Dipped colour change - opinions please!

[Wolvesboy]

Hi All,

Well I have just completed the whole car spray job in the double garage. It is a dip so is completely removable.

What do you think? I realise that I don't actually have any good outdoor photos yet so will post the latter stages of the spray job instead. The Chim was a dark/ navy blue with a lot of clear coat sun damage. I rubbed this down, sprayed the black undercoats then the flaked gloss on top of this.

[Wolvesboy]

Sorry, I messed up the image order. Here goes:

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[Jobster]

The only thing that matters is that you! like it.

[Chainsaw Rebuild]

That looks like you have done a good job. Was it hard to do and was it expensive?

I have a car that needs respraying and doing it myself appeals.

[Skyedriver]

'scuse the ignorance, is it meant to be satin/matt?
I'd love to respray the wedge but gold frightens me.
I've viewed another car yesterday and that too needs a respray! I seem to be attracted to them. Did a few in cellulose 30 year ago nothing since.

[blaze_away]

Looks impressive, what products did you use ?

[phazed]

Looks good! Are you going to apply a clear gloss coat?

Just did my track day car wheels in Matt Pack peelable spray paint. Surprisingly good finish....a sort of chameleon green.

[caduceus]

Looks good Quite like the colour too.

Is there a clear gloss version of this peelable stuff? I'd like to apply a coat or two over my fresh paint job to protect it when I do a Euro road trip. I assume a clear vinyl wrap is very difficult on a Chimaera.

[phazed]

Have a look here.

I bought the wheel kit with clear gloss finish.

https://www.matt-pack.co.uk

[Belle427]

caduceus said:

Looks good Quite like the colour too.

Is there a clear gloss version of this peelable stuff? I'd like to apply a coat or two over my fresh paint job to protect it when I do a Euro road trip. I assume a clear vinyl wrap is very difficult on a Chimaera.

I don’t know a huge amount about it but paint protection film may be a better idea.
I’ve seen it applied on all sorts of car shapes and sizes.

[phazed]

If it’s just paint protection you want then the clear plastic film is definitely the way to go.

Mine was professionally applied a few years ago by the previous owner on the whole front end of my Porsche and you have to look extremely closely to tell that it actually has a film on it. It can be polished and looks high-gloss just like the rest of the car. My car is 13 years old and hasn’t got one chip on it!

[Wolvesboy]

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

That looks like you have done a good job. Was it hard to do and was it expensive?

I have a car that needs respraying and doing it myself appeals.

Thanks for the honest replies. I like it and my mates have given their approval too so it cant be that bad!

The colour is a plasti-dip "Flash." I always wanted a "chameleon" type paint on the TVR. Anybody wanting to have a go just do it. I have only sprayed a few bumpers etc in the past with acrylic paints but this was soooooo easy in comparison. Plus, I now have the HVLP gun and can do it again in whatever colour I want as it is not permanent!

I can pass on more info if anybody wants it - i look forward to seeing other people's experiments too.

[caduceus]

phazed said:

If it’s just paint protection you want then the clear plastic film is definitely the way to go.

Mine was professionally applied a few years ago by the previous owner on the whole front end of my Porsche and you have to look extremely closely to tell that it actually has a film on it. It can be polished and looks high-gloss just like the rest of the car. My car is 13 years old and hasn’t got one chip on it!

I have no experience with vinyl wrapping, but now hard can it be...
Was it 3M Scotchguard that he used Pete?

[phazed]

Invoice states removal of existing PPF £600
Fit new PPF to whole front end, £900

All plus VAT and that was in 2016. Still looks as good as new.

[QBee]

I had mine done in Full Dip by Matt-Pack, with a lacquer coat on top



It's not as shiny as a painted car that has been polished, but it is quite shiny and I have to admit that me and polishing cars aren't even on the same continent.

[gordon1955]

QBee said:

I had mine done in Full Dip by Matt-Pack, with a lacquer coat on top



It's not as shiny as a painted car that has been polished, but it is quite shiny and I have to admit that me and polishing cars aren't even on the same continent.

That looks really good, now the awkward question, how does it cost please

[QBee]

The cost, applied by them, was £1,200 four years ago. He didn't do under the bonnet and boot, and into the door openings, but as my car was Starmist Blue that merged quite well anyway.

Give Alan a call - his website is Matt-Pack.co.uk

[s p a c e m a n]

How hard was it to get a decent finish on the front of the doors? I've thought about plastidipping mine a couple of times but thought that the front part of the door would be a pig to do and if I had to take panels off I might as well paint it properly.

[QBee]

s p a c e m a n said:

How hard was it to get a decent finish on the front of the doors? I've thought about plastidipping mine a couple of times but thought that the front part of the door would be a pig to do and if I had to take panels off I might as well paint it properly.

No idea - Alan did the job and it came back looking fine. He took the bonnet off, and in my case the roof too, but other than that no spanner work.

Just so you see what I mean about the roof, I have a Steve Edwards roof.....



Like any spray job,you need to be in a dust free environment and,like paint, it needs to harden properly before you follow an HGV....

[QBee]

oh, and I was in the middle of changing the mirrors to Corrado mirrors,. so they were off the car at the time the work was done.