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[Sneedle Vision]

Well, after how much bedliner came off during Tailbone removal, I wasn't too happy with Plastikote as a top coat. I did a couple test shoots on some stock cause I thought maybe I didn't do enough coats the first time around. It turned out whether it was 2 coats or 4 coats, it still came off.

So I decided to go with something I'd used before on another car, Plastidip.

Here's the picture of the bumper all sanded down...


and then with a couple coats of dark gray metal automotive primer...


Going to let it set overnight and then lay down the Plastidip. Gonna spray the bumper as well as the end caps. They look better now than they did before burning them, but it doesn't quite match the other blacks so I'm gonna make it a little more uniform.

[Sneedle Vision]

Well, the past couple days have been cloudy and the temps were low so I couldn't ask for better conditions to get everything painted and ready to go back on!

From old faded plastic....


2 coats in....


and all finshed with 4 coats of Plastidip!


For comparision...


and then the rear bumper and caps finally got installed...


to see the texture of the Plastidip (it's a little tacky, but isn't bad)...


and then to see how the new parts work with the flat flares and sliders...



Overall, everything came out great and I'm really pleased! Only downside is that everything requires 4 coats or more to be a good strong layer with a 2 hr dry time between coats.