transform 10 year old Z?? plastidipp

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mrMambo

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thankfully there is no rush for me to get rid of my Z4 :lol: rather happy as you can imagine

so as many of you have proberly seen youtube makes plastidipp look easy, i have the environment to do it in
but has anyone tried this for them self at home? (i wouldnt even consider it if i wasnt confident with a can)

im wanting to radically transform my car but it is on a tight budget!

this is my car parked next to my mates cars at the moment

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'now before we go further ill let you know im a 22 year old extreme sports fanactic who rides dirt jumps every day (mtb 24")
my mates call each other 'dude and bro' and worship such legends as danny macaskill and ken block. so im not a chav or asda car park loiterer
because i think bucket seats are awsome'

if youtube is correct then this is my 'finishing touch' plan

stubby
debadged
carbon look badges off ebay
private plate (£100 off a mate)
cobra seat mounts (to install monaco pros 'all ready purchased')
straight through pipe (blending with the 3ltrs :wink: )
kidneys and cailpers sprayed gloss black
...and then plastitidip??

im wanting to turn it matt white, has anyone done that with plastidipp??

can it really be done for around £300? because if so im off to be one happy bmw owner

*aerokit, 18" 225's eibach pro's, koni shocks



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Adamski said:
Not sure about the matt white :|

A de ginger exercise would go down well though :thumbsup:
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you gingerist !

Re : dude and bro, you sure you're not a chav ? :P Do you call women 'babe' ?

Anyway, re: plastidip - I am not sure that I would trust YouTube. Just a thought, but might it be an idea to see how it goes on a spare panel, before you commit yourself ?
 
im just wanting somthing different, and no i dont call my bird 'babe'.. thats a bit too essex for me :wink:

im gona plastidip my bike first (but thought id ask on here aswell becuase im guessing 10 year old body work wont take the same as a 5 year old bike)

and ste thats a great example of the satin white, i saw that picture before not a great fan of the back end, but colour is awsome! ps awsome alloys ste!

and the de-ginger is the last thing on my 'to-do' list
 
Cheers buddy :thumbsup:

Yeah de-ginger is definitely a must on sterling grey cars IMO, really does make all the difference.
 
has anyone ever thought of wrapping the sterling grey edges of windscreen with the same material as the roof? making the top part of the car look like one section

i dont have photoshop so cant try the idea out :?
 
i like the ginger bits on that pic up there .... maybe on the sides.. it kind of breaks up the grey a little. it could just be the light in that pic tho.

the only issue i could see with white is if you got a chip in the plastidip then the grey would show real bad. given the state of my bumper i think you would be doing it loads.

ste i have to ask eveytime i look at your avatar i think your tyres on are on back to front as i had some similar on a previous car and the chevrons were the other way around. please put my mind at rest and say they are right and the direction arrow is pointing the right way...
 
Nah they're the right way, otherwise the tyre writing etc would be on the inside would it not? 8)

Continuous thin tread line on the inside, pattern pointing out at the thickest point:

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Ste said:
Nah they're the right way, otherwise the tyre writing etc would be on the inside would it not? 8)
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not true... you could just swap left to right... effectively reversing the tyres with the writing still pointing out!

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Most tyres have an arrow showing the direction, like the one above... so it's hard to get it wrong ;-)

EDIT - from those three pics, if those are the same tyres, it looks like at least one set is on the wrong way around. Look at the lines sweeping back, either upwards or downwards.
 
So a wheel fitted to the front n/s cannot be swapped to the o/s as the arrow will rotate the wrong way? Not heard this before.
 
Rialas said:
So a wheel fitted to the front n/s cannot be swapped to the o/s as the arrow will rotate the wrong way? Not heard this before.
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ahh makes more sence now i see the whole tread... dont worry its just me .... and the fact everytime i saw them i wondered.

rialas its not that they cant be swapped its just some tyres are directional and designed to work one way around. meaning you shouldnt rotate sides but can front to back. the tyre fitter has to get it right when fitting. the writing will be on both sides so 1 tyre will fit either side (by turning over) but if wrong the little arrow indicating direction will be wrong.

the tyres ive had in the past had a chevron ^ not a slash (like ste's which i couldnt make out) the chvron would push water from the middle of the tyre to the outside as it rotated as the point of the chevron would hit the water first. if backward they would drag water from outside to middle of tyre where it would have nowhere to go and hence induce aqua planing easier. ste' tyres have a diagnoal deep grove all the war across so will shift water to outer to inner sides of the wheels but not trap under the tyre. (i guess)

i have seen directional tyres (r888 sg)used backwards but this was only in damp conditions where they apparently gave good water clearance fir the little amount of water there was (as thats what they are designed for) but would warm up a bit more than used the other way. this was also debateable but the guys seemed pretty adamant.
 
Ah I see sorry was a bit slow on the uptake.

Depends on whether or not the tyres are rotational I believe?

Below is an email from the vred guys anyway:
The Ultrac Sessanta is an asymmetric tyre. An asymmetric tyre has a tread pattern which differs on the inner side to that of the outer side and offers performance advantages. The tyre has markings on the sidewall to indicate which side of the tyre should face outwards and providing it is fitted this way to the wheel it can be fitted to either side of the vehicle as it is not sensitive to the direction of rotation. However, if fitted incorrectly with the outside facing inwards then the driving speed should be reduced until such time as the tyre can be correctly fitted, which should be at the earliest opportunity.

The text "INNER SIDE" on these tyres helps to prevent that the tyres are fitted incorrectly. This means when the tyre has been fitted under the vehicle, the sidewall with the text "INNER SIDE" is not visible.

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So on that basis they're fine :)

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Ok. Thanks for that. Hadn't realized the pattern is directional on some tyres.
Remember when we used to alternate the wheels to even out tyre wear.
Cheers.
 
Ste said:
Ah I see sorry was a bit slow on the uptake.

Depends on whether or not the tyres are rotational I believe?

Below is an email from the vred guys anyway:
The Ultrac Sessanta is an asymmetric tyre. An asymmetric tyre has a tread pattern which differs on the inner side to that of the outer side and offers performance advantages. The tyre has markings on the sidewall to indicate which side of the tyre should face outwards and providing it is fitted this way to the wheel it can be fitted to either side of the vehicle as it is not sensitive to the direction of rotation. However, if fitted incorrectly with the outside facing inwards then the driving speed should be reduced until such time as the tyre can be correctly fitted, which should be at the earliest opportunity.

The text "INNER SIDE" on these tyres helps to prevent that the tyres are fitted incorrectly. This means when the tyre has been fitted under the vehicle, the sidewall with the text "INNER SIDE" is not visible.

And a diagram:
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So on that basis they're fine :)

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My understanding is that Assymetric and Directional are different things (but a lot of directional tyres are assymetric too).

Assymetric tyres have different tread across the tyre, so on each wheel you need to be sure to get the inside on the inside, and the outside on the outside... Directional tyres are tyres designed to rotate in one direction... these, you need to make sure are on the correct side of the car so that the arrow is facing forwards.

More description here:
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/safety/directional-and-asymmetric-tyres.html
 
You gave me a fright there.
Saw my blue coupe and thought you were all saying my nice shiny ultrac sessantas were on the wrong way round!
Pheeewww. :)


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Of course for serious off road use we fit directional tyres backwards on the front. Not good for road use, but as you reverse out of a hole, big, river, etc. then weight transfers and the fronts give great traction going backwards - fun...


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