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Grille mod I've been meaning to do
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Finally got around to doing the plastidip mod to my front grille.
I love the flat black contrast with the black paint. Such an easy mod, just use some isopropyl alcohol to clean the grille, especially if you have waxed several times such as I have this way the plastidip will stick much better with the wax removed. I shot 4 coats of plastidip one every half hour then waited a few hours and put the grille back on. A few pics below. https://www.jeepscanada.com/attachme...ine=1401145493 https://www.jeepscanada.com/attachme...ine=1401145493 https://www.jeepscanada.com/attachme...ine=1401145493 https://www.jeepscanada.com/attachme...ine=1401145493 Easy mod and if you don't like it or make an error you can simply peal it off. Thanks for looking. |
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I was going to buy the mopar grille that is the same plastic and texture of the fender flares, but this looks pretty good. My only concern is that i heard plastidip can peel. So I was going to price out getting my grille sprayed with bedliner or something maybe would be cheaper (Mopar grille is 500 clams)
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Looks good. I am planning on spraying my rims, but sitting on the fence whether to use bedliner or Plastidip. Come to think of it, I can prob try Plastidip first and if I don't like it, I can bedline it.
Autojunkieman: I think you can buy an extra grill plus two cans of bedliner and it will still be cheaper than the Mopar one. There was seller on Kijiji selling two grills for $80. You can spray one and keep your stock grill in the event you want to switch back. I was going to pick them up as a head boards for my kids beds, but the wifey said no. |
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Originally Posted by jlau76
(Post 570423)
Looks good. I am planning on spraying my rims, but sitting on the fence whether to use bedliner or Plastidip. Come to think of it, I can prob try Plastidip first and if I don't like it, I can bedline it.
Autojunkieman: I think you can buy an extra grill plus two cans of bedliner and it will still be cheaper than the Mopar one. There was seller on Kijiji selling two grills for $80. You can spray one and keep your stock grill in the event you want to switch back. I was going to pick them up as a head boards for my kids beds, but the wifey said no. I was never able to find the price of stock grilles, the one I have on my jeep right now is pretty beat up. So I would probably use it if I was going to do anything. I just have no clue what kind of prices I am looking at to bedline it, it's definitely not an area I am familiar with. |
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I know guys on the Wrangler forum that have had their grilles plastidiped for 5 years without issue. It will only peal when you choose to peal it off. Some people are doing their entire vehicles and body shops are doing it.
I only paid 20 bucks for one can and that's all that's needed to do 4 coats. |
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I've had the chrome bumper of my 09 VW Jetta plasti dipped for a few years now, its seen about 60,000km, across canada, and down south once, and is on the original paint job... handling rocks and bugs very well... i imagine the chrome underneath is going to shine like the day i covered the ugly crap up
i sprayed mine on the vehicle, mask a few inches away from what i want and spray a little extra on, and peels nice and clean... i ordered mine from dipit.ca, i ordered enough i got my cans down to about $6 a can... |
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The more I look at this the more I want to do it...
But I have concerns, one major one is I would like to see it on person. I've never actually seen it in person before, in photos the surface looks uneven but maybe that's just me. :-S I would like a black grille for my rig would look great against the white paint and black fenders and bumpers, I've no idea if it would match etc etc. Quite a big investment for alot of ifs. Edit: this video I found kind of concerns me. If this guy can rub it off with his finger kind of concerns me, he said he put 4 coats on it (sarcastically saying he did it wrong) Ok so further research has found other people having really tough stuff, so I guess he did it wrong? Or is using a really cheap brand of it. I throught it was weird he couldn't peel it off, maybe he is trying to ruin the plasti dip rep.. CONSPIRACY! |
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lol...that there is what I am afraid of....but the only way to find out is to actually do it...and whatever the outcome is, it becomes a "live and learn" experience.
BUT...i think he didn't put enough layers on. |
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Originally Posted by jlau76
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lol...that there is what I am afraid of....but the only way to find out is to actually do it...and whatever the outcome is, it becomes a "live and learn" experience.
