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Black Plastidip/Auto Dip/Paint work on LX470 Front Grille
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Anyone dip the cladding? Thinking anthracite all around. Emblems, grill and cladding on my
Tan/champagne LX 470. Anyone tried this have a removal/install process? What's the deal to remove the cladding clips?
Tan/champagne LX 470. Anyone tried this have a removal/install process? What's the deal to remove the cladding clips?
I'm considering doing the cladding as well (did my badges and grill already), since the grill application worked so well. Though I'm no authority, what I've read about removing the cladding suggests that it's a bad idea. Many little clips to release, some of which will inevitably break. And since the Plastidip peals off of paint easily you shouldn't need to take the cladding off. My only question is to those who have painted instead of dipping- did you feel like it would be a more durable treatment?
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Any chance you could take a picture with the entire license plate area completed?
I am not a big fan of gold or shiny chrome so I plastidipped what I could in Anthracite.
I also did the grill. I really love how this turned out. It doubles as a protective barrier for the grille
I don't have a pic of it, but I went back and did the entire panel that holds the rear license plate. I like how it sort of matches the front og the vehicle.
The process is easy. Have fun with it.
Any chance you could take a picture with the entire license plate area completed?
Yes I guess you could just leave the cladding on and spray. I would plastic dip first because it's cheap and DIY. I can just peel off if I didn't like it and paint it if I wanted to double down on the durability. But in this case thinking a monstaliner would be a better option for durability (?).
I may evern spray/paint my tire carrier and stock roof rack!
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Same boat! I believe our color is properly called "Cashmere Beige Metallic". Whatever. My main concern with just plasti dip my rims and emblems is creating a clashing disaster up against the dull cladding and bumpers.
Am I the only one wondering how TF you hit a boat propeller?
Awesome looks good.
Nope.
Covered the stock chrome on my 2006 LX470 grille with anthracite plasti-dip this past weekend. Pleased with the initial results, but worried about my ability to scrub bugs & road debris without removing the plasti-dip coating once the grill gets dirty.
I haven’t done this yet on mine, but you might try topcoating it with Plastidip glossifier.
Cleaned it very thoroughly with dish soap, rinsed even more thoroughly, sun dried (24 hours) and go to town. It isn’t the toughest coating on plastic chrome, so roughing plastic chrome up might help for the long term?
I’ve always thought the same. I’m gonna tackle this project soon. I’m thinking about using the glossifier for a glossy finish.
Did you ever pull the trigger on this mod? If so can you post some Pics please. I'm seriously thinking about doing it to my LX. I have 2018 Anthracite Grey LC wheels, yy thought is to match the grill to the color of the wheels.
Considering doing this for my recently purchased '05. How's it holding up?
You didn’t ask me, but: my emblems held up great. Grill got battered within the year and started looking like crap, so I stripped it off and painted it. Looks better, and seems to be holding up better.
I was literally thinking today I'm gonna spray paint both the bumpers black and I came across this thread. I think it looks great with the plastidip instead of buying heavy ARB bull guards or body shop spray. I'm stuck in the middle for now.
