And if you really want to do it right then you should pull the badges so they can be painted.

 

cool, thanks guys! I see how to do it now, I guess I was just over thinking it. Im thinking about dipping the emblems and wheels bronze. I think those colors will go good together.

 

There is no need to pull the emblems with plasti dip it's not more right then what I said it's just a waist of time. You can get full coverage while they are on

 

Subscribed.
I just bought some wheels with supposed anthracite accents. They turned out to be just barely darker than my sunlight silver. Plasti dip sounds like a good way to test different shades till I find one I like for permanent color.

 

checkout my photo album..plastidipped whole car

 

Finally got around to plasti dipping the emblems and they came out GREAT! Looks a ton better then the chrome they used to be. Once again, I love plasti dip

 

https://www.rx8club.com/members/amee...001-39815t.jpg

 

Well I finally took the dive, or rather the "Dip".

After that can bounced around in my trunk for almost 2 years I put it to use.

 

navy blue dipp'ed my wheels for my stormy blue

thought it would turn out darker

 

yeah dip dries WAY lighter than when you lay it on lol

 

Maybe do a layer in black then blue?

 

ive dipped my emblems, wheels, and exhaust shroud and its all came out great.
YUL PHL: did you put a black base coat down first? If not, do that. It'll come out the darkest that way. good luck

 

i sprayed the blue over 4-6 coats of black and bronze that i had last year.

just put them on





i put 2 coats of gloss on but it didnt come out even. look better in the shade lol

 

I'm not feeling it...

 

^agree,,.......

 

agreed

 

i agree. looks goofy. metallic colors always look better on wheeels anyway, as long as it's not chrome lol.

gonna go gold since the bronze looked too black last year

 

i may be doing my wheels black in the next few weeks. will post pics.

thanks for all these uploaded pics though, cool to see what everyone is doing.

 

moar



i thought the clear glossifier would be slick and prevent dirt and brakedust from accumulating. unfortunately, that is not the case. Plastidip surface is a dust/dirt magnet. i now know why black is most popular for wheels

 

not to mention that shade of blue clashes with your car. A lot. Makes my eyes hurt....

I'm not a hypocrite, dipped mine gold a while. Fell out of love with them in under a week. I mean I'm not a fan of your bronze, but c'mon guy... this just looks odd.
Pls No more, you're crowding the thread lol

Edit: If you want to see how the look gold:

They were also IMPOSSIBLE to keep clean. This is 9 coats of gold plastidip and 6 coats of glossifier

 

Agreed.

 

Blacked out rims with glossifier!

 

Before:


After: Used Rust-o-leum Flexidip. Matte finish looks fantastic. Took through auto car wash 36 hours later and didn't change...I have high hopes of this holding up as long as I want it (unless my wife gets in and checks a curb...).

 

guys, we all free to do whatever we wish which is a great thing, and I do not want to sh*t on your thread but please think twice before picking up a can of that stuff. ask yourself what will the result be? Am I taking a beautiful car and literally spray painting it/ components of it? My friend just 'dipped' his s2k wheels in white and the whole car in red and it breaks my heart as a person who takes pride in paint appearance and details that make a car beautiful. This stuff goes against everything that a nice car should be.

Upon browsing youtube I came across this, then I click on rx-8 club and see this thread, sad faces all around.
the link below truly lowers the bar for RX-8s


less is more.......

 

^Yikes!