Dipped my C63
06-03-2013, 01:39 PM
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Where is Tysons.. street parking or garage 
might want to do a drive by one day (no weapons involved )
I live in MD out near Annapolis, but work in VA, in Balston or Roslyn depending on which office I go to.
I have never seriously considered plastidip for anything more then recoating handles from many of my woodworking hand tools (and protect some of the parts for table tools).
After perusing the plastidip sites.. I may actually use this option as a low cost interim patch/repair job to all of the damage to my front lip/bumper and rims. They are totally trashed, and till I stop having to drive through DC every day, I am not replacing any of the parts. That city destroys cars. All of my rims have serious rim rash from pot holes, and transitioning from milled to newly paved lanes where sometimes there is a 2 to 3 inch drop (no real choice when merging onto the roads).
Lightly sand/buff smooth, then plastidip, the grey would probably match my steel grey paint nicely.
might want to do a drive by one day (no weapons involved )I live in MD out near Annapolis, but work in VA, in Balston or Roslyn depending on which office I go to.
I have never seriously considered plastidip for anything more then recoating handles from many of my woodworking hand tools (and protect some of the parts for table tools).
After perusing the plastidip sites.. I may actually use this option as a low cost interim patch/repair job to all of the damage to my front lip/bumper and rims. They are totally trashed, and till I stop having to drive through DC every day, I am not replacing any of the parts. That city destroys cars. All of my rims have serious rim rash from pot holes, and transitioning from milled to newly paved lanes where sometimes there is a 2 to 3 inch drop (no real choice when merging onto the roads).
Lightly sand/buff smooth, then plastidip, the grey would probably match my steel grey paint nicely.
06-03-2013, 01:53 PM
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Where is Tysons.. street parking or garage might want to do a drive by one day (no weapons involved )
I live in MD out near Annapolis, but work in VA, in Balston or Roslyn depending on which office I go to.
I have never seriously considered plastidip for anything more then recoating handles from many of my woodworking hand tools (and protect some of the parts for table tools).
After perusing the plastidip sites.. I may actually use this option as a low cost interim patch/repair job to all of the damage to my front lip/bumper and rims. They are totally trashed, and till I stop having to drive through DC every day, I am not replacing any of the parts. That city destroys cars. All of my rims have serious rim rash from pot holes, and transitioning from milled to newly paved lanes where sometimes there is a 2 to 3 inch drop (no real choice when merging onto the roads).
Lightly sand/buff smooth, then plastidip, the grey would probably match my steel grey paint nicely.
might want to do a drive by one day (no weapons involved )I live in MD out near Annapolis, but work in VA, in Balston or Roslyn depending on which office I go to.
I have never seriously considered plastidip for anything more then recoating handles from many of my woodworking hand tools (and protect some of the parts for table tools).
After perusing the plastidip sites.. I may actually use this option as a low cost interim patch/repair job to all of the damage to my front lip/bumper and rims. They are totally trashed, and till I stop having to drive through DC every day, I am not replacing any of the parts. That city destroys cars. All of my rims have serious rim rash from pot holes, and transitioning from milled to newly paved lanes where sometimes there is a 2 to 3 inch drop (no real choice when merging onto the roads).
Lightly sand/buff smooth, then plastidip, the grey would probably match my steel grey paint nicely.
06-03-2013, 02:51 PM
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Interesting, I used to work across the street as well, in the old Bearingpoint Office, then Deloitte for a few months before they moved everyone out to the Rosslyn/DC offices.
06-03-2013, 04:20 PM
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kpmg/bearingpoint had us living pretty good a few years back right before I left for college. my dad had a huge account with them for his limo company. everything almost went to **** when they had to make cuts and couldn't use us anymore or something though.
(including the massive data center)
06-04-2013, 08:17 AM
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cool, but like others have said, would be nice to see some black here and there for contrast
06-04-2013, 08:48 AM
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06-04-2013, 10:05 AM
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very well done........I had my black E class wrapped in a similar color last year for Halloween....but after only 110 days it became kind of stale for me.........
not to thread jack, just wanted to share my front end scheme
06-05-2013, 02:18 PM
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Very different, you did it your way so WTH, looks good the way it is done now. Wouldn't be something I would even consider personally...but your car dude.
My son has a 370Z and loves him some Plastidip!!! Great for accents like gas cap cover, emblems, grills etc...
My son has a 370Z and loves him some Plastidip!!! Great for accents like gas cap cover, emblems, grills etc...
06-05-2013, 04:11 PM
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NICE!!! especially with that black grille and emblem/badges....I think it will look better if you black plasti-dip the window trims and the portion on top of the rear plate or use vinyl tape...and saw on your reply that you dont want to paint the fog light bezels coz its hard...but its easy to take it off and paint it if your a DIY guy...few screws from the wheel well (did i spell that right) and you can unclip those. IMO You cant go wrong with Orange with Black contrast... Enjoy your car dude ; )
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06-05-2013, 04:21 PM
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and here's one more idea for color contrast for your taillights...coz i think its missing something there, like the orange color and red color together maybe put a black border....I painted the sides and middle black......and pls dont get me wrong im just giving you an idea...we're here to help each other and give advice or opinions....But its your car do what ever you want to do and enjoy ; )
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