Plasti-Dipped lower front bumper - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Bullschmidt91 · 08-02-2013, 06:33 PM

Not sure what exactly to call that part, but i taped it off and plasti-dipped it. Very happy with how well it turned out and how easy it was to do!

Brody602 · 08-02-2013, 06:36 PM

Thought about doing this myself on my firestorm, now I have an awesome idea of what it would look like, haven't decided if it's for me yet, but I do like it, good job and thanks for sharing!

finallyfi · 08-02-2013, 07:36 PM

Looks good! I like the contrast against the red.

rikdrt1 · 08-15-2013, 02:23 AM

that looks great. I wonder what would look good on a RAVEN fr-s ?
gray - red ??
I guess I should try it and see ... hmm

aakash · 08-15-2013, 08:49 AM

did u get clean lines when you peeled back the tape? usually plasti dip will tear when dry if you are removing the edge taping. if not how did you do it?

l0aded · 08-15-2013, 03:53 PM

How will this effect cleaning the car in general? I imagine cleaners won't do so well or even take off the plastidip coat eventually.

Leonardo · 08-15-2013, 05:05 PM

I did this to my car too. All the new cars have the center black.

Plastidip, is easy to clean. I have washed mine with soap and a rag.

Ammonia · 08-15-2013, 05:37 PM

Dude that looks legendary. I'm gonna do it.

lokvo · 08-15-2013, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bullschmidt91

Not sure what exactly to call that part, but i taped it off and plasti-dipped it. Very happy with how well it turned out and how easy it was to do!

Nice job man! It's a must have look I reckon for 86s.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aakash

did u get clean lines when you peeled back the tape? usually plasti dip will tear when dry if you are removing the edge taping. if not how did you do it?

The method is you spray 3 to 4 heavy coats of dip with minimal drying time between coats and while its still wet you peel the masking tape, that way the dip hasn't had time to dry and bond with the tape yet and you get clean lines when you peel. I got this technique from dipyourcar.com, he's got a youtube channel under the same name, check him out.

Ndgreely · 08-15-2013, 10:08 PM

What did you do to prep the painted area before you sprayed it ?

Wes · 08-15-2013, 11:00 PM

Looks good! I wonder how this would look on Asphalt, haven't seen anyone doing this to it, seems like it might blend in though.

FRSSS · 08-15-2013, 11:34 PM

Instead of painter's masking tape try black vinyl electrician's tape instead.
Produced a cleaner finished edge without the plastidip adhering.

chriscross_tnt · 08-15-2013, 11:41 PM

Looks clean. Not bad at all.

kALMIGHTY · 08-16-2013, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aakash

did u get clean lines when you peeled back the tape? usually plasti dip will tear when dry if you are removing the edge taping. if not how did you do it?

Keeping minimal drying time in between coats is usually the way to do it, plus spraying a new coat on top of barely dry plastidip also liquifies the bottom coats enough so that by the time you finish the last coat, not even the first bottom coats have bonded to the tape yet, so you'll get a clean line when you peel the tape as soon as you finish your last coat.

08-02-2013, 06:33 PM	#1
Bullschmidt91 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 25 Thanks: 2 Thanked 12 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Plasti-Dipped lower front bumper Not sure what exactly to call that part, but i taped it off and plasti-dipped it. Very happy with how well it turned out and how easy it was to do!

08-02-2013, 06:36 PM	#2
Brody602 Drift King Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: '13 Firestorm FR-S 6MT Location: Kirkland Lake Ontario, Canada Posts: 625 Thanks: 435 Thanked 228 Times in 121 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thought about doing this myself on my firestorm, now I have an awesome idea of what it would look like, haven't decided if it's for me yet, but I do like it, good job and thanks for sharing! __________________ '13 6MT Firestorm FR-S

08-15-2013, 11:34 PM	#12
FRSSS Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: scion frs Location: orange county Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Plastidip Instead of painter's masking tape try black vinyl electrician's tape instead. Produced a cleaner finished edge without the plastidip adhering. Attached Images

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