. I looked up plasti dip colors and the "gunmetal grey" seems too generic to match well. Do any of you know/have a picture of gunmetal grey dip on AM? Or if this won't match, is there another color option that will? Just figured I'd ask before I go buy a can to test it.

1black_seven

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Dont know of anyone who has. If you're the first, it would be interesting to see the result.

AdAstra

I don't mind being the guinea pig if no one else has, considering its removable.

tommyg55

^^+1 for being interested.. I dipped my center bar black and left the rest of it and dont like the way theres 3 different colors in one area(silver outline, gray plastic, black bar) Chrome A) I guess thats 4 haha.. debating on just doing the gray plastic black too so it will be more fluent

AdAstra

Tommyg I hear you on that; I was debating on doing everything black too besides for the emblem if I can't find a good color match. I'm going to get my hands on at least some gunmetal grey if not the anthracite color Performix offers, and get to this within the next few weeks. I'm just too busy this week but I will make sure and post results.

@cura_driver

I plasti dipped my emblems and my grill. It's so easy a female did it

Kevin17112

I plasti dipped wheels on my 08 TL, turned out looking better than expected

AdAstra

@acura_driver your emblems and grille look great on that color!

AdAstra

Kevin those look great and almost look painted IMO. I like what you did with the center caps; I was planning on doing the same thing once my emblems and grille are done.

Kevin17112

I originally painted the center caps too but then it didn't look that good so I easily peeled it off of them.

tommyg55

yeah the anthracite plasti dip in the picture of the wheel on dipyourcar.com looks almost promising, might be worth a shot if i get bored but ill wait to see how yours comes out before i make any moves Guinea pig

Kv7226

If I knew how to post pics....?? I did mine 2 years ago and still holding up strong. I painted the whole front grill and left the emblem chrome and personally thinks it looks good. If someone can show me how to post pics I can show.

bauermd

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I dipped my Type-S rims last week, turned out alright IMO.

tommyg55

Use photobucket and set up a free account then copy and paste the IMG code

AdAstra

Yeah, that's the can I'm talking about. I'll have it done before I go back to school at the end of August and will share the results.

AdAstra

+1 Looks good!

MarcoNorthPolo

I'm liking it. Thanks for posting.