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Had a company in Houston TX do some stripes for me using plasti dip. They have been on for about a month now and are holding up quite well. The stripes are about 14 inches wide and look pretty aggressive in my opinion. Eddie Zagers who owns EZM Auto Detailing and Dipping is a great guy and did a stand up job for a very reasonable price
I did plastidip racing stripes once. After about 6 months I took them off as they started to get a little worn and would attract stuff to stick on them (airborne pollen and fuzz).
I found that I liked them a little more narrow, I believe mine were 8" wide. If I were to do it again, I'd make them 7" wide.
What did it look like after it was removed? Can you see where they were on the car? What process did you use to remove them?
Thanks Kirt
Originally Posted by PhysicsDude55
Cool.
I did plastidip racing stripes once. After about 6 months I took them off as they started to get a little worn and would attract stuff to stick on them (airborne pollen and fuzz).
I found that I liked them a little more narrow, I believe mine were 8" wide. If I were to do it again, I'd make them 7" wide.
No they didn't leave any marks or anything. It didn't unevenly fade the paint or anything, although I do wax the car a lot (but who doesn't?)
I was a dumba$$ and removed them during a hot texas summer day. I was meeting some friends that night and the stripes looked like crap, so I wanted to remove them before going out.
I found that it gets easier to remove plastidip the colder it is. The hotter it gets it turns almost into a liquid-gel like state. When its colder it kind of peels off like a bad sunburn. I ended up using microfiber cloths and goo-gone, and it was a painful process. If I had done it while it was below 80 degrees or so it would have been much easier.
For what its worth, the plastidip on vertical surfaces (even the front of the car) was still in good shape. The top facing plastidip on the hood and trunk lid faired the worst. Since the most common places for people to plastidip are wheels, rear fascia, and front fascia, those locations seem to hold up pretty well, a few years probably.
10-15-2014, 09:08 PM
New Stripes
Not my cup of tea but if you dig it that's what counts. Plasti-derp is a great idea since you can change up whenever you want with no problems.
