GBimmer
06-26-2012, 01:55 PM
This isn't a pic of her car but it's exactly like her's (except her's had black rims):
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/gallery/data/3058/Countryman_2.jpg
So as you can see those silver scuttles on the side just looked out of place. Also the silver grill looked a bit odd as well.
So I fixed it.
http://i.imgur.com/kaT8Jh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6oKU5h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fiVKDh.jpg
The process was very easy: 1) go to Lowes and buy the plasti-dip in a spray can with the other spray paint. 2) clean car. 3) remove bits you want to paint. 4) paint parts using light coats 30 minutes apart (2 or 3 coats is fine). 5) wait a couple of hours (I waited overnight just to be sure). 6) put bits back on car.
If you can't follow that you have no business breathing precious air.
Anyway just putting it out there because the stuff really does work as advertised. I had to redo the side scuttles because the first time I didn't take them off the car and tried just masking. I wasn't happy with the results. Luckily removing the old stuff was literally just pealing it away. It came right off with no chemicals or, really, anything more than just peeling it off.
I completely recommend it for stuff that you might want to return to stock later. She drove it about 500 miles last week and there's no chips in the dip or any peeling.
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/gallery/data/3058/Countryman_2.jpg
So as you can see those silver scuttles on the side just looked out of place. Also the silver grill looked a bit odd as well.
So I fixed it.
http://i.imgur.com/kaT8Jh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6oKU5h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fiVKDh.jpg
The process was very easy: 1) go to Lowes and buy the plasti-dip in a spray can with the other spray paint. 2) clean car. 3) remove bits you want to paint. 4) paint parts using light coats 30 minutes apart (2 or 3 coats is fine). 5) wait a couple of hours (I waited overnight just to be sure). 6) put bits back on car.
If you can't follow that you have no business breathing precious air.
Anyway just putting it out there because the stuff really does work as advertised. I had to redo the side scuttles because the first time I didn't take them off the car and tried just masking. I wasn't happy with the results. Luckily removing the old stuff was literally just pealing it away. It came right off with no chemicals or, really, anything more than just peeling it off.
I completely recommend it for stuff that you might want to return to stock later. She drove it about 500 miles last week and there's no chips in the dip or any peeling.