Finally got the emblems done!

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Taylor O

Taylor O

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I got a can of plastidip from a friend today and decided to mask off and black out the rear emblems.

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I sprayed it down and let it sit for 30 minutes then did the second coat.

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Then after it was all dried it peeled off perfectly! and I love the look

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My friend who gave me the plastidip had it left over from when he did the emblems on his 4th gen 4runner. Based on how the emblems turned out we were thinking about blacking out the tail lights, thoughts? Has anyone done theres and liked them?
 
thinking about going to get another can or two and do the stock rear bumper and trim pieces in the black plastidip. anyone with the same grey color cruiser done this?
 
no i didnt tape off in between each individual letter and the insides of the emblems. when i pulled off the tape the plastidip tucked up against the bottom and top edges peeled of with the tape but still managed to completely wrap the letters and emblems well. there were little bits that hung off that i picked off with a tiny screwdriver which i also used on the insides of the emblem. it came off perfectly, i was expecting it to be more time consuming but it was actually really quick and simple
 
That looks great Taylor. I did mine the same way a few months ago. Plasti-Dip holds up well. Fuzz did his rear bumper in the stuff. You might want to ask him about it. Once you start with it, you want to put it on everything! Cool thing is, if you don't like how it turns out...just peel it off.
 
pfran42 said:
That looks great Taylor. I did mine the same way a few months ago. Plasti-Dip holds up well! Fuzz did his rear bumper in the stuff. You might want to ask him about it. Once you start with it, you want to put it on everything! Cool thing is, if you don't like how it turns out...just peel it off.
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Hey paul thanks! i think tomorrow im gonna do the side trim and see how it looks on our color. I also think im gonna pick up another can or two and do the stock rear bumper
 
Taylor O said:
Based on how the emblems turned out we were thinking about blacking out the tail lights, thoughts? Has anyone done theres and liked them?
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Why?

Anyone use this on the entire front grill, if so, how has it held up?
 
Taylor O said:
Based on how the emblems turned out we were thinking about blacking out the tail lights, thoughts? Has anyone done theres and liked them?
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I doubt much light would pas through it. Sounds like a bad idea to me. Blackout taillights are typically just tinted, not painted with a opaque plastic coating.
 
petrotk40 said:
I doubt much light would pas through it. Sounds like a bad idea to me. Blackout taillights are typically just tinted, not painted with a opaque plastic coating.
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No no no I didn't mean black out the tailights with the plastidip haha I meant tint them. I'm pretty sure having a solid black plastic coating over your tailights would render them useless! And for the sombrero I just pulled off the insides they came off perfectly without taking any off the emblem
 
Taylor O said:
No no no I didn't mean black out the tailights with the plastidip haha I meant tint them. I'm pretty sure having a solid black plastic coating over your tailights would render them useless! And for the sombrero I just pulled off the insides they came off perfectly without taking any off the emblem
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I don't understand that. Why would you want dimmer tailights? So it looks like you have an older Ford?
 
i think you just put a spark under my behind!! i have black wheels, probably a good idea to black out the emblems too ;)
 
no-pistons said:
I don't understand that. Why would you want dimmer tailights? So it looks like you have an older Ford?
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My buddy did his with knightshade and they look completely black from the outside but when you hit the brake they shine through as if there's nothing on there. Not dimmer just more badass
 
Paul is correct. I've plastidipped pretty much everything on the outside of my truck that wasn't black (except the wheels...yet). Grille, side trim, rear bumper, emblems. It's been on for about 3 months now and has held up remarkably well through the winter. Cleans easily, and holds up to both high pressure touchless and brush car washes. As for wheeling, no data on that yet. I'm sure I'll sustain some damage/tears in the coating if a sharp branch or rock really gets into it, but for now it's all good.

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looks great!

how did you do the grille? did you tape it off and put newspapers behind it?

QUOTE=TheFuzz;7383287]Paul is correct. I've plastidipped pretty much everything on the outside of my truck that wasn't black (except the wheels...yet). Grille, side trim, rear bumper, emblems. It's been on for about 3 months now and has held up remarkably well through the winter. Cleans easily, and holds up to both high pressure touchless and brush car washes. As for wheeling, no data on that yet. I'm sure I'll sustain some damage/tears in the coating if a sharp branch or rock really gets into it, but for now it's all good.



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Taylor O said:
My buddy did his with knightshade and they look completely black from the outside but when you hit the brake they shine through as if there's nothing on there. Not dimmer just more badass
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There's no way the brake lights have the same output between factory and "knightshade" coated. You want to increase the probability, exponentially, of getting rear ended? Tint your tail lights.


I know there's only a slim chance you'll take my advice but here goes. If you want to mess with brake lights, try to INCREASE visibility, not decrease. I added auxiliary brake/turn LEDs to the back of my truck for when I have bikes on a rack that block the factory lights. I've ended up using them full-time.

I also painted the surrounding parts of my third brake light black and masked off the portion of lens light emits from to decrease the chances of the light getting "washed out" from intense sunlight. You'll notice most school buses and traffic lights have the areas around the light painted black to increase the visibility. Also, you can see TheFuzz did the same, painted around the actual light, to help increase visibility during intense sunlight.


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