1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Plasti Dip Prime?

Discussion in 'Prime Accessories and Modifications' started by Gobbletown, Jan 4, 2017.

  1. Gobbletown

    Gobbletown Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2017
    7
    0
    0
    Location:
    US
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    N/A
    Anyone planning to plasti dip their Prime? I've dipped other cars with less exterior tech but worry I'll gunk up sensors or sensitive equipment with the dip.

    Thoughts?
     
    #1 Gobbletown, Jan 4, 2017
  2. Gobbletown

    Gobbletown Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2017
    7
    0
    0
    Location:
    US
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    N/A
    Or perhaps more directly, what tech stuff am I going to ruin when I plasti dip my Advanced an impressively awful shade of colorshifting eggplant-bronze puke?


    iPhone ?
     
    #2 Gobbletown, Jan 4, 2017
  3. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2004
    45,024
    16,242
    41
    Location:
    Canada
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    You bought a Titanium Glow? heh.

    Depends what you're plasti-dipping. Watch for the ultrasonic sensors (if you have the Advanced). And don't touch the front Toyota logo (radar sits behind it).
     
    #3 Tideland Prius, Jan 4, 2017
    priuscatprimeguy likes this.
  4. Gobbletown

    Gobbletown Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2017
    7
    0
    0
    Location:
    US
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    N/A
    Nah. It's a Magnetic Grey. Would spray black then some flavor of pearl. It is the Advanced. I knew about the emblem radar, but for the ultrasonic sensors, is there a way to color match them without affecting their function, or is spraying them a no go?


    iPhone ?
     
    #4 Gobbletown, Jan 5, 2017
  5. Prius Maximus

    Prius Maximus Senior Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2004
    939
    795
    1
    Location:
    Northeastern IL
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    Water, snow, road salt. They all interfere with the sensors on my truck. I would imagine plasti-dip would completely block the sensors and make them unusable. I wouldn't put anything on them.
     
    #5 Prius Maximus, Jan 5, 2017
  6. priuscatprimeguy

    priuscatprimeguy Senior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2016
    2,730
    2,640
    0
    Location:
    Farmington Hills, Michigan
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    @Prius Maximus, are you and your family an accident waiting to happen?:eek:
     
    #6 priuscatprimeguy, Jan 5, 2017
  7. Prius Maximus

    Prius Maximus Senior Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2004
    939
    795
    1
    Location:
    Northeastern IL
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    Seems like it, although we have never caused an accident in our lives. My two totals were being rear ended by people not paying attention to rush hour traffic jams on the highway. As in going about 10 mph with traffic and getting hit by someone doing 45 one time and 65 the other time. Amazingly I wasn't seriously injured in either. my first prius was also t-boned by a girl who ran a stop sign and rear-ended by a guy going too fast in snow and slid into me. The wife got hit by a punk kid who was oncoming and made a left turn in front of her. She had her sternum broken. that wasn't fun.

    maybe I should hide the target on the cars with plasti-dip.

    but what I really need driving in Chicago is something like this...

    [​IMG]
     
    #7 Prius Maximus, Jan 5, 2017
    priuscatprimeguy likes this.
  8. priuscatprimeguy

    priuscatprimeguy Senior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2016
    2,730
    2,640
    0
    Location:
    Farmington Hills, Michigan
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    where is the plug? :p
     
    #8 priuscatprimeguy, Jan 5, 2017
  9. Trollbait

    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2006
    22,447
    11,760
    0
    Location:
    eastern Pennsylvania
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    It runs on energon.
     
    #9 Trollbait, Jan 6, 2017
    priuscatprimeguy likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)