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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 12:01 AM
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Question Acura TL Plastidip Done Wrong!











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Ok these arent my pictures, i saw it on facebook as one of my friends like this page and you all know that works.

Now for the car itself i dont mind it but not my cup of tea really. It can look good on other vehicles just not the TL imho. Some of the cars they do look really clean especially the evo they have on their page. What do you guys think.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 12:08 AM
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Since he Plastidipped over the reverse lights, hopefully the owner will accidentally back into a fire and destroy the car.
Old Jan 8, 2013 | 01:10 AM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 02:59 AM
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Oh hell no.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 03:05 AM
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what. the. shit.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 04:30 AM
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why didnt he plastidip the front windshield too?
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 06:51 AM
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horrible idea that shit takes forever to get off certain parts!!
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 06:56 AM
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KILL IT WITH FIRE! a
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 07:17 AM
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carl is the owner of that TL.

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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:19 AM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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Just to much black, the grill should have been left alone and the rear cover on the decklid. I dont like the black because its played out. Not gonna lie, funny I say that because im plasti dipping my boys 300zx black tonight. I agree with OP, just not the color for this car. I have a WDP and thinking of plasti dipping it camo green. Just something different.

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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 10:02 AM
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I wonder if that'll fix the boo boo on my front lip.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by mn2trance
I wonder if that'll fix the boo boo on my front lip.
Im currently using it as a bandaid for my booboo on my rear trunk area.

kinda looks awesome.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 10:25 AM
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Wow, that looks like a fkn nightmare.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 10:48 AM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 12:22 PM
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At least he didn't make a huge thread about having the car repainted and took more than 2 pictures of the end result
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 12:52 PM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 01:20 PM
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Some cars looks great in flat black. The TL is not one of em.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 01:28 PM
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I saw a photo of a rolls royce all matte black....
the rolls royce isnt one of those cars either
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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the only reason you should ever plastidip an entire car is if its a beater and the paint is completely destroyed/clearcoat failure and there is no saving it.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 02:26 PM
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Mods please change thread title to:

Acura TL Plastidip Done Wrong!

Thanks!
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by The Machine
Mods please change thread title to:

Acura TL Plastidip Done Wrong!

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you're gonna butt hurt the owner.

and he's going to retort with
"its real racing seats, buddy."
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 04:34 PM
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0.0 cant even imagine pulling all that off.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 05:11 PM
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Looks like some one had wwwwaaaayyyyy too much free time..
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by justnspace
you're gonna butt hurt the owner.

and he's going to retort with
"its real racing seats, buddy."
Lol, I can't though, the OP found these pics on a Facebook page he likes. The actual owner may not even be a member here.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 05:52 PM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 06:21 PM
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I'm not against Plastidipping cars, since it's a cool concept in theory, but like all nice things, asshats are going to abuse it.

I think it's appropriate to say Plastidip is no longer 'cool' and 'unique'. It's just a shit way to make a shit car look like shit.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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just had my friend bring in his car to my shop so i could finish what he had started. So the car is a mitsubishi spyder, original color purple. He dipped it white and did a bad job on it, ive never done this untill a few hrs ago. I tried but the car was a mess, not worth doing it. Mayb if the car was clean it would have worked, thought of dipping mine but HELL NO. My baby doesnt need that kind of abuse. Plus it doesnt look good up close or doesnt feel smooth at all.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by justnspace
you're gonna butt hurt the owner.

and he's going to retort with
"its real racing seats, buddy."
LMFAO post of the year.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by The Machine
Mods please change thread title to:

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Done.....I like matte black cars, but this is too much.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
Done.....I like matte black cars, but this is too much.

Lmao, wow, I didn't actually think that would happen, that's awesome!
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:44 PM
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Plasti Dip-the poor man's matte black paint......
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:51 PM
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In all fairness, it looks like a quality dip job. Even with a compressor and gun, plasti dip is very hard to lay down consistently.

However, I don't like the black. Why not go with any of the other 20 or so colors that plasti dip is offered in?
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:54 PM
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Dead-on thread title is dead-on
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 10:02 PM
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Good thing it peals off. Its one thing to dip your grill or maybe your wheels, but that TL is an eyesore.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 11:16 PM
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by The Machine
Lol, I can't though, the OP found these pics on a Facebook page he likes. The actual owner may not even be a member here.
lol i didnt like the page, it was in my news feed when one of my friends like it. looking at the pics again, the last pic posted reminds of when engineers make clay models of vehicles.

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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 11:25 PM
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all things considered, it seems to have gone on nicely haha
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