RE: Turning purple for PH
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EDLT said:
stephen300o said:
Gone a bit YouTube on this thread...
It really has, but then a lot of front page threads go that way.I want to see that luminous Eunos.
(I bet he's disappointed with the feedback though).
£1500!!!!!!!!!!! I know you have to use a lot of product, 4 - 5+ gallons to do a car but always thought this was supposed to be a cheap and temporary alternative to wrapping, not an alternative to real paint.
I had a car professionally resprayed, full colour change (door, boot shuts etc) in base and clear by a guy who has had many magazine featured cars for £2k
I get the feeling this is a "add campaign" and marketing for the chaps in Southampton to see what response they get
I had a car professionally resprayed, full colour change (door, boot shuts etc) in base and clear by a guy who has had many magazine featured cars for £2k
I get the feeling this is a "add campaign" and marketing for the chaps in Southampton to see what response they get
Just not that colour though!I love how the idea behind the OP's article completely goes over nearly everyone's heads, who then get mad about it and post in the comments.
It's quite obvious from reading it that it was a 'lets just do it and see what happens' experiment. It's a gash colour, I agree, but its still interesting to see another way to change the colour of your car.
Good on you for giving it a go!
It's quite obvious from reading it that it was a 'lets just do it and see what happens' experiment. It's a gash colour, I agree, but its still interesting to see another way to change the colour of your car.
Good on you for giving it a go!
Ocellia said:
"When I am old, I shall wear purple"
Looks fine!
Sez he, who wore 'Hawaiian' shirts for years in his cafe!
Maya Angelou (IIRC!) quoted on Pistonheads - a first?! I like the purple. When I went looking for an AX many moons ago I really wanted a Spree special edition for that metallic purple. Under used car colour. What you have there is a very different Scoob - good on you!Looks fine!
Sez he, who wore 'Hawaiian' shirts for years in his cafe!
Looks like dogs
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For £1500 (or even less if its ding free) you could get a decent oven baked respray done in the original hue making it look new and pristine again. Oh and you could still wash it and spill fuel on it and not have to worry.
I think covering you car with jam or peanut butter would be more sensible than this plasti-cote rubbish.
t!For £1500 (or even less if its ding free) you could get a decent oven baked respray done in the original hue making it look new and pristine again. Oh and you could still wash it and spill fuel on it and not have to worry.
I think covering you car with jam or peanut butter would be more sensible than this plasti-cote rubbish.
NISaxoVTR said:
I'm sure you can get a 5 litre can of this stuff for 100 quid and a DIY effort would be much more impressive, and you could really have freaked out the neighbours by standing in the street painting your car barney purple, possibly at 2am in a bath robe and fluffy slippers for added effect.
Somebody, please do this, record yourself and post the video..Edited by SprintSpeciale on Thursday 6th December 18:03
BBS-LM said:
Jesus christ, you paid how mush for a PlasticRap, £1500. You can buy a complete kit from America for $400, Gun and that also include 4 gallon of paint, any colour. As for the product, I really like it, could be a good protector for alloys wheels in the winter if there was a clear coat option, or maybe paint the wheels matt silver in the winter time for protection, then pill off in the summer.
https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php?cat=15
FINALLY! 7 pages before someone with some sense! There are two fails in this whole thread:https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php?cat=15
1. All the retarded people who have no idea what they are talking about.
2. The OP paying the best part of $2400 for this when he could have done it himself for $400-600
And you can get it in gloss or metallic as well...
As for the durability:
Car wash -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q37dZ2YdXl4
Jet wash up close -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFwFRFlP2k
Please, go and educate yourselves.
otolith said:
Captain Muppet said:
What does this stuff do that a cheap DIY paint job doesn't do?
It's a lot easier to get a decent finish than real paint, and if you screw up you just peel it off and have another go. Good for respraying trim.
before:
After:
Before:
(the photo flatters them, they actually looked worse than that in daylight, more like the side vent pic above)
After:
anything fast said:
I take you have never seen G-Technik's products? They do some amazing stuff including a permanent trim restorer, you simply wipe it on with a cotton pad, light buff and it looks better than new, I kid you not, only costs about £20-30 and will do all the plastic trim on an average size car.
I've come across reviews of that stuff saying that it isn't as "permanent" as it claims - e.g. this one. So I was a bit sceptical that the new miracle product was really any better than all of the other "back to black" style products. But I also wanted it to respray a scabby splitter, so I was buying plastidip anyway.otolith said:
anything fast said:
I take you have never seen G-Technik's products? They do some amazing stuff including a permanent trim restorer, you simply wipe it on with a cotton pad, light buff and it looks better than new, I kid you not, only costs about £20-30 and will do all the plastic trim on an average size car.
I've come across reviews of that stuff saying that it isn't as "permanent" as it claims - e.g. this one. So I was a bit sceptical that the new miracle product was really any better than all of the other "back to black" style products. But I also wanted it to respray a scabby splitter, so I was buying plastidip anyway.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff