RE: Turning purple for PH

[soad]

Seems evo's GT-R has underwent the same treatment. Been a few years ago though.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/2...

[em177]

soad said:

Seems evo's GT-R has underwent the same treatment. Been a few years ago though.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/2...

Sorry completely different method of changing a cars colour.

[SystemParanoia]

it also seems like it will be good for waterproofing ECU's ect for offroaders that like to wade

Distributor caps too.

this stuff in clear finish will be awesome for functional tasks around 4x4's

and used strategically around a series landy, could actually stop one leaking water in from rain and mist lol

[HedgehogFromHell]

This made me chuckle. The thread is the normal PH dross of boggo spec 3 series drivers slagging it off.. Ok the car looks horrendous, and the price was the same as a normal wrap, but at the end of the day its probably started a lot of people thinking about plastidip.. So the purpose is accomplished.

[Cockey]

But can DIY for £150.

[SystemParanoia]

Cockey said:

But can DIY for £150.

yes.. but PH is full of powerfully built skin heads with multiple directorships.

so whilst i can be DIY'd for £150 .. this will cost you at least a day or 2 doing so ( depending on the level of quality you are aiming to achieve. )

now these director types all earn a bazillion quid per hour, so DIYing would actualy COST them money, as their time is sooooo valuable.

you pays your money and makes your choice.

i plan on plastidipping the trim on my metro.. and using clear coat on vulnerable rust areas

[PoleDriver]

Munter said:

I knew the colour was familiar! And I just realised what it looks like. It's the same matt look as a purple "skin" feel dildo that keeps appearing in adverts on err... I'll stop there. But

Something like this?

[buffalo182]

gave up after reading the first couple of post, but needless to say i agree its horrendous, a bug eye, ffs then you made it even worse with the matt purple lol
why did you not put the alloys from the before pic on it? Might have detracted our eyes from the wasted £1500
Curious to know where you live that you cant get a full respray or wrap for under £1500.

also as per other posts i set about my mr2 with a matt black rattle can. results were not show room, but for out doors and a rattle can in my hands i was more than chuffed. Best thing was when the stones chips kicked in and it got a bit dirty a blast with the can and it was back to its glory. Wouldnt recommend this on a daily driver but couldnt go wrong on my 1500 weekend toy.

[wildcrunch]

My Mums favourite colour is purple and seeing as VW don't make an R32 in Purple I had hers wrapped

Turns quite a few heads

[PoleDriver]

wildcrunch said:

My Mums favourite colour is purple and seeing as VW don't make an R32 in Purple I had hers wrapped

Turns quite a few heads

You missed a bit!

[SpudLink]

wildcrunch said:

My Mums favourite colour is purple and seeing as VW don't make an R32 in Purple I had hers wrapped

Turns quite a few heads

Looks good.

So I guess the colour of the OP's car is not the problem. It's the fact that it's matt plastidip.

[Munter]

Shnozz said:

buffalo182 said:

Curious to know where you live that you cant get a full respray or wrap for under £1500.

Presumably these sort of £1500 figures for a full respray are on the basis that you fully prep the car yourself and hand it over purely for the spraying?

Whilst my car would require the clams being removed, the quotes to hand it over as it stands and have it returned with a new colour are £3k>.

Well I know a guy who'll spray a car for ~£700. But if the car is worth more than that you'll probably have a negative impact on the value. (I did it so the car was all one colour rather than 4 different set's of miss matched panels).

Quality bodyshops were quoting similar to your £3k.

I think this is an area where you do "get what you pay for". So price comparisons across suppliers for "A respray" are not really applicable.

[Agent Orange]

SpudLink said:

wildcrunch said:

My Mums favourite colour is purple and seeing as VW don't make an R32 in Purple I had hers wrapped

Turns quite a few heads

Looks good.

So I guess the colour of the OP's car is not the problem. It's the fact that it's matt plastidip.

I'd agree. That looks very good. The irony being I was going to post here this morning thinking that in hindsight maybe the problem with the Impeza was that it was matt purple and that was colouring many responses. Boom tish...

That R32 to me at least proves purple isn't the problem. But then the quality and finish of the Golf looks far, far superior to the god awful botch job on the Impeza.

Is that Impeza a true reflection of the finish expected with plastidip or is this just a poorly executed example?

In hindsight matt army green might look good.

[zebedee]

Shnozz said:

Presumably these sort of £1500 figures for a full respray are on the basis that you fully prep the car yourself and hand it over purely for the spraying?

Whilst my car would require the clams being removed, the quotes to hand it over as it stands and have it returned with a new colour are £3k>.

I've heard the same for my Elise, which is a shame as I do want it sorted out as it has the dreaded 'frost acne' on doors and engine cover. But no way could I justify anything over £1500.

[zebedee]

wildcrunch said:

My Mums favourite colour is purple and seeing as VW don't make an R32 in Purple I had hers wrapped

Turns quite a few heads

that does look good, how much was that if you don't mind saying? Not that it would be any good where the problem you are trying to deal with is blistered paint as in my case, as the blisters will presumably still show through. Or as a halfway house, could sand the affected areas down (Elise so fibreglass so no worries about corrosion) and then skin it up whilst saving for a proper respray?

[zebedee]

Shnozz said:

Zebedee - if it's anything to go by I have had quotes between £1200 - £2k to wrap an Exige so would imagine it would be the same on an Elise near as damn it.

I go back and forward between a wrap and a respray. There are pros and cons of having a wrap over a respray. In my case it seems a closer run thing than perhaps in others.

at least with a wrap the 'acne' wouldn't come back, which apparently is very hard to guarantee with a respray, although how there could still be moisture escaping from a panel after 13 years I am not sure (although it has got plenty wet from the skies inbetween I suppose).

[squareflops]

Haven't gone all the way back through but if it hasen't been posted already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NUjVh3zTA

I've got to say this stuff looks pretty impressive.

and if you break it, just use thinners

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4T0jEvxxTz...

I'm sold I must admit, I'm almost gutted my car is already the colour I want it..

[Paperboy]

It's the sort of thing Homer would do, it's an evolution of his make-up gun...

[em177]

Shnozz said:

Well this is part of my conundrum. My car gets kept in an underground car park so away from the rain but still exposed to moisture.

A lot of factors for me to consider when deciding what route to follow. Wrap is reversible, but then silver is unloved on an Exige so would resale be damaged by spraying it a sought after, albeit not original, colour? Would a wrap be easier to repair/replace a panel in the event of the usual stone chips. Would it be more resistant against chips given how paint doesn't seem to stand up so well on fibrelass, low cars.

Add to that the troubles you've experienced re paint (which is hardly uncommon...) and, again, a wrap makes sense....

But then spending £1.5 -£2k on a temporary measure seems a lot when another £1k or so buys you what could be considered a lifelong change. Not only that, its the proper job, not what still feels a sticky backed solution in my eyes, notwithstanding the potential advantages as above..

Really cant decide what is best.

Wrap, cheaply. Use for a while. Decide if you like the colour enough to commit. Decide. Paint.

[zebedee]

em177 said:

Wrap, cheaply. Use for a while. Decide if you like the colour enough to commit. Decide. Paint.

define cheaply (for an elise/exige, so not the biggest car by any means but lots of swoops and cutouts)