DIY Plasti Dipped Front Fake Chrome

[ericc191]

This is 6 coats. In a few months I'll redo it with a couple shine coats after 5 white coats.

 

[PMMcivicFB2]

This is 6 coats. In a few months I'll redo it with a couple shine coats after 5 white coats.

Nice first person I've seen colour match it. Only thing I would do is plasti dip the edge on the grille that the chrome mounts on. That way you don't have white black and then the white bumper.

 

[ericc191]

Thanks! I actually did it that way on purpose so it connects with the black by the fog lights and the wind deflector.

 

[andre12dbsi]

Kind of matches the mirrors too.

 

[ericc191]

I thought of white after seeing a 2012 tw with the modulo grille.

 

[PMMcivicFB2]

Not sure how a pmm colour matched grille would look. I think only white and black cars can pull off the colour matched grille. IMO.

 

[andre12dbsi]

Red might work too. Black and red has a great contrast.

 

[ericc191]

I think that gun metal plastidip would be perfect with a pmm car.

 

[PMMcivicFB2]

I think that gun metal plastidip would be perfect with a pmm car.

Do they make gunmetal

 

[ericc191]

Yessir.. lemme see if I can find the link.

 

[ericc191]

http://www.amazon.com/Performix-11221-Multi-Purpose-Coating-Aerosol/dp/B008J20R1S

 

[Ayeso]

I just did mine and one SUPER important thing that I learned, on your last coat right after you spray it REMOVE THE TAPE WHILE ITS WET! That way it doesnt peel, I had to redo my whole front because it peeled weird.

http://imgur.com/a/FaAWj

Here is how mine turned out.

 

[PMMcivicFB2]

Since the last time I posted I had the front grille professionally wrapped. And I installed the lower si grille.

 

[Tim Abadie]

Here's mine 4 coats of plasti dip and 2 coats of gloss fire.

Did you have to remove your bumper to do this? Looks great, thinking about doing it to mine

 

[webby]

Did you have to remove your bumper to do this? Looks great, thinking about doing it to mine

You don't have to remove it for plastidip. You can peel away any overspray even without masking things. It'll separate at any seam.