Like lots of Zeds I have seen out there, it is the little things that make the car look its age, One of the main culprits are the tired looking trims which eventually degrade and start to show the metal beneath.
I just wanted to try this stuff (Plastidip) out on my window trim as a quick experiment to see if it was worth doing or to just bite the bullet and buy a load of rather expensive trim.
So I cleared most of the old trim from the drivers side window trim with a stanley knife and nearly cut my fingers off to boot.... some of the old trim just pulls away easily, and some really doesn't want to move.
I taped up the bits around the trim and went to work.... Just started applying thin layers back and forth until it was well and truly covered.Really easy to use and as long as you keep the can about 9 or 10" away from the car it doesn't clog up or sag etc.
I left it to dry for a few hrs and when i returned I used the stanley knife to cut carefully along the edge of the trim.
And this is what i was left with:
close up:
Not too bad.
I did not use the primer which I might well do next time as I also did one of the little short trim bits at the back of the targa top, but as I hadn't cut it properly before i removed the tape and paper, it just tugged the edge up of the plastidip so i ended up removing it all and thought that although it holds nicely... It is pretty easy to peel it all off, and I guess the primer makes it stick much better.
Either way, 1 x can of plastidip = £15 which would be easily enough to do all my trims, so I'm gonna do them all as a very cheap and effective way of holding off the inevitable purchase of new trim..... leaving me more £££s to spend elsewhere on the car :thumbup:
Oh, I also finally got round to sticking a bit of mesh on my bumper, just need to trim my undertray a bit to fit and then that can go back on there to.
Like lots of Zeds I have seen out there, it is the little things that make the car look its age, One of the main culprits are the tired looking trims which eventually degrade and start to show the metal beneath.
I just wanted to try this stuff (Plastidip) out on my window trim as a quick experiment to see if it was worth doing or to just bite the bullet and buy a load of rather expensive trim.
So I cleared most of the old trim from the drivers side window trim with a stanley knife and nearly cut my fingers off to boot.... some of the old trim just pulls away easily, and some really doesn't want to move.
I taped up the bits around the trim and went to work.... Just started applying thin layers back and forth until it was well and truly covered.Really easy to use and as long as you keep the can about 9 or 10" away from the car it doesn't clog up or sag etc.
I left it to dry for a few hrs and when i returned I used the stanley knife to cut carefully along the edge of the trim.
And this is what i was left with:
close up:
Not too bad.
I did not use the primer which I might well do next time as I also did one of the little short trim bits at the back of the targa top, but as I hadn't cut it properly before i removed the tape and paper, it just tugged the edge up of the plastidip so i ended up removing it all and thought that although it holds nicely... It is pretty easy to peel it all off, and I guess the primer makes it stick much better.
Either way, 1 x can of plastidip = £15 which would be easily enough to do all my trims, so I'm gonna do them all as a very cheap and effective way of holding off the inevitable purchase of new trim..... leaving me more £££s to spend elsewhere on the car :thumbup:
Oh, I also finally got round to sticking a bit of mesh on my bumper, just need to trim my undertray a bit to fit and then that can go back on there to.
Edited by Pablito
correction