Completed Full Camo Green Plasti Dip

[Stangman570]

Finally got around to doing a full plasti dip of the entire truck, finished this evening. Took four gallons of dip. A full day spent on just prep work and masking. Nearly a full day of shooting the dip on. Used a harbor freight electric sprayer with decent results. No need for an expensive sprayer. $20 bucks spent on the sprayer, well worth it.

Wanted a full dip to help reduce scratches while off road for the up comming hunting season here in Northwest Florida. Tons of off road trails with tight spots with alot of brush contact. Have used dip for years on my old Tacoma with good results protecting the paint from scratches. Still have a few touch up spots, but overall not so bad.

Sponsored

 

[BHunted]

Very cool. Surprised you didn't go full multicam style with the tans, blacks, etc...

 

[HenryMac]

Interesting.

So under that flat green... is your blue Ranger?

You say "protecting the paint from scratches". Did you ever remove all the plastic dip from your old Tacoma or just keep adding more Plastidip and touching it up?

 

[Hack_Actual]

Man, I’m surprised it looks as good as it does; I fairly, I suppose, Plastidip gets a bad wrap...

I would have left the black on the mirrors, but otherwise I really like it; great color choice!

 

[EcoRanger]

I like it a lot

 

[BDoc]

Even after reading why/how you did this, my thought was "Why on Earth would someone do this to a new truck?" Then I scrolled down and it was like eating crow. I was surprised at how much I like the look. You, sir, are a master.

 

[MasiJC]

WOW - That looks really good.

Best of luck during hunting season!

 

[tgRanger]

What about the bumpers and bash plate? Are they chopped liver?

 

[Hubcap91]

Looks good! If it were mine I would dip the camera surround black and lose the EcoBoost badge.

 

[Stangman570]

Very cool. Surprised you didn't go full multicam style with the tans, blacks, etc...

Naah, I thought about it. Didn't want to scare the mall crawlers.

 

[Stangman570]

What about the bumpers and bash plate? Are they chopped liver?

No, I'm not finished with it yet. Still have the front and rear bumpers to do in black.

 

[Stangman570]

Man, I’m surprised it looks as good as it does; I fairly, I suppose, Plastidip gets a bad wrap...

I would have left the black on the mirrors, but otherwise I really like it; great color choice!

Yup, I agree. I still have to complete the bumpers in black and will more than likely shoot the bushwackers and mirrors in black as well. although I do like the total green. Just ran out of daylight to finish the rest and now it's too cold this week to finish the rest.

 

[Stangman570]

Even after reading why/how you did this, my thought was "Why on Earth would someone do this to a new truck?" Then I scrolled down and it was like eating crow. I was surprised at how much I like the look. You, sir, are a master.

Bawaaaa, It kinda sneeks up on you doesn't it? Trust me I have only had this on for the day and I have a lot of local peeps pawing all over it trying to figure out what vehicle it is. I've used plasti dip for years and even when I lived up in Albany NY. Really helps protect the paint surfaces on those nasty winter roads. When your done.... Peel it off, has no effect on the clear coat. Some areas will need some attention and effort to remove but well worth it.

 

[Stangman570]

Interesting.

So under that flat green... is your blue Ranger?

You say "protecting the paint from scratches". Did you ever remove all the plastic dip from your old Tacoma or just keep adding more Plastidip and touching it up?

Yes, it's blue underneath. Same truck in my profile pic. Yes I removed the plasti dip from my old tacoma after each hunting season with no issues and no scratching of the clear coat. The dip will get impact marks and slight peels under hard brush contact. Real easy to touch up. Appling touch up will reactive the dip already applied and seals up. You just reshoot the panel that has the blemish and Presto, back in business. Entire truck cost me $230 in dip and a $20 harbor freight electric spray gun. Certainly cheaper than $1500 to clear wrap the truck in Expel. Me likes saving money for other mods. Truly plasti dip is not everyone's cup of tea, but if you didn't purchase a mall crawler and use it off road then this stuff is a life saver.

 

[FULLSCALE]

That looks really good!

Sponsored