Plasti Dip bra for winter driving

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mclark999

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2013 CX-5 Sport AWD Automatic

• Nov 8, 2012

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Won't be long before Colorado has sand on the roads for the snow and ice. I decided to try a Plasti Dip bra on my CX-5. Took about an hour including masking time and about 2 cans of Plasti Dip. I followed the directions from dipyourcar.com regarding painting just sections so I could get a nice clean line on the hood.

I think it turned out pretty well. I'll go ahead and do the mirrors too when I have time.

Certainly a lot cheaper than the $199 quote I got just to do the front of the hood and the mirrors.

 

Hank3

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2010 Mazda5 GT

• Nov 8, 2012

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Looks great! What did you use to mask off the rest of the hood to create the clean lines?

 

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mclark999

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2013 CX-5 Sport AWD Automatic

• Nov 8, 2012

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Hank3 said:

Looks great! What did you use to mask off the rest of the hood to create the clean lines?

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I used wide blue painters masking tape with some painters paper to keep overspray off the hood.

 

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Gio26NJ

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2013 CX-5 GT AWD Tech Package, 2014 Mazda 6 Touring

• Nov 8, 2012

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That actually looks very very awesome, great job. I have a black CX-5 as well and I'm imagining the whole car with a black matte finish it would look sick. Although plastidip will not protect from stone chips and other debris it should certainly protect from sand/salt on roadways. Tell us how it is holding up within a month's time. I installed 3M Ventureshield on mine maybe I should plastidip over that clear film, wonder how that would come out.

 

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mclark999

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2013 CX-5 Sport AWD Automatic

• Nov 8, 2012

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If you look at the first picture here, you can see I screwed up peeling the tape off near where the passenger headlight and grill come together. Fortunately Plasti Dip is pretty easy to repair and repaint with a little solvent. In the second picture, you can see what it looks like after the repair. If I'd taken a little more time, I could have smoothed out the repair even better. The main thing is now the spot isn't peeling up.

 

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2013 CX-5 GT AWD w/tech (Mar'12-Jul'14)

• Nov 8, 2012

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I saw that little booboo in first set of pics, it really looks good.

 

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ZuluCX

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2018 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD+Tech / SoulRed+ParchmentWhite

• Nov 9, 2012

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great idea! the whole car matte black would be nice.

 

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ReManG

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2013 Mazda CX-5 FWD Touring-Tech Package

• Nov 9, 2012

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That looks outstanding! I have been thinking about this as well, I also dipped my bright plastic on the top of the grille.

 

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chinq6t

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2014 CX5 GT AWD

• Nov 9, 2012

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Niice! the top grill dip is sleek. Plasti dipping bra is genius! Now to remove it come spring, just peel?

 

bazooka joe

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92 & 16 Meyatas

• Nov 9, 2012

• #10

great job!

 

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mclark999

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2013 CX-5 Sport AWD Automatic

• Nov 10, 2012

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ZuluCX said:

great idea! the whole car matte black would be nice.

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Here's a link to how to do your whole car. Really wouldn't take that long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNY9Dx617N8&feature=watch-vrec

 

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puddle.jumper

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mazda cx-5 touring 2013

• Nov 10, 2012

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if i was considering doing the entire car or entire painted panel pieces, i'd opt for vinyl wrap instead of plastidip. nice job guys on the matte pieces.