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Should I plastidip or no?

Ghostbuster

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The wheels black with glossy finish, the gas cap, door handles, badges, and mirror caps?
Also the roof cross bars.
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I know this is kinda a speculative question but I'd just like y'alls thoughts and opinions.

Here is a picture of a H3 similar to mine, but pretty blacked out. But Boulder grey.

Mine is Ultra Silver Metallic.
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Would only be about $80 for all the plastidip and stuff...
 

DeMo180A01

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I have spent a lot of time researching this and I think plasti dip is the 1st step. If it doesn't look good - no problem - peel it off and spray paint it or rhino line it.
My rims are plasti dipped and they have really held up well.



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cgalpha08

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I've used plasti-dip for a couple of things. My rims are going on about 3-4 years being plasti-dipped. They survived getting new tires mounted without too much peeling. It will fade in the sun tho. I also did the front A-pillar in it, i have re done that a couple of times. My mirrors are done as well.

But as mentioned, its easy to peel off if you don't like it. For door-handles i would go more permanent because they will get rubbed a lot.
 

awalsh

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I've plasti-dipped everything from wheels, fenders, grill, mirrors, tail lights, ect [emoji23] In my experience, I love plastidip for certain things, but after a long time it does get tricky to remove. I would recommend to dip your rims black temporarily and decide if you like the look or not after a little while, and if so just paint them with real paint!


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Fish

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I would avoid dipping things that get touched a lot like door handles..it will wear very fast. Other than that do it
 

CaddyStrophic

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I dipped my door handles in December. They need redone, but you wouldn't really notice unless you looked up close.

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Ghostbuster

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Thanks. Not bad for $30 worth of plastidip. Less than 3 full cans of black and less than 1 can of glossifier, which is also UV protection so it doesn't fade as much.
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