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Plastidip, Blacked out prius, or some white?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by Austin5, Mar 6, 2013.

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Black Prius,

  1. Black Rims, Black Emblems, Tinted Windows

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  2. White Rims, White Emblems, Tinted Windows

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  1. Austin5

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    What do you think?

    Black out the already Black prius, with black emblems and black rims..
    OR make all the emblems white, with white rims?

    I'm going to be plastidip-ing, am and wondering which you think will look better. And maybe if anyone has used white plastidip? Does it dirty easily, and is it harder to clean because of the white??
     
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    Black the emblems out! I just got finished blacking my emblems with Plasti-Dip and love them. It is just as easy as all the videos show. Putting white rims on a black car, NOT!!
     
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    So far I've just done the two main emblems because they were so easy to take off and I was exciting to try the plastidip, but I'm looking at doing the others such as the prius and hybrid ones. It's 10 degrees out so ill wait a couple weeks for the masking ones. I also added some hidden LED's behind the grill which look pretty nice so far.
     
    #3 Austin5, Mar 6, 2013
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    Cool! I sprayed all my emblems on the Prius without taking them off. Any Plasti-Dip overspray pulls right off the paint, no fuss -no mess.
     
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    did you tape anything off or did you just spray them as is?
     
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    I used blue painters tape and created a square around the emblem, size appropriate of course. There was about an 2 inch spacing from the emblem. Then newspaper to prevent overspray and your good to go. Go to You-Tube and search Plasti-Dip videos.
     
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    Cool, sounds good. Thanks for the info.
     
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  8. Austin5

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    For the Toyota logos it's WAY easier to take them off, just use a credit card to get the back one off, and pinch the clips under the hood for the front one! No peeling or tape required just some newspaper
     
    #8 Austin5, Mar 7, 2013
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    Now you tell me Austin5! I figured it wasn't that hard, but didn't feel like fooling with it. Great Tip, THANKS!!
     
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    doesnt that leave a hole ? so then what ?
     
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    I believe he is talking about the "T" emblems on the front and back. They are easier to spray off the car. The are only held on by clips, no tape.
     
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    Not sure if adding plastidip to the whole car will look good. I it my rear panel glossy black vinyled and plastidip the Toyota emblem
     

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    that looks good. i like the black t's

    so they dont have placement holes. and can just be removed.
     
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    Way harder. Sometimes the badges get ruined in the process (I ruined my HSD badge). Plus you need new tape to put them back. I taped, plasti-dipped, removed overspray, cleaned up mine faster than just removing and cleaning up the ones I removed.

    To OP, That seems a personal choice, do what you think will look best. Or since plasti-dip is easy to change, do what you think will look less good, live with it fora few days, and change to the other option.
     
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    Not the sticky ones, those you need to mask and shouldn't pull off.

    Exactly.
     
    #15 Austin5, Mar 8, 2013
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