BUT...i think he didn't put enough layers on. |
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I plastidipped my grille this past weekend as well. I put 5 coats on it, waited 30 mins in between coats, then waited 4 hrs after last coat before I reinstalled the grille. I think it looks great, against the silver paint. I also plan on dipping my wheels and if I can't find a set of used plain black fender flares, I'm going to dip them too.
I recommend giving the dip a try, you won't lose much $ if you don't like it. Peel the dip off and your done. Bed liner is permanent, dipping isn't. |
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Originally Posted by Flashgordo
(Post 570453)
I plastidipped my grille this past weekend as well. I put 5 coats on it, waited 30 mins in between coats, then waited 4 hrs after last coat before I reinstalled the grille. I think it looks great, against the silver paint. I also plan on dipping my wheels and if I can't find a set of used plain black fender flares, I'm going to dip them too.
I recommend giving the dip a try, you won't lose much $ if you don't like it. Peel the dip off and your done. Bed liner is permanent, dipping isn't. |
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Professional quoted me 65-80 bucks for the job and aprox 4 hours of work. That includes alcohol cleanup and drying time. I really wish I had the space for this, I would do it myself.
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What do you mean you don't have space to do it? you have a kitchen table don't you? Many years ago I re-built a motor on the kitchen table, mother was not impressed.
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Originally Posted by oldfart
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What do you mean you don't have space to do it? you have a kitchen table don't you? Many years ago I re-built a motor on the kitchen table, mother was not impressed.
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I have a feeling that the guy probably didn't clean his Jeep very well before hand... clay bar that junk, and put on a good coat of premium wax... it will peel right off
I dipped my Jetta's chrome bumper right on the car, outside IN FEBRUARY so you can do your grill whenever, where ever... so long as the car is perfectly dry and the cans are warm (i kept them in the house and also heated them (very carefully) with my heatgun) first photo is when i originally sprayed my chrome, you can still see the frost that was on the car around it lol, it was a few weeks into owning the car, second photo is a few months later when i was showing a detailing shop plastidip and put on a fresh coat for the summer (even though it applied perfectly beforehand) i wanted to see how protected the chrome was since i had made a trip down south and there was some minor road rash |
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Originally Posted by CrazyWJ242
(Post 570461)
I have a feeling that the guy probably didn't clean his Jeep very well before hand... clay bar that junk, and put on a good coat of premium wax... it will peel right off
I dipped my Jetta's chrome bumper right on the car, outside IN FEBRUARY so you can do your grill whenever, where ever... so long as the car is perfectly dry and the cans are warm (i kept them in the house and also heated them (very carefully) with my heatgun) first photo is when i originally sprayed my chrome, you can still see the frost that was on the car around it lol, it was a few weeks into owning the car, second photo is a few months later when i was showing a detailing shop plastidip and put on a fresh coat for the summer (even though it applied perfectly beforehand) i wanted to see how protected the chrome was since i had made a trip down south and there was some minor road rash |
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i've worked as a professional detailer for a few years, so i always go over the top lol...
i mean you see how clear that paint is on that VW lol but yeah not using enough plastidip isn't the worst thing you can do, you can always spray more onto it and peel it off... but who wants to use more just to peel it off... i've done about 5 cars now in plastidip... some were to protect the original paint so they could resell it later, and they wanted that flat black look... another was because he couldn't afford to repaint half his car lol... was a much cheaper option lol |
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I could imagine, I just wish I had more space to do it myself that is all. I think simply lighter coats to start would solve any uneven issues. I think also because there rattle cans people tend to spray closer rather then trying to fan coat it, but I can't be sure because I don't do alot of painting myself.
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well i think most of it is from people seeing the texture when its initially sprayed and still wet... it looks like ---- while its wet... then thinking oh no this is going to look like crap when it dries, then spraying too thick of a coat to even it out... lots of thin coats is the trick...
my neighbour just picked up a plasti-dipped RX8 last night... the guys that did it did a pretty decent job... |
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