Plasti-Dip my Supra?

[hey...it runs]

Title says it all. I have an 89 currently white. Front clip is good but from the doors back the clearcoat is orange peeled and quite frankly not that great. The car has tinted blinkers, side markers and tail lights all black (tail lights are more maroon. Didn't want to go too dark without brighter bulbs.) All 5 windows are tinted at 35% and the gas tank and muffler I painted black. The car is a white package but I repainted the saw tooths metallic black. Window trim and bottom of mirrors is already plasti-dipped.

Basically I'm just wondering how you think a murdered out mkiii with gloss black sawtooths would look vs my current white body. Pics are welcome.

 

[jetjock]

I think it was our illustrious leader who stated that what some people do to these cars is criminal...

 

[DustinS]

I plan to do it to mine to make it one color. It's a cheap alternative to painting a car, but isn't permanent. Should expect to be fixing chips pretty often. search Youtube for "Dip You Car.com" videos

 

[Chambers]

I figured this topic would come along at some point after seeing more and more people doing this. If you have any dents or ripples in your sheet metal it will show like a sore thumb. It may be easy to lay down, but with no prep work just like paint it wont be clean. PLUS, consider all the body lines that would be open while you spray the plasti-dip, what will it gunk up behind thoes?

If I had peeling clear coat I would wet sand it all down, hit it with a few coats of clear (even if its rattle can), wet sand again, and then a final polish. BAM! Good as new. You could even do it in sections so you dont have your car down for more than half a day at a time.

And since you asked for my opinion, I think a "murdered out" flat black Supra would look like crap... on stock wheels... painted black... I will never understand the alure of painting wheels black... If I was using the car for off road track use then hell yea, I would plasti dip it, but I would go with white. A street car however... Plasti-dip is for beaters...

 

[DustinS]

I agree with the murdered out look.

But Plasti-Dip is for Beaters?

 

[ryansmith]

Too me that just doesn't look right, my opinion though

 

[Poodles]

Just because you have money, doesn't mean you have taste...

 

[kotu100]

I had once though about plastidipping my car as well. Those thoughts quickly faded when i saw pictures of someone peeling dried up chips of plastidip off their car.
If the car is garaged and not left out in the sun long it might work.

For the money, spend the time prepping and for a couple hundred more you could paint it with real paint.

 

[1jz-Rolla]

I agree, "murdered out" looks sh1t

Plasti-dip looks like a bit of fun to experiment with though, but yeah, as already said, a proper job requires proper paint.

 

[SupraRzTT]

I acctually think murdered out looks friggen fantastic

As for plasti dip, if your really going to do it, i would suggest masking everything up like you normally would. Sure most of the bigger sections will peel off, but small overspray areas would be left stuck in cracks, door jambs, etc etc.

 

[Poodles]

Notice those "murdered out" Supras are shiny...

 

[BoostMonger]

plasti dip wont last for long at all, just spend the time and money and do it right like me, this winter ill be meticulously prepping my car for paint. and you know what, im not even keeping this body haha

 

[hey...it runs]

Thanks for the input. It was just an idea. Basically, I need a paint job but the car isn't worth it honestly. Too much body work needed, too many miles, too many minor issues and problems. It was just an idea to see if I could make my semi-beater supra look slick. Looks like ill have to wet sand if I really feel the need to change it. However, that black supra looks fricken sick. One of the nicest looking mkiiis I've seen imo

 

[hey...it runs]

I figured this topic would come along at some point after seeing more and more people doing this. If you have any dents or ripples in your sheet metal it will show like a sore thumb. It may be easy to lay down, but with no prep work just like paint it wont be clean. PLUS, consider all the body lines that would be open while you spray the plasti-dip, what will it gunk up behind thoes?

If I had peeling clear coat I would wet sand it all down, hit it with a few coats of clear (even if its rattle can), wet sand again, and then a final polish. BAM! Good as new. You could even do it in sections so you dont have your car down for more than half a day at a time.

And since you asked for my opinion, I think a "murdered out" flat black Supra would look like crap... on stock wheels... painted black... I will never understand the alure of painting wheels black... If I was using the car for off road track use then hell yea, I would plasti dip it, but I would go with white. A street car however... Plasti-dip is for beaters...

As for the rims, it's just a style I guess. Mine are metallic black with clearcoat. Not flat black. The stock white paint was chipped and deterriorating so I wanted to repaint them. I mainly did black because they hide brake dust very well. My white rims always looked crappy because I park in a gravel driveway and brake dust was always filling up the tooth part. These can be filthy and it's not very noticeable. Yes, I realize just buying rims is better, but hey, $20 vs $200? Ill paint them.

 

[ryansmith]

Notice those "murdered out" Supras are shiny...

Enough said and to your post under mine on page 1

 

[Poodles]

As for the rims, it's just a style I guess. Mine are metallic black with clearcoat. Not flat black. The stock white paint was chipped and deterriorating so I wanted to repaint them. I mainly did black because they hide brake dust very well. My white rims always looked crappy because I park in a gravel driveway and brake dust was always filling up the tooth part. These can be filthy and it's not very noticeable. Yes, I realize just buying rims is better, but hey, $20 vs $200? Ill paint them.

means you havd a white package and ruined it

 

[hey...it runs]

means you havd a white package and ruined it

Lol I thought about that. But I didn't because I still have the white trimline. ...until I paint the smaller bump line black. Then it will sort of have a white package.

 

[hotrod11212]

Plasti dip is a horrible idea in my opinion.

 

[hvyman]

Lol I thought about that. But I didn't because I still have the white trimline. ...until I paint the smaller bump line black. Then it will sort of have a white package.

White packages the molding that wraps around the car is all white. Hence white package.

 

[hey...it runs]

White packages the molding that wraps around the car is all white. Hence white package.

I know. White trim, white rims and a white "Toyota Supra" on the rear right corner. I didn't paint all the trim black, the trim is about 2.5" wide and I only blacked the little raised part about an inch wide. actually looks pretty good with the black rims, windows and blinkers.