May 8, 20169 yr Saw this on another Subaru forum and thought I would start one here :-) First thing I did this weekend was fit my new Rally Armor mud flaps, finally arrived :-) Next up was Plastidip the front grill and rear logos. I don't like the chrome it does nothing for me and to be honest looks out of place as there is no other on the car Finally washed and polished :-)
May 11, 20169 yr I like the plastic look on the grille. Not sure how that'd look on my white one. Or for that matter where you can get it done.
May 11, 20169 yr Author it looks great on white car :-) it's easy, you do it yourself :-) I can send you step by step instructions to remove your grill and how to separate parts you buy a can of plastidip ( liquid plastic ) and spray youself :-) if I can do it lol
May 11, 20169 yr Seriously tempted but I think my wife would play her face a bit, she's not into tuning cars, she had a moan about my stone chip guard I had fitted saying it looked chavvy [emoji23]
May 11, 20169 yr Author not real tuning lol more improvement it deffo makes car look better and not in a Halfords way, there is no other chrome on car in my view grill looks odd and out of place inchrome you should do it and then see if she spots it lol the good thing about plastiip is it is totally removable and leave no trace so grill will be back chrome if you don't like it :-)
May 11, 20169 yr Can you send me the details of this stuff, I'll have a look at it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 11, 20169 yr not real tuning lol more improvement it deffo makes car look better and not in a Halfords way, there is no other chrome on car in my view grill looks odd and out of place inchrome you should do it and then see if she spots it lol the good thing about plastiip is it is totally removable and leave no trace so grill will be back chrome if you don't like it :-) Did you spray everything on the car or take it off? Showed the wife and she didn't say no, looked on YouTube and it looks pretty straight forward. We're the badges on the back easy to do? Basically I'm after the "how to" guide
May 11, 20169 yr Author I will write up something for you to follow tomorrow :-) its easy enough to do, you can mask up the front grill and spray it on the car but it's nearly just as quick to remove grill and separate parts and then spray them for a much better job as for the back again simple enough mask up spray and remove access http://www.plastidip.com/ got mine here http://matt-pack.co.uk/
May 12, 20169 yr Author Hi Dc Have a read on this post and it will tell you how simple it is to remove grill also watch video http://www.subaruxvforum.com/forum/subaru-xv-diy-how-tos-tsb/82050-removing-grille-keeping-fender-pictures.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDe2xGbcpLc now watch this video which shows how to separate chrome parts from grill so you can paint them when you have grill off you will see easy how it seperates though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybnJq9oxp68 DO not do the last bit rubbing down / sanding only if you are spraying in real paint ( permanent ) Once you have the two chrome parts separated Fully clean with alcohol or white spirits and let dry to get rid of all grease Then just spray up with plastidip, 1st light coat then about another 3/4 coats to build up ( loads of vids on youtube how too ) Let it all dry and the reassemble J If at a later date you don’t like or want to make standard again it just peels straight off As for the back Mask around the letters about 1” away clean, spray up several coats and let it dry Then when fully dry carefully remove tape and start to peel away You will find it peels away leaving the letters left black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV_ULUKno5w hope this is of use to you have to say it is well worth doing and as it is fully removable leaving stock in my view a no brainer with nothing to loose J a big thanks to other owners and forums for info and videos :-) Dug
May 12, 20169 yr It's a bit scary though spraying onto paintwork isn't it??? The wife hasn't said no though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 12, 20169 yr As what I've done today, I've washed her using 2 bucket method, clay clothed her down all over, used Meguiares Polish, one coat of Meguiares canuba wax, final cost of Meguiares ultimate wax, finished up with Meguiares plastic trim treatment and tyre black. Touched up a couple of stone chips on the bumper to, looks like new now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 12, 20169 yr Author That sounds like my clean program too lol different stuff though as I use sonax products but that level now and again always brings great results and will prolong the car Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
May 12, 20169 yr Author No issues when painting with plastidip as on the video It peels off and if you get over spray it just polishes away with a microfiber cloth due to it been vinyl I had no issues at all 😆 Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
May 12, 20169 yr That sounds like my clean program too lol different stuff though as I use sonax products but that level now and again always brings great results and will prolong the car Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk I don't think there's much difference really with the high end products, the only reason really I use Meguiars is because I like the smell and I get 15% off at Halfrauds because of this club.
May 12, 20169 yr Looking at the vid I'll probably just mask off the grille using lining tape as I'm pretty handy with that and there's no risk of breaking the plastic bits Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 13, 20169 yr No issues when painting with plastidip as on the video It peels off and if you get over spray it just polishes away with a microfiber cloth due to it been vinyl I had no issues at all [emoji38] Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk I'm going for it, ordered a can of plasti dip Matt black, bought some automotive masking tape and some pre paint preparation wipes. When the paint arrives I'm going to bite the bullet!
May 13, 20169 yr Author Nice one you won't be disapointed I have had lots of good comments on mine 😆 Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
May 13, 20169 yr I like the look of yours. I hope mine cones out ok. Plasti dip had some really good how to vids on YouTube Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk When I looked at the grille I noticed a big stone must have hit it and put a big mark on it, I'll be smoothing that and using the plasti dip to cover it, I'll be looking permanently though I think
May 14, 20169 yr Nice one you won't be disapointed I have had lots of good comments on mine [emoji38] Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk I forgot to ask, how many 400ml cans did you need to do front and back?
May 14, 20169 yr 1 can is plenty [emoji4] Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk Cool I only ordered one can [emoji6]
May 17, 20169 yr Drove mine all the way from Stafford to Plymouth, 4hrs drive. Got a 2hr meeting tomorrow morning and then it's the reverse 4hr drive home. So much for saving the planet!
May 18, 20169 yr Interesting actually, I saw more Lamborghinis, more Porsche and more Rolls Royce than I saw Subaru XV on the way home and only 3 subaru at all. Saw 2 Lambos, 1 Rolls and countless Porsche. Also go my new badges Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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