Plastidip Chrome Emblems on a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 Big Horn
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Due to the rising popularity of plastidip, we decided to try it out on some chrome trim on our 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 Torquelist project truck.
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We were pleased with the end result. The dip ended up looking more like primer, but the store we bought the plastidip only had gunmetal and black. Hoping to matte black the entire truck....stay tuned for that.
www.torquelist.com
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Looks like primer, when you peel it off the paint why isn’t it coming off the emblem?
Should made a heavier coat. Would have came off way easier.
That is true. Since that was our first go the coats were a bit light. Everything else we have done since, we have made heavier coats.
Rubbing with a damp microfiber rag on the overspray works good too
will that hold up well for the pressure clean wash the car?
swissbianco As long as you don't hold the stream from the pressure washer directly on it, especially on an edge, you will be fine. We pressure wash cars with plastidip all the time, no issues.
ok, thanks!
swissbianco actually to correct him, if you do it properly as in lay enough coats of plastidip down it won't peel as easy as you think with the water. But will peel easily when you want to peel it off. It's actually a great product. I'd suggest checking out "dippers anonymous" on fb.
Hey Brian McKay he didn't ruin them lol his using plasti dip it comes off easy and if he wanted to paint them per mentally what does he care it's not urs
That's probably the most pathetic prep I've ever seen for a paint job
Thank you. We really enjoyed the video game clips you uploaded. I bet you have sweet setup in your parents basement.
You do know plasti dip is not paint and prep for it is not like painting prep.
How long did you let it dry for before you peeled off the excess? How did you get in the small parts of the 4x4? Just tried doing mine and it peeled off of the numbers and letters.
What wheels and tires are you running on that truck? They look good.
Looks really good. I was going to remove the badges first. glad I watched. thanks for the video
Odds On nah dude debadged looks so much cleaner, I did it to my truck and it looks amazing
Chrome is way overrated and appealing only to "old-timers"
if 24 years of age is "old timers" then sign me up cause I love chrome and my ram is gonna have chrome not that ugly shot color that covers the emblems, I think that just lame.
+Cristian Gonzalez hahaha must be that Hispanic side in you 😂
Looks great.
Thanks astonmartinridin , we were pretty happy with how it turned out. The truck was recently sold however. I think the new owner thought the plastidip pieces were factory!
Why?
We are not big fans of chrome
You ruined some perfectly nice chrome emblems
Being our first time using plastidip we wanted to start on something small. As you can see from the video, it is completely removable. No worries there.
How is it "ruined" when it peels off, Brian?
I should have said ruined the look, I prefer chrome.
Brian MacKay
I'm not a fan of chrome so much. I'd almost rather prefer previously polished oxidized aluminum than chrome something about the vintage look. Sometimes I think chrome on newer vehicles tends to look almost cheesy cause it's not an old steel fender. I prefer chrome on older vehicles where the bumper was more like a construction been than a flashy piece of easy smash in case of an accident. Even the emblems on old vehicles could be made into a makeshift knife. Now everything is cheesy thin if not plastic anyways. But that's just me... I think the plastidip look makes it look more modern.
Brian MacKay I agree. It looks like shit
Looks gray
bobby oscarin its matte
Look's like crap, but then again what does it matter it's a Dodge
MrSkypony let me guess your a ford guy
Yep I'm a ford driver now. I use to buy nothing but dodge 1500's but my last one had transmission problems that they couldn't and wouldn't fix after 7 tries so I took it to AMMCO and they rebuilt the tranny and never had a problem. The problem was the trans cooler line coming back to the trans was to small and dodge knew it but didn't want a recall. After that I switched to ford and love the F150s.