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SLC_A4
Anyone ever "plastidip" 'd your car? I am looking to do my front grill, and chrome that outlines the windows and possibly my back rings on the back...advice or pics of what you or how you did would be great.
Thanks,
I've done this and it's pretty easy to do. The grill will be the easiest as you can separate it from the car and get some good coats on there. With the window trim make sure you tape off/cover the car or the overspray will show (especially with your color). As for the rear rings that could be the toughest to do due to the small spaces unless you pull them off the car, spray and then replace. I only say this because when the plastidip dries it turns into a rubber barrier and it's pretty tough to cut without peeling it off even with a brand new razor blade
One piece of advice that I will give you is to put some black tape down about 2 inches long where the top corner of the door meets the trim (by the b-pillar) and down in the front (where the trim starts at the a-pillar) make the piece of tape about 4 inches long. Do this for the doors that are used a lot as the rubbing from the opening/closing will rub off the plastidip and this will help conceal the trim or you will be respraying a little section all the time. Can get a picture if you'd like to help clear this up if it doesn't make any sense.
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