Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

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Anyone Tried PlastiDip?

Reply #60 – March 22, 2012, 02:49:20 AM

Quote from: Shadow;384784

LOL fixed! he cheats! he IS a machinist and probably made a stronger crank and rods.. THAT JERK :(

I'll be honest, I lol'd a little.

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Reply #61 – March 22, 2012, 02:57:44 AM

i have to to admit, kaase is the freaking man.. i give him a standing ovation for the boss 9

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Reply #62 – March 22, 2012, 04:40:13 AM

wow someone hit the hot button on this while I was at work. Opinions here, I love rat rods, not because rust looks good, but because they do some really crazy mods to the structure of the car without giving a what anyone else thinks, then stop the project before it gets to a point where people are judging the quality of the paint job and so on. Lets be honest here, with really nice paint jobs running up near $5000 or better, its simply not a game that everyone can play. Im not the biggest fan of flat black but satin black on a car with big bold shagy curves really does it for me. Im also the kind of guy that hates chrome in most cases. Id rather see satin black with red powder coated trim over gloss black and and chrome ANY DAY. To each there own tho. But man, some of you have been chugging haterade. Seriously, its ridiculous to to sit there and pretend you know why people wanna mod cars the way they do. And everyone changes their tastes over time. Im sure someone on here can dissect everything I just said and explain why Im wrong and you're right, but whats the point... its plastidip, its cheap, and it comes back off pain free. Oh and my buddy here just used it today to blackout his emblems... looked good to me.

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Reply #63 – March 22, 2012, 07:15:35 AM

Every 351m/400 I've ever heard of has shiznit the bed, due to either timing chain/gear issues, oiling, or otherwise spitting a rod bearing.
Flawed design.

The only thing they had going for 'em was the canted Cleveland style valve layout...and as mentioned in my Shetland Pony thread, there are better heads anyway.

Rat Rods...hmmm, those are found, but not built. Neither a hater, nor a fan, but I laugh on the inside when someone tries to make a "mainstream" vehicle into something that it just can't be.

And that plastidip shiznit....is exactly that. shiznit.

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Reply #64 – March 22, 2012, 01:41:39 PM

Quote from: atroxr7;384789

but satin black on a car with big bold shagy curves really does it for me. Im also the kind of guy that hates chrome in most cases. Id rather see satin black with red powder coated trim over gloss black and and chrome ANY DAY.

AMEN! i prefer brushed aluminum and painted trim over chrome, hands down.. same goes for certain grills.. glass black and chrome just look.. blah.. not the worst color combo, but definitely not on my top 10 list.. satin black with billet wheels and brushed trim.. i must go change my pants now :) .. but even more than satin/brushed, i looooove 3 color 2 tones.. especially if blue and charcoal are in the mix.. i must change my pants again.. lol

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;384793

Every 351m/400 I've ever heard of has shiznit the bed, due to either timing chain/gear issues, oiling, or otherwise spitting a rod bearing.
Flawed design.

The only thing they had going for 'em was the canted Cleveland style valve layout...and as mentioned in my Shetland Pony thread, there are better heads anyway.

Rat Rods...hmmm, those are found, but not built. Neither a hater, nor a fan, but I laugh on the inside when someone tries to make a "mainstream" vehicle into something that it just can't be.

the poor 400M had little to no improvements made by ford, from start to finish.. such a bummer, because they have such great potential to be something great, if given the research and tinkering time, i bet they could live a lot happier at the top end.. their biggest problem is the windsor crank journals

how are rat rods not built? the first distinct tell-tale sign of a rat rod is the obvious chopped top.. then all the other modifications made to the suspension and everything else.. just as much time (minus paint time, of course lol) is spent building a top notch rat rod, as say.. socal customs spends on 1 of their resto rods.. the thing i like most about rat rods is the fact that most of them look like they were just pulled straight out of a farmer's field lol

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Reply #65 – March 22, 2012, 02:22:39 PM

That's kinda what I meant, lol. Drug out of a field or a barn, slapped together with whatever parts are laying around, and driven hard.

Meaning you can't just take a restored car and "turn it into" a rat car...

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Reply #66 – March 22, 2012, 02:45:50 PM

Quote from: atroxr7;384789

wow someone hit the hot button on this while I was at work. Opinions here, I love rat rods, not because rust looks good, but because they do some really crazy mods to the structure of the car without giving a what anyone else thinks, then stop the project before it gets to a point where people are judging the quality of the paint job and so on. Lets be honest here, with really nice paint jobs running up near $5000 or better, its simply not a game that everyone can play. Im not the biggest fan of flat black but satin black on a car with big bold shagy curves really does it for me. Im also the kind of guy that hates chrome in most cases. Id rather see satin black with red powder coated trim over gloss black and and chrome ANY DAY. To each there own tho. But man, some of you have been chugging haterade. Seriously, its ridiculous to to sit there and pretend you know why people wanna mod cars the way they do. And everyone changes their tastes over time. Im sure someone on here can dissect everything I just said and explain why Im wrong and you're right, but whats the point... its plastidip, its cheap, and it comes back off pain free. Oh and my buddy here just used it today to blackout his emblems... looked good to me.

Yes peoples tastes do change over time, no doubt about that. What a coincidence though that a group of people would collectively change their tastes to the same thing in the same given time at the height of its popularity... hmm I think there's a 3 letter word for that...

