2013 sport build

NickTurnon

I wish I would've seen you post about dipping your car, I would've given you a couple pointers!

When laying white, you must have a solid base coat of gunmetal or black. You will use double, almost triple the amount of white that you would use without having a base coat/ 1/2 gal of gunmetal or black. Thats why you're running thru the dip so fast. But even still, red, white, and a few other colors have weak coverage without a base coat.

Looks good though as far as texture is concerned. DYC sprayer is pretty solid and is great to just pick it up and DIY.

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synolimit

I did lay 2 coats of gunmetal, 1 gallon for full coverage. Now with 3 gallons of white I've done 4 coats, 6 total. I'd say maybe 90-95% coverage. I've got 2 more gallons on the way to be safe. I also bought 3 spray cans of white to get into those hard to hit spots before the gallons get here. Since I peeled some I have to fix a few pulled up spots with dip fix, use more of the cans for those to cover, then lay a last coat of white in the gallons. Then I think ill mask some issue pull up spots and lay the gloss. Should all be here Wednesday.

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carlitos_370z

looks good dude!!!

synolimit

What a pita!!

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NickTurnon

I would highly recommend going to Lowe's and grabbing 1-2 gallons of Naptha.

The sprayable white gallons are already pretty thin. But you can add about 1/4-1/2 gallon to your 2 gallons of white and you'll end up with more sprayable product.

Oh, and on your slightly textured or rough areas/areas that you didn't get enough coverage.. you can spray the naptha straight onto the dip and it will thin the dip out just a bit. Just enough to flatten the spots out, get the paint evenly distributed -

Just dipped a white gloss nissan sentra yesterday with Balloon White Metallic Flake Pigments. It looks awesome!

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synolimit

It went fine with just adding 2 coats but hairs every now and again, some over spray from rattle cans where I needed to fix spots with dip fix, and I caulked the window vents to water proof. Dip will not stick to silicone. I've redone it a few times where the caulk meets the roof. Huge pain! Also out of no where I have lift. Around the brake inlets and corner near rear tail light. Makes zero sense. It's like it shrunk when it dried. Like applying vinyl and the corner wasn't pushed in far enough.

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Rangerz

Syno,

just went through your whole build thread. Gotta say, you are definitely not lazy about getting after it. Great job

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synolimit

Lol,thanks. I like diy.

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carlitos_370z

nice work dude!!!

NickTurnon

You can use a q-Tip and some Naptha or Xylene to slightly dab those areas that are lifting up. The Xylene will slowly thin the white back down to liquid form and it will grab hold and form out again once it dries..

I use this method whenever my handles are coming up, or when my rims are scratched, or when I have dip thats peeling up in a small corner, etc...

Looks good! Need some tint on those windows!

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synolimit

I have dip fix. I'm assuming its xylene in their can? Before it got here gas worked good too. I used gas because I saw a guy use mineral spirits which is just petroleum.

I might tint but I don't think its track legal. You have to have the fronts down anyways but the back they might say something. Plus when the cage goes in I wanna see that beauty.

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NickTurnon

Gas changes the color of the dip though -

Also, I forgot... TRACK BEAST. I was thinking this was your daily for awhile there.

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synolimit

o i didnt notice anything. besides after a fix i did another coat so any yellow would get covered up.

lol it is my daily

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synolimit

someone took a vid of my car. thought id post it up to show the sound while actually driving. you can hear me pull out at 5 and 13 seconds and go WOT at 29 seconds going through 1st and 2nd gear. that driveway was probaly 80 feet long maybe and i pulled out into the second furthest lane and went for it. lol its pretty far away by the time im in second and you can still hear me pretty good from a phone facing the other direction haha.

OGC - YouTube

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Zerocool

awesome job

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