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davserbic said:

Super interesting. Subbed.

Curiously, how often do you plastidip your car and how much does it usually cost all said and done to do it. Thinking of changing up the color on mine.

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eneubauer said:

all depends on how long i enjoy the color for, the last color i had on for two years and it looked good the whole time. at this point ive got it down to a science and it costs me about 180 in materials to do a basic color. next summer i may vinyl wrap the car so i can have a nice gloss finish of the color i want to do next but then i would be commiting to a color for more then a year due to the increase in cost associated with vinyl wrapping

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eneubauer said:

i have in the past. i used to run a small side business and i did probably 10 cars other then my own. in all honesty though the amount of time it takes to do someones car even though materials cost me about 250-300 to do a car i didn't find that I was charging enough to make it worth my time. I used to charge 600 to dip a car in a basic color but I would need to charge 800 to make it worth my time and most people didn't want to pay that. One of my friends help me out when i do it so I like to throw them about half of the profit so at 600 we were only each making 150 for a very long and exhausting day.

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mikejsmith1985 said:

I just dipped mine a couple months ago. Something I struggled with was around the antenna, window seals along the door perpendicular to the ground, and door seals where they meet the body. I was able to get them so I'm happy but curious, Do you remove the trim or just tape up to the edge and peel while wet? I think I was so focused on making sure those edges were wet got them too thick so when the last coat went on it couldn't wet all the way through... Plus I had to paint it over 2 days so the base color dried overnight. I've done several large jobs like this. (DSM, enclosed trailer, motorcycle) but was fortunate enough not to have to deal with a dipped edge touching an edge I didn't want dipped till this car.


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eneubauer said:

i have in the past. i used to run a small side business and i did probably 10 cars other then my own. in all honesty though the amount of time it takes to do someones car even though materials cost me about 250-300 to do a car i didn't find that I was charging enough to make it worth my time. I used to charge 600 to dip a car in a basic color but I would need to charge 800 to make it worth my time and most people didn't want to pay that. One of my friends help me out when i do it so I like to throw them about half of the profit so at 600 we were only each making 150 for a very long and exhausting day.

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mikejsmith1985 said:

I just dipped mine a couple months ago. Something I struggled with was around the antenna, window seals along the door perpendicular to the ground, and door seals where they meet the body. I was able to get them so I'm happy but curious, Do you remove the trim or just tape up to the edge and peel while wet? I think I was so focused on making sure those edges were wet got them too thick so when the last coat went on it couldn't wet all the way through... Plus I had to paint it over 2 days so the base color dried overnight. I've done several large jobs like this. (DSM, enclosed trailer, motorcycle) but was fortunate enough not to have to deal with a dipped edge touching an edge I didn't want dipped till this car.


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davserbic said:

I see your perspective.

Materials costing $300, labor for your time and effort to make $500 does not outweigh the benefits of a consumer spending $800 for a plastidip job. Especially to constantly do it. How long does it take to do the job from start to finish?

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eneubauer said:

The key is definitely peel while wet, if I had to do a job over two days I would peel the parts that touch the body and re tape that the next day

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eneubauer said:

Went to a local vw show that I in the past won 2nd and 1st when my car was stanced. And won 2nd place this year with the golf "country"



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