And nobody's right or wrong, that's the beauty of opinions. I'm of the opinion that factory faded shiznit brown looks better than rattlecan flat black on any given car. Disagree? Well looks like you chugged some of that haterade too.

And I don't pretend to know why people mod the cars the way they do, I use deductive reasoning and it pretty much automatically paints a picture. Here's my current observations:

-Some people are car enthusiasts; they were into cars when they were little kids; they were into cars in their teens and they were into cars as adults. They basically think about cars all day long and drone on and on about cars to friends/family whenever the opportunity arises. They try do anything they can do to their own car, in whatever style they want, no matter how expensive(money or time) or physically involved it is, just for the fun of it.

-Some people are faux car enthusiasts; Here their enthusiasm starts with their drivers license; grows when they see popularity afoot when they have a certain car or car components; then mindlessly follow the work of others in the cheapest/least involved way as possible so as to keep their little car hobby from taking up too much of their precious time. That's where plastidip seems to come in for most.

Having said all that, note that I like "rat rods" too. IF they're indeed built by their owners, IF they're driven all the time, and IF the rusty/bare metal finish isn't some professionally done fake rust treatment like oh so many of them actually are. Problem is, in my opinion, rat rodding doesn't transcend post-war car designs. The ability to run without fenders and running boards gives them a skeleton like character that makes them cool. That doesn't work quite as well on full bodied, especially aero-jellybean bodystyles nearly as well, except maybe minitrucks.

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Reply #67 – March 22, 2012, 04:24:05 PM

oh Im right with you on rats being a personal thing. I cant imagine paying someone to build me a rat. or fake rust. Honestly the rust is a look ive found only really looks right on old cars here in in socal. The weather is very different and they develop a lot of surface corrosion without structural fail. The same "looking" rust in ohio would be a 99% indication that you dont even wanna touch that body. Here its easy to see the difference in the 2 (cars to "rust out" here too obviously).

I met a guy back in toledo area that had a 34ish chevy (if memory serves me right) that at one time had a beautiful black paint job. He did this whole "busted knuckles" paint over the top of that with a roller and some half ass crosshatch pattern it and it came out great. Looked like something right out the rat magazines. Better than the original black tho? probably not but it was more unique and turned a lot more heads.

I actually had the idea years ago to attempt a fenderless build on my 96 cougar. some unibody cars have that wedge shape going naturally if you strip off the fenders and trim the ends (headlight area) off the bumper and rad support. The inner fender is of course ugly but may yield some fun ideas for (replacing, or glassing a fascia to make it look like its supposed to be that way. Ultimately I think this would require tpuppies the fender all the way to the upper spring mount and completely reshaping the hood. This all sounds crazy I know but one day when I had a fender off I saw it in my head.

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Reply #68 – March 22, 2012, 07:35:18 PM

I just thought of a nice way I could use this stuff~I can blackout my chrome trim pieces and if I decide I don't like the look after all, Just peel it off.

I was also looking around and it seems you can mix up any color you need, And they have a clear~Clear would be great to protect a nice paint job.

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Reply #69 – March 22, 2012, 07:58:52 PM

Quote from: atroxr7;384789

. Im also the kind of guy that hates chrome in most cases. .

Gee.....Thanks a lot. I love u too! lol

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Reply #70 – March 22, 2012, 09:23:53 PM

Quote from: XR7-4.6;384848

I'm of the opinion that factory faded shiznit brown looks better than rattlecan flat black on any given car.

Having said all that, note that I like "rat rods" too. IF they're indeed built by their owners, IF they're driven all the time, and IF the rusty/bare metal finish isn't some professionally done fake rust treatment like oh so many of them actually are. Problem is, in my opinion, rat rodding doesn't transcend post-war car designs. The ability to run without fenders and running boards gives them a skeleton like character that makes them cool. That doesn't work quite as well on full bodied, especially aero-jellybean bodystyles nearly as well, except maybe minitrucks.

who said anything about flat black? lol

i definitely agree with you on the pre/post war statement.. i don't care what anyone says, a '50 buick (for example) doesn't transcend the rat appeal.. it's all about the pre-war (and some war-current) rigid body styling, even as far back as a model A/T body.. and the fake patina only looks good if it's done correctly.. i've seen a lot of piss-poor attempts and it just looks horrible.. trucks (on spike) actually did a half decent job on their classix project, with the 'faded, beaten down, sun dried' paint scheme.. the 1 thing that really kills it is the yellow they used for the trucks logo.. for a true 'old school shop truck' feel, they should have gone with white, as yellow wasn't exactly a very common color back 'then'

but as for the minis, which i'm heavily into, they have to be painted the right way.. satin is ok for a project or 2 tone scheme with a gloss color on top, but not as a single solid 'i'm too cheap to paint my truck after all this work' permanent paint

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Reply #71 – March 22, 2012, 09:24:56 PM

Quote from: Chrome;384884

Gee.....Thanks a lot. I love u too! lol

hahahah

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Reply #72 – March 24, 2012, 01:24:26 PM

Crotch Rocket:

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Say what you want but I think that looks sweet! :D

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Reply #73 – March 24, 2012, 04:35:24 PM

all i see is a bunch of junk plastic and s metal wrapped around a good micro motor :p

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Reply #74 – March 24, 2012, 04:48:06 PM

lol