Car photos/discussion thread

[SPS]

Does anyone have any experience with peel coat paints, plasti-dip, rust-oleum, etc, and how well it removes after a couple of years.

There's reasons why I can't have permanent paint, which is of course the best solution.

 

[AlienALX]

OK here goes. Plastidip is crap. It's almost impossible to get a decent cover using it and it always looks thick and tacky.

The only Rustoleum paints I have used were permanent. Wasn't even aware they made removable paints? From experience though their paint is great for painting steel and metal (it's very much like Hammerite only American) but they are oil based and take days to dry properly.

As for the duration peel? I don't think they have even been around long enough to be tested like that tbh.

What are you looking to paint? near on every plastidip job I have seen looked dreadful.

 

[barnsley]

Does anyone have any experience with peel coat paints, plasti-dip, rust-oleum, etc, and how well it removes after a couple of years.

There's reasons why I can't have permanent paint, which is of course the best solution.

What do you want to paint? The wheels?

What are you looking to paint? near on every plastidip job I have seen looked dreadful.

Most people won't spend the time needed to get it right. if people spend the cash (and time) it can look decent. Its just no one ever does.

 

[SPS]

OK here goes. Plastidip is crap. It's almost impossible to get a decent cover using it and it always looks thick and tacky.

The only Rustoleum paints I have used were permanent. Wasn't even aware they made removable paints? From experience though their paint is great for painting steel and metal (it's very much like Hammerite only American) but they are oil based and take days to dry properly.

As for the duration peel? I don't think they have even been around long enough to be tested like that tbh.

What are you looking to paint? near on every plastidip job I have seen looked dreadful.

Hmm I've read various posts that finishes have been fairly decent.

What do you want to paint? The wheels?

No just the odd chrome trim, grilles, badges, etc.

 

[barnsley]

Hmm I've read various posts that finishes have been fairly decent.



No just the odd chrome trim, grilles, badges, etc.

Ah you're going for the black kidney grills look?

 

[AlienALX]

PD may perform better in the right hands but yeah, pretty much every PD job I have seen has been awful. Have you not considered wrapping with vinyl?

 

[SPS]

Ah you're going for the black kidney grills look?

Yup, it's the only part that isn't black (besides wheels).

PD may perform better in the right hands but yeah, pretty much every PD job I have seen has been awful. Have you not considered wrapping with vinyl?

It would be extremely fiddly! If it looks bad it can be peeled off, I just need to make sure it can come off a couple years down the line.

Lols..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPg0Qwj5vA

 

[barnsley]

Lols..

He's a hero (the guy who built it that is). I love watching how angry people get about cars like that.

 

[MrKambo]

Lols..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPg0Qwj5vA

He used to have epic wide arches on that, that's f'in awesome, i don't have the minerals to do that

 

[SPS]

He's a hero (the guy who built it that is). I love watching how angry people get about cars like that.

I just love how raw it looks, the wheels are interesting.

 

[AlienALX]

That reminds me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjpXbMiCtg

Now that is a work of art.

 

[barnsley]

I just love how raw it looks, the wheels are interesting.

Yeah it looks like he just poured paint stripper all over it. I've not seen many cars outside of Japan that have that wheel setup.

I also really like this. Its a shame that it has a V8 as I'd want something much more odd under the hood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjpXbMiCtg&feature=youtu.be

That reminds me of this.

Now that is a work of art.

I was rushing against the clock to post it but you beat me to it

-further edit-
The Rotsun from Roadkill is also a great example of a car that is so wrong its right.

 

[barnsley]

I love this too much. Its a legit drift car too.

 

[SPS]

Got the black grill in, just bought one from eBay rather than trying to paint it.

 

[AlienALX]

I love this too much. Its a legit drift car too.

Now that's frickin' mind blowingly awesome.

 

[barnsley]

Got the black grill in, just bought one from eBay rather than trying to paint it.

Looks nice! is that a 330?

 

[SPS]

Looks nice! is that a 330?

Cheers 325. Wouldn't mind the 335 next though.

 

[barnsley]

Cheers 325. Wouldn't mind the 335 next though.

Yeah me too. It'd be quite the step up from a 318..

 

[SPS]

Yeah me too. It'd be quite the step up from a 318..

Oh yeah. 318 to 325 is quite substantial.

 

[AlienALX]

Oh yeah. 318 to 325 is quite substantial.

Yeah even in the old days it was. My brother had a 318i and his mate had a 325. The 325 looked identical, but jees when you planted your foot in the floor it was a completely different animal.