Betsy's makeover. plastidip central.

[GMARCH]

Thought it would be sweet to black out the tan and wheels, and turned out great



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[rburch]

Looks good!

 

[sgtowing]

I like it.

 

[GMARCH]

thanks guys, the trip to home depot for this stuff was so worth it lmao

 

[panda24619]

looks great! love that it looks like you have cop wheels. haha

 

[alaskanexpy]

that looks mean..i like it!

 

[walnuts4x4]

looks great... still wondering if it would hold up to mud and snow.... I need to paint mine this spring

 

[ZombieSoldier]

How much did it cost and how did you apply it? Link to the products?

 

[GMARCH]

I picked I up from my local home depot/lowes for 5 bucks a can. I'm sure it can be found at any hardware store, in the paint section. For application, i taped off everything, and simply sprayed it on, did around 2 coats all around. And don't worry if it gets on your paint, it literally rubs right off with some elbow grease. It's just called Plastidip, a blue can with a black top. Great stuff

 

[GMARCH]

Took around 4 cans to do the whole project

 

[PTRJason]

go to dipyourcar.com they sell who car kits, with the sprayer included. I just ordered a Matt Black Wheel kit, should be here next week.

If I have stuff left over, I plan on doing my Expedition emblem on the lift gate, as well as my front grill. Since it is the only chrome on my White Epxy, I think it would look bad ass.

But dipyourcar.com is a reseller of PlastiDip, they are not partners with them, yet, but they sell a lot of the products and have a LOT of how to videos, posted, the one posted a few post up, is of the owner of dipyourcar.com.

One of the videos he has, says he some on his rims for about two years. He also has a video on how to repair curb rash and cuts to the dip if it tares, without having to peel and spray everything. They also sell a repair kit with thinner in it to fix tears, then you just repaint the area.

 

[ydopen]

looks great!!! if the plasti dip starts crapping out in the future look up Rebel Racing sahara wheels, they are 16in and powdercoated satin black, I have been running them for about 3 years and they are holding up good, i think they were around 350 shipped.

 

[Soapman99]

The stuff works great and holds up really well. I did my other car's wheels about 10 months ago and it still looks great. I did 4 - 5 coats on each wheel. I have even had new tires mounted since then with a couple rotations too.

I'd like to see how your grill looks in black. My Volvo grill turned out great.

 

[GAINMOB]

i'll check it out

 

[QbanCgar]

looks sweet! nice inexpensive way to get black rims! i'll be heading to HD this weekend to do mine. i'm also thinkin' bout doin' the EB trim as well.

 

[PTRJason]

Here are my rims, cant go wrong. Nothing to mess up, even if you dont like it, just peel it off. My Expy is the police/fleet model so it had flat gray rims and the only chrome is the Expy liftgate badge and the chrome around the grill. Which I am going to change soon.

Before:

Badge:


Rims:

 

[timberwoof]

Looks good.

 

[GAINMOB]

yeah...that was a police vehicle...lol