Plasti-Dipped my X5 yesterday

[mrBrigante]

Heres my after pic with my most recent white plastidip and left the roof black

[Cisc0]

Originally Posted by mrBrigante

Heres my after pic with my most recent white plastidip and left the roof black

Did you do this yourself or someone in NYC? If someone else, who? where? Price?

[civdiv99]

So help a guy who is not familiar with this - and these are sincere questions - not leading or sarcasm. I've just never seen this -

1. The intent is the matte finish, correct?

2. Is this considered a long term thing (say - 8 mos or more)?

3. If so, does this tolerate summer sun and associated UV effects?

4. Wouldn't you have had to scuff the underlying paint for this application to adhere well enough for regular use?

Civdiv99

[Cisc0]

Originally Posted by mrBrigante

Holds up amazingly well! I've plastidipped my x5 2x (once black, now white) for better durability go with 3-4 gallons of paint/thinner. Masking isn't too big an issue as you can simply peel it off

Got any pics of the white. I'm looking to change mine from black to white.

[_XS3C_]

Originally Posted by Cisc0

.......... I'm looking to change mine from black to white.

when changing in different color [using none permanent paint - plasti or vinyl ] do you have to report that "repaint" every time to the DMV ?

I did see 5 series painted white on one side and black on the other [with the line in the middle of the top/ trunk/ hood] wonder if that was vinyl ......... [maybe it was driven by Cruela lol ]

[Cisc0]

Originally Posted by _XS3C_

when changing in different color [using none permanent paint - plasti or vinyl ] do you have to report that "repaint" every time to the DMV ?

That's a very good point/question? Anyone who has done this care to chime in?

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by mrBrigante

Holds up amazingly well! I've plastidipped my x5 2x (once black, now white) for better durability go with 3-4 gallons of paint/thinner. Masking isn't too big an issue as you can simply peel it off

Hmmmm....I may actually do this for the winter months.

[tmv]

Very interesting.

[TerminatorX5]

I posted this in the other thread, and the picture is computer generated, but...

can something like this be done? something like satin stripe, where you have matte plasti-dip and the original paint coexsist...

[brian5]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

I posted this in the other thread, and the picture is computer generated, but...

can something like this be done? something like satin stripe, where you have matte plasti-dip and the original paint coexsist...

Yes. On www.dipyourcar.com (as posted above), look at the "monthly competition" winners threads posted in the forum.