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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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Plasti-dip front end?

Can anyone post a picture of their black lancer with a plasti-dip front end? I'm wondering if it would look better kind of like the evos.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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search button is your friend....there are a ton of thread with pics of our cars with the plasti-dipped front end
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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it looks good, its a matte finish instead of gloss, and if you mess up just take it off haha
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by swgallagher11
it looks good, its a matte finish instead of gloss, and if you mess up just take it off haha
Did you plasti dip the body piece that runs across the middle as well? And if so, how?
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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I just did the middle section with some auto tape and time
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 09:42 AM
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it's super easy. dries smooth and even as well. i'm putting my new black plastidipped grill in this weekend
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by swgallagher11
I just did the middle section with some auto tape and time
Ok cool, thats what i was trying to figure out how to do. I knew you could plasti dip the chrome grill but i didnt know how to do the middle body piece under the chrome grill. Somebody told me to have it professionally done but if plasti dip works that is alot easier and cheaper.
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Sweetness1892
Ok cool, thats what i was trying to figure out how to do. I knew you could plasti dip the chrome grill but i didnt know how to do the middle body piece under the chrome grill. Somebody told me to have it professionally done but if plasti dip works that is alot easier and cheaper.
I had the center professionally painted Matte Black for like $75. Wasn't a bad deal and looks sick. Plastidip works nice, but i live in MN and have lots of bugs here.. so i would have to constantly redo it
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by luckyjakob
I had the center professionally painted Matte Black for like $75. Wasn't a bad deal and looks sick. Plastidip works nice, but i live in MN and have lots of bugs here.. so i would have to constantly redo it
Wow. I went to have the front looked at to be painted and they quoted me for 300 dollars.

Also ive read that the plasti dip is just easy as peeling it off of the chrome grill if you dont like it. Does that mess the chrome up and does it seem to stay stuck to the chrome well? And if i you tried to plastidip the actual body piece, what does that do to the paint? If you tried to peel it off or whatever will that mess up the body paint?
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:14 PM
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I peeled my first coat of Plastidip off my grill fairly easy. It doesn't damage the chrome overlay at all. As for the bumper, i'm not sure how it would affect the body paint. I know the 08's have paint chipping issues, but i'm not sure how the plastidip would play into that
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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I'm planning to put vinyl on the center piece by next weekend, and will plasti dip the chrome part. If you Want to see the outcome I'll post some pics up.
Or if you end up doing the plasti-dip, let us know how it goes..
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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plasti dip is good because
1:awesome color, mat black
2:reversible
3:cheap
4IY
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