Hey guys, haven't been too active on here lately since I got a '12 challenger and have had the expo sitting for a while. But the time came over the weekend to finally execute the plan I had since the fall....to plastidip the entire truck. You may have heard of dipyourcar.com or seen their youtube videos, but I bought the full kit from them. Everybody seems to go full blacked out and I don't wanna blend in so I went full white on white everything. Overall, the process couldn't have been easier; because of how the paint is removable you don't need to really mask off anything....just let it dry then peel it off the headlights, tail lights, and anything else that you'd like. Because of how I was spraying a light color over a dark, it took more coats and paint to get full coverage but after 6 gallons, 7 hours, and 10ish coats it finally looked perfect. In the end I paid 480$ total to fully paint the truck and if I hadn't told you it was plastidip then you wouldn't be able to tell. I'll post pics tomorrow when I can use the computer and not the ipad, but I was just too excited to wait
Took plastidip to a new level
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FordandPolaris
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I will be curious to see it! I am pretty happy with it on the rims, but the whole truck would be crazy haha.
superexpy
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How long will that last? How hard is it to get bug guts off of it? I thought about doing my front bumper and side skirts but by the looks of your pics, the side skirts didn't work out well for ya. I figured people getting in and out that my side skirts wouldn't stand a chance....
The running boards? i didnt try to paint those and i had started peeling them in these pics so don't base the decision off of me. Any white you see on them is basically overspray, not a real buildup of paint. But literally all you do to clean this stuff is pressure wash it and everything comes off easily
FordandPolaris
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That looks pretty cool man. Did you paint the roof too?
Yeah did the roof too, had to open the back doors and stand in there to reach all of it but it got done
walnuts4x4
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that looks cool as hell....
FordandPolaris
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Alright you motivated me... I have a black grille in the mail now (current one has a hole in it from an unfortunate incident with a deer) and I am plasti-dipping my bumpers black when I get that on.
i think black bumpers will looks awesome on your truck
superexpy
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Yes, Running boards..... I had a ADD moment! You truck look good! I play alot with plastidip too on everything from my quad to my car but was always leary of doing my running boards or front bumper but I may just have to try it. Ill just peel it off if it doesnt work the way I want it too.
So I spoke to a guy I know who had a shop dip his f350 in the winter. He said he had them dip the running boards as a test and he planned on keeping track of how many times he stepped on them until he wore through it. The final amount of times stepped on until failure was 132....so yes it's durable enough for running boards but not for a very long time
FordandPolaris
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Just curious JT, have you ever considered removing the boards?
Considering it for this year, nobody uses them anyways ever since I lowered it. I'm just more concerned about having the frame rails or some other rusty ugly object being visible
Edmund K
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JT that is great, and you didn't need a spray booth! I've been looking at Dipyourcar.com's videos, and was wondering when he was going to dip a big vehicle like an Expy; you should send Fonzie some pics! What was your paint sprayer set up?
FordandPolaris
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Yeah I hear you there. The problem I have too is that the rocker panels were pretty rusted out before I took off my boards, and now they are even worse since the boards aren't there to take some of the beating. It also became apparent as I took one side off, that they were not going to go back on even if I wanted them to haha.
Thanks man, and I plan on sending him pics once I finish the rims and get them on the truck. I find it really funny how their wheel kit is 4 spray cans....to do my wheels I needed 13 cans. And yup no booth, just a 70 degree day with no wind, the sprayer was a cheap Earlax gun that came with the kit. We did my buddy's ram the day before my truck too and the gun held up perfectly for 2 vehicles
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