^^^ my friend tried turning is golf from Silver to White, It costs alots of money and time. It took him like 8 cans to do a fender and door, and it needed more coats. Will cost alot to do a whole car.

He later scrapped the idea, and peeled it off.

 

I used to drive a really shitty black 01' Protege before I got my 8. The clear coat on the hood started delaminating so my friend and I Plastidip'd the hood and trunk. It didn't look good covering the whole surface but it looked better than the grey and white splotches all over it. It held up remarkably well even when I wrecked it. We also used it to black out the chrome trim on my friend's Pontiac G8.

 

plastidip is pretty neat stuff I have actually contemplated doing the whole car in the matte white but i wont lol, im about to do the silver trim in the car and maybe some eyelids just got to get some painters tape.

 

Sorry for the crappy lighting. I got home and just wanted to hurry up and see what it looked like. Have to finish the back tomm. I kinda wanna finish tonite but it's too dark lol
First mod down. YAY! lol

 

So when you peel it off it only sticks to the badge or do you have to trim it with something?

 

awesome DIY..cant wait to pick up a can and hit it this weekend

 

It'll only stick to the badge. Easy peasy!

 

awesome mod..really easy..hardest part is getting the little stuff left over at the end.. works exactly like it says tho..for all you winning blues looking at doing this i left the mazda symbol filled in black..looks great on the blue

 

Did mine today. Since it's cold I used a hair dryer to heat up the surface a little before spraying, then immediately after each coat hit it with the hair dryer for a couple of seconds and then let it self dry for 2 minutes between coats. You can watch it go from liquid to rubber when the heat hits it. Have patients because getting all the stuff from inside the letters is a little time consuming.

 

I did mine. See if you guys like.

ONE IMPORTANT NOTE:

Do not spray this from all angles. Just try to get it head on. IF you connect the portions on the paint and the emblem you end up taking some off of ur emblem when u try to separate it. If you just spray head on, and don't let it pool near the bottom of your emblem it should come off really easily and separate no problems.

Also, use a plastic pic, any type of metal u will end up scratching some of your paint because it takes a little vigor to get the smaller sections dislodged.

 

dont forget to pick out the insides of the mazda badge, use a toothpick, works well for me.

 

+1... takes a little time but it looks better imo

 

Thanks! Hadn't thought of using a toothpick. IDKW

 

bought a can, will do my emblems after when ill unstore my car

anyone tried it on wheels?

 

as said many times before in this thread, yes you can do it on wheels.

 

Make sure you clean them really really well...

 

still had most of the can left so i made some eyelids and sprayed over the b-pillar

 

You'd be better off getting some badges for your side column (Mazda Speed makes a nice one). Check the top of this pic... I like the eyelids thou.

 

what a good idea I'm definitely going to do this! If I really like It I'll probably play around with the eyelid idea also, thanks!

 

I did mine too...

 

Turned out really good

 

same here, I did a test run on just my front emblem last night and it turned out really good. I'll do the others on the back tonight hopefully.

The can says that there is also a clear type of the same stuff, has anyone tried that out as a clear coat for a more glossy look? It's only 6$ I think if I can find a can I might try it just to see what it looks like

 

glossifier clear makes it look a bit shinny... the product im actually looking forward to is this
http://www.dipyourcar.com/shop/artic...%26aid%3D40%26

 

Soooo I dipped my lower lip....I was too impatient in taking the newspaper off so I ripped some of it. I need to redo it this weekend. I think it looks alright.

While I was taking these pics after my polefit class, I realized there was a dude sitting in the elantra next to me. LMAO he prob thought I was crazy or something.

 

I like all these ideas!