US East Northern VA / MD Monthly Meetups

[Casper66]

Totally understand! I didn't get out as much as I wanted either ... but I was lucky enough to take a 2+ week trip out to Glacier and Yellowstone Nat'l Parks this past August. So, I can't really complain. :)

Nope that sounds like an epic trip! In March I was terminated from my job for an injury I got working there and had to find a new job. At the samw time my father in law had a massive stroke that has left him paralyzed and we have been dealing with that ever since. I just didn't feel good about taking my wife somewhere she had poor to no cell service or couldn't get to her father quickly it just didn't seem like the right thing to do.

 

[Nomadik Nova]

Nope that sounds like an epic trip! In March I was terminated from my job for an injury I got working there and had to find a new job. At the samw time my father in law had a massive stroke that has left him paralyzed and we have been dealing with that ever since. I just didn't feel good about taking my wife somewhere she had poor to no cell service or couldn't get to her father quickly it just didn't seem like the right thing to do.

Understandable. Sorry to hear that!

 

[Casper66]

Wow this place is dead. I spent the afternoon working on the truck. Fixed the underhood lighting and a pod light bracket. Then I did something I have been wanting to try. I blacked out the center section of the hood. I used a peelable paint for now so if I don't like it I can peel it off but if i do like it I will redo it with real paint.

 

[Chasing_Windmills]

Well I work at Prince Michel Winery and just opened Tap 29 brewery. I'm the assistant wine maker /brewer come visit us.

Noted! We will have to visit!

 

[Nomadik Nova]

Wow this place is dead. I spent the afternoon working on the truck. Fixed the underhood lighting and a pod light bracket. Then I did something I have been wanting to try. I blacked out the center section of the hood. I used a peelable paint for now so if I don't like it I can peel it off but if i do like it I will redo it with real paint.

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Been wanting to do something exactly like this!!!! [emoji1360][emoji1360]

 

[Casper66]

Been wanting to do something exactly like this!!!! [emoji1360][emoji1360]

Kinda hoping it takes some sun glare away. It hasn't been bad but any is annoying. I may leave the dip on there as it's kinda rubber coating protaction IDK we will see

 

[Casper66]

Been wanting to do something exactly like this!!!! [emoji1360][emoji1360]

This isn't hard to do. materials were around $25. IDK what vehicle you have but could take more or less materials. If you want to do it and need a hand I can try and help

 

[Nootherids]

Wow this place is dead. I spent the afternoon working on the truck. Fixed the underhood lighting and a pod light bracket. Then I did something I have been wanting to try. I blacked out the center section of the hood. I used a peelable paint for now so if I don't like it I can peel it off but if i do like it I will redo it with real paint.

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I’m loving this!!! More pics!

 

[Casper66]

I’m loving this!!! More pics!

There's all kinds of pics in the build thread but this is all i got today








I laid it out with fine line tape but the plasti dip doesn't leave as clean an edge as when I use tape

 

[Nomadik Nova]

This isn't hard to do. materials were around $25. IDK what vehicle you have but could take more or less materials. If you want to do it and need a hand I can try and help

T4R 16 Trail

 

[Casper66]

T4R 16 Trail

Oh yeah just about the same size front end so materials should be the same

 

[100RNR]

T4R 16 Trail

I vinyl wrapped my hood. Really helped with the glare.

 

[Casper66]

I vinyl wrapped my hood. Really helped with the glare.View attachment 122767

I priced a guy here and was expensive maybe be I’ll get the vinyl and try it myself if I decide to keep it

 

[100RNR]

I priced a guy here and was expensive maybe be I’ll get the vinyl and try it myself if I decide to keep it

Yeah, it wasn't cheap. Not too much either, I guess. There are some guys on Fredericksburg that are really good.

Having watched them do it, I might try it myself next time.

 

[Casper66]

Yeah, it wasn't cheap. Not too much either, I guess. There are some guys on Fredericksburg that are really good.

Having watched them do it, I might try it myself next time.

That's kinda why I decided to do it in plasti dip. I know if I didn't like it in vinyl it could have easily been removed but a $300 risk I didn't want to take. The dip is actually pretty damn durable but having painted for years the lack of clean edges wears on me. A $25 dollar risk was a whole lot more reasonable for me. I like the vinyl avery ob I have seen done is spot on. A friend in Centerville has his whole truck wrapped orange

 

[DrivingTacoLoco]

What's the trick to getting the crispest lines with plastidip?

 

[Casper66]

What's the trick to getting the crispest lines with plastidip?

Pull the tape while the dip is wet. I even went back over the edges just prior to pulling the tape and still didn't get crisp edges. If somebody knows better please enlighten us. I painted vehicles and equipment for 30+ years and have done a fair bit of graphics but i can not get dip to leave a crisp edge. If it bothers me I'll just get a roll of 1/4" black or red pinstripe and edge it myself.

 

[cgflyer]

Wow this place is dead. I spent the afternoon working on the truck. Fixed the underhood lighting and a pod light bracket. Then I did something I have been wanting to try. I blacked out the center section of the hood. I used a peelable paint for now so if I don't like it I can peel it off but if i do like it I will redo it with real paint.

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I did a hood stripe on my JK with Plasti Dip. It last without blemish for over 3 years

 

[Casper66]

I did a hood stripe on my JK with Plasti Dip. It last without blemish for over 3 years

I'm diggin it so far. I'll either give it some time to see if I really like it and strip it and actually paint it on or just leave the dip it's kinda rubber coating protection anyway. The edges not being nice and clean is what irritates me but its just because i am used to regular paint when doing any sort of graffics. I guess i could run a piec of pin stripe down the edges to clean it up IDk

 

[Casper66]

Busy day getting a few things cleaned up around here. We are checking out Pochahontas State park next weekend. I bought a new stove at expo so I got it out and messed with it for a bit much better controls than the Coleman.
I installed larger tires on the camper earlier this year and I had made a table that pins in place over the spare . When I got done fabbing the box on the tongue i had some extra materials so I figured a table would be handy back by the cooking area and, well, this just seemed logical. I fabbed a couple of runners inside the tp of the box so when not in use it just slides in and stowes away.