black mirrors | plasti-dipped
10-19-2011, 07:32 AM
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i think that high gloss might look better but the matte black is nice as well. if you like it i love it....esp since my mirrors are matte black right now too...
10-19-2011, 07:52 AM
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I plasti dip my spoiler after seeing all these plasti dip threads... then I took it off and got it painted instead... The texture looks and feels like after a week of dust it would be hard to clean off.. but maybe I did it wrong. Congrats yours looks better.
10-19-2011, 09:22 AM
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How many coats did you do? Plasti Dip is known to be pretty tough. Back a year ago when I had my grilles Plasti Dipped, they were super tough. Never a chip.
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A couple of coats, gonna touch it up this weekend if it doesn't rain... How many coats did you apply?
How many coats did you do? Plasti Dip is known to be pretty tough. Back a year ago when I had my grilles Plasti Dipped, they were super tough. Never a chip.
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A couple of coats, gonna touch it up this weekend if it doesn't rain... How many coats did you apply?
10-19-2011, 09:26 AM
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John: yah, that's how the texture turns out if you spray heavy coats. Supposedly if you do thin coats, it's possible to have it be somewhat smooth. At least that's what I have read.
10-19-2011, 07:29 PM
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but its funny you should mention that, I actually have to touch up because that when I did it so late when I was letting it dry the dew/moisture like built up on the top of the mirror and there are circles of a white-ish tint when you look closely
10-19-2011, 07:32 PM
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and yeah they are I got center cap stickers like these, I actually suggest getting two sets because I had one fall off after a long drive with decent speeds, and I had to drive around with one missing while I waited for the next set to arrive and I felt like a scrub
10-19-2011, 07:37 PM
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and is there such thing as a glossy finish plasti-dip? I used plasti dip instead of paint because of the fact that it can be removed and Im way too impatient to try vinyl
10-19-2011, 07:49 PM
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OP, thanks for posting/doing this. I actually have the same color and was debating doing my mirrors as well. Looks good so I think I'll give this a shot. I did my fender grills in plasti-dip the other day and it was easy to work with. Here is a before/after photo that I took at the time. As you can see, the finish on the plasti-dip isn't perfectly smooth, but its consistent throughout:
Thanks Khan! now get on that trim bro lol Ill do it for you if you want me to
nice bro !
yeah I did 4-5 really thin coats to be as smooth as possible and it really did come out that, way Ill take close up pics tomorrow when I get some time