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yo!
so i thourght i would have a go at plasti dipping my whole car! looked cool and i loe how u can change the apperance so much with paint. already did my wheels/taillights/badges fuel cap and a few other small things but never a pannel. was pretty eventful... but with me and joel........ everything goes to sh!t first here is a pic of my car before...

dont get me wrong i loved the red! but i do alot of highwat driving and in turn have a fair bit of chips ect from that :/ soo.. i love matt black on cars so i decided on that! then second colour for wheels... joel begged me not to get fluro pink... so i decided on green! enjoy a fe pics ^^




this is it all done


oh yea and i bourght some pretty strong tyre shine a while back and tryed to shine my wheels as they were matt black plastidipped ( same as my car now). gives me an idea that i can tyre shine my whole car??? it is a before and after of just rubbing in some tyre shine


over all it went well, cost 300 all up which was 7 cans of black, 2 cans of green, maskingtape. well worth it in my eyes. really love the change hope it looks ok to some of you too haha.
thankyouuu if u made it this far!



James

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So does this affect your registration at all when your colour changes completely?

Lokiel wrote::O

So does this affect your registration at all when your colour changes completely?

i have no clue at all xD i never have police attention to not really fussed.

James

That's great effort mate and I'm sure it'll look good.

Can you post some close up shots? Planning to do my wheels this month too.

Thanks for the pics James. I like it. Did you have any trouble with plast dip running or bubbling.

Novice1

Looks like a nice way to upgrade to a black SE.

I'll be keen to see how well it lasts.

If a cop ever pulls you over about the colour of your car, you can simply peel off the black in front of their eyes.

One side of me say's nice job. Love to see people going outside the square ....

The other side say's NOOOOO!! how could you do that to an SE???!!!!!!

What happened when you got to the wheels? Couldn't be bothered masking the tires?

Looks great James!

Kenstaki wrote:What happened when you got to the wheels? Couldn't be bothered masking the tires?

One I didn't mask, but the rest I did, not to far, its pretty easy to rub off tyres when I get a chance and also driving it make it fall of rubber so yea doesn't look so sketchy now

Yea been getting a lot of ppl saying they feel sorry for the car but meh I really like the change. Gl trying to find a SE or NB like this one.

James

Your rear suspension is still broken!

Quick, economical and easy change of entire appearance. Props.

And $300 is a pretty cheap way to protect the original paint from most stone chips and scratches.

Wow, this is really awesome. Especially since you can easily change the colour so quickly & cheaply.
I also like the idea that it is keeping your original paint safe from things like stone chips.

The petrol cap just doesn,t work James, perhaps black also.
Novice1 aka Ron