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Old May 26, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Plasti dipped my emblems and rims this week what does everyone think

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Old May 26, 2011 | 04:33 PM
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You should just take the tC emblem off or relocate it somewhere else. The scion logos look good. Did you sand and clear your wheels? If not that will chip off extremely easy
Old May 26, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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yea i cleaned the wheels but with plasti dip you dont have to sand them
Old May 26, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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Oh sweet you just spray paint the plastidip on?

Id like to kno how long it lasts
Old May 26, 2011 | 05:50 PM
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I have to say you're bold doing that with the emblems still on the car.
Old May 26, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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Plasti dip is pretty durable. I just got back from a 600 mile road trip in horrible storms and my wheels look the same as the day I sprayed them. I need to do my emblems when I get the time. Its easy to do them without taking the emblems off...theres how to's all over the interwebs.
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Or just pull it off with a heat gun then floss. paint, then heat gun em back on!
Old May 26, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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yeah you are a very bold and confident person to be spraying your emblems with them still on the car.
definitely would not recommend that
Old May 26, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-s...-required.html

^super easy to do it w/o removing emblems....nothing bold about it. The stuff just peels right off, its not like spray paint. I've done it on other cars and never had problems it works great and is pretty much idiot proof.
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I wouldn't do regular spray paint with the emblems still on the car, but plasti dip just peels off if you screw up
Old May 27, 2011 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyMonsoon
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-s...-required.html

^super easy to do it w/o removing emblems....nothing bold about it. The stuff just peels right off, its not like spray paint. I've done it on other cars and never had problems it works great and is pretty much idiot proof.

Haha i posted this same link on someones post when they were wanting to do theirs just the other day
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I Did Complete black on black tho...car looks good keep it up. not big on the emblems being completely black. but im not dissing it if you like it



Old May 29, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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I think you should get some white touchup paint and paint the scion name in it
Old May 29, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by NickF127
I think you should get some white touchup paint and paint the scion name in it
I Agree. you went too stealth fighteresque
Old May 29, 2011 | 11:19 PM
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I like it! You need to darken your tails though.
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love it blacked out, looks good!
Old May 30, 2011 | 03:12 AM
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Ya man leave it blacked out, its killin em right now.
Old May 30, 2011 | 03:33 AM
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im actually in the process of two toning the front and rear emblems gloss red and black and just removing the tc emblem havent decided if im going to do the rims two tone as well
Old May 30, 2011 | 10:11 PM
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I want to plasti dip my rims, how many cans did you use and how long did it take?
Old May 31, 2011 | 01:47 AM
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PLease don't unless you realize that you will have to do it again in like 6 months.



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