i was going to say powdercoating but you beat me to it...

 

If you greatly enjoy cleaning and polishing engine parts (that being what's occupying my free time just now), I'm sure we could come to some kind of arrangement, sir.

 

http://dipyourcar.com/shop/page/36?shop_param=

I'm giving this a shot come springtime....




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Looks neat, but ya gotta wonder, if it didnt stick to the paint and peeled right off, wtf is holding it to the window trim??????

 

Haha 83Limited I agree. But it is awesome looking, I'm also considering it because it looks pretty slick..

 

I agree, it looks good....Mine are all off the car and sanded now, think I am just gonna shoot em with a coat of epoxy primer and then gloss black single stage urethane....for some reason i like full gloss window trim, its not technically correct, but hey, its mine....lol. Back when i had this car the first time back in the 80s I can remember polishing and waxing the windshield trim to make it glossier...so I am gonna save myself the trouble this go around.

 

It's often stuck in my mind that, had the -7 come out only a couple years earlier, it almost certainly would have had full-polish chrome trim, chrome door handles, chrome side mirrors... probably even chromed bumpers.

Chromium shortages in the middle 70's are what killed off full-polish chrome trim on cars, much more than any design-driven 'style evolution.'

A few times I've thought about going that route.

 

I saw a chrome SA bumber for sale a couple years ago. Plus, if they had come out earlier, you would not have to deal with the smog ***** out there.

 

I'd like to go the powder coating route, but I'm not clear on how to remove the trim pieces...

I went to a local Pick-n-pull to see if I could figure it out on one of their FB's, but short of prying things off, and risking irreparable bending, I couldn't see it.

Does anyone have a recommendation on the specific steps to remove windshield and door trim pieces?

 

Door trim pieces come off first...theres a screw at the bottom, and then they sort of pull and twist off. there are 3 plastic clips that you will break getting them off (replacements available at Black Dragon). To get the narrow windshield trim off, the easiest thing i have found is about a 2" wide putty knife. Slide it between the windshield and trim and sort of lever it up. The clips holding the trim will release as you go. There are 14 clips total scattered top and bottom(again, these are available at Black Dragon)

 

that plastidip looks cool. I wonder how durable it actually is. I wouldent take the trim off honestly. Ive never had any luck trying to pull it off my parts cars.. Its so easy to break.

 

I might do this real soon. Could even use it to replace the bra I use on my car all the
time since it peels off. Long term I guess moisture trapped under it might be an issue
but for short term fixes it looks good.

You can get it at Home Depot for $5.98 a can.




http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

 

Now there is an idea!!, my air dam is low in front and is constantly getting nicked and chipped. Off to do research on what colors are available.

 

thru there website they have a kit u can mix colors. But they hav generic white,red,black and clear. Clear is good for bras so says the website.

 

It comes in white and in clear, (as well as many other colors) may be just the thing to avoid the chips, could match my body color or use the clear.

How easy is this stuff to peel off?

 

Looks awesome, I'm going to look into this also!

 

U guys should use google to search for the Audi that plastidipped the whole car. Looked awesome! Was thinkin i might do it to my widebody some time. And u see a lot of people doing this to their rims as well.

 

I've used both the original 'dip the part in the can' Plasti-Dip, and the spray kind, on a number of different projects over the years. Never as an exterior coating, though.

It's a very tough finish, takes quite a lot to penetrate it. It bonds most tightly to itself (more cohesive than adhesive, in science lingo).

It doesn't bond to anything smooth very tightly.
Unless you don't want it to, then it grips like Oprah on a doughnut.

I coated the inside of a 6-pt socket with it not long ago, to make a chrome-safe lug nut tool. It lasted about two and a half nuts before cutting through on the pressure faces and then peeling off entirely. Once it gets a pinhole or a tear, it just keeps peeling.

It works quite good for recoating your sunroof hinge pieces, though.

 

My question on durability would be concerning car washes. I wash mine by hand, but I use the power washer at the park n spray. High pressure water would most likely cause some issues...




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I would like to use it as temporary protection, to be removed frequently. I need to go to the website and watch them peel some off to make sure it wont too stubborn to deal with.

 

Vht polyurethane wheel paint works great. Just a light scuff and paint away.

 

It's often stuck in my mind that, had the -7 come out only a couple years earlier, it almost certainly would have had full-polish chrome trim, chrome door handles, chrome side mirrors... probably even chromed bumpers.

anyone curious about this is going to want to keep an eye on my aurora white to black T2 swap build thread .......... not saying anymore for now