Dipped (Plasti Dipped) Audi A4

[125RickC]

Hello everyone, here I have my fully dipped Audi in "GC-47 Alien Pearl". In some of the pictures, you'll see black dipped wheels. (The wheels are just the regular matte black with peeled Audi rings). The mirror caps are dipped in "Bright Aluminum Metalizer" to resemble the S4 'look'. I know a lot of people aren't big fans of the dipped emblems, but I like it like that for now. My wheels are currently dipped in "Bright Aluminum Metalizer". This is 4 coats of Pearl on the entire car. The hood was kept stock black.

Items used:
• 3 Gallons Black
• 50/50 Mix: 1:1 Clear/Gloss mix
• 150g GC-47

My OEM stock black


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These are just some of the photos of each Photoshoot I've done out of 5 shoots, since I've had the car dipped. This has been dipped for about 7+ months, and the car was purchased last year, about 9 months ago.





















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This is the most recent photos I did with a dipped Camaro a few weeks ago.








Questions, Concerns, Thoughts? Now I know this color isn't for everybody, but when Fonzie released the video to this pearl, I just knew I had to have it on what ever vehicle I was driving. I didn't have this Audi when the video was released. It is such a cool color to experience. It shifts from Blue to Purple the most. Greens in the evening, and Red at night. I am hopefully planning on getting tinted windows at some point, and as much as I would like to lower it, that won't happen.

Just hashtag "AlienAudi" on Instagram. You'll see a bunch of photos there. I will also be liquid wrapping my Mustang in a color shifting/chameleon pearl pretty soon.

[125RickC]

I get spotted every where now.


A little Winter driving.. At least the stock paint is protected.


Weekly washes. Even in the Winter.

[Mlambrecht17]

Looks good! I'm about to dip my b7 this

[MacFady]

Glad you're happy with it. Definitely makes body imperfections stand out. Seems to have held up over the winter. I'll leave it at that.

[p0isin]

Looks good. Not quite my cup of tea but I can appreciate it. Nice to see something a little bit different.

[Andrew149]

That thing looks like a monster truck lower it!

[pw211]

This makes me sad

[billyhoyle]

Huh. How'd the dip hold up with all the washing? I had no idea you could get such an interesting color effect with plastidip.

[Biged243]

Did you do this yourself or did you have it professionally done?

[Jake@JHM]

Ive seen you post in IG before l

[Lastsummer]

Huh. How'd the dip hold up with all the washing? I had no idea you could get such an interesting color effect with plastidip.

Its pretty impressive how far plastidip has come. If you watch some of the new videos done over DYC, there are some pretty impressive colors and finishes. Some with the DYC high gloss top coat that look better than OEM clear coat.
@op... are you from the north burbs of chicago at all? I think Ive seen your car around but I could be wrong though.

[kaz02a4]

This is amazing. Not the colors I'd pick, but props for doing this. The camaro looks more my speed

How long did it take to do, and how much did you have to prep? I'd imagine it's the same kind of deal as spraying a car, so plenty of cleaning, removing trim, etc.

[125RickC]

Looks good! I'm about to dip my b7 this

What color is that?

[Mlambrecht17]

What color is that?

Gunmetal base, custom mix of stormcloud grey, hyper titanium, and Canadian blue micro flake, all in the dyc topcoat, with 3 coats of plain dyc topcoat on top of that

[125RickC]

Huh. How'd the dip hold up with all the washing?

It held up pretty well. It was my first year (2014/2015) driving a dipped car in the winter. The previous 2-3 years, I drove my Mustang in the summer (with different colors). I use the coin operated self car washes. So I do use the soap brushes they have. Some harder than the other locations. The water sprayer at these car washes do not do harm to the dip as well.

I had no idea you could get such an interesting color effect with plastidip.

You have no idea what you're missing (if you haven't tried Plasti Dip already). There are a few large Facebook groups you can join. It's obviously not all color shifting pearls.. Check out

Dippers Anonymous (created by Jesse Kay aka DipMyRide on IG): https://www.facebook.com/groups/4091...?ref=bookmarks
DipYourCar Community (created by Fonzie and the DYC Staff): https://www.facebook.com/groups/DipY...?ref=bookmarks
Chicagoland Dippers (created by myself and a few other local dippers): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1608...?ref=bookmarks

[125RickC]

Did you do this yourself or did you have it professionally done?

I did this myself.

[125RickC]

Its pretty impressive how far plastidip has come. If you watch some of the new videos done over DYC, there are some pretty impressive colors and finishes. Some with the DYC high gloss top coat that look better than OEM clear coat.

Plasti Dip sure has come a long way since DYC came about in 2011.

@op... are you from the north burbs of chicago at all? I think Ive seen your car around but I could be wrong though.

That would most likely be me. What town did you see me in? If you remember.

[125RickC]

This is amazing. Not the colors I'd pick, but props for doing this. The camaro looks more my speed .

The color on the Camaro is called "Burnt Copper" Alloy Pearl. I did a Photoshoot with this car a few weeks ago. The more I looked at it, the more I loved it.
Here's the album I just posted on the DYC Forum: http://www.dipyourcar.com/forums/sho...28HQ-Photos%29

How long did it take to do, and how much did you have to prep? I'd imagine it's the same kind of deal as spraying a car, so plenty of cleaning, removing trim, etc.

Yes, plenty of cleaning, and prepping. prepping is key to dipping. The most important factor to a successful dip. I did not remove any of the trim. It's personal preference though. I chose not to. When dipping a car, you obviously want to start with a clean car, and you have to make sure the car is dry before spraying. I see many issues per day when someone posts there messed up bubbling car. Definitely have to make sure the car is dry, and that no water is hiding anywhere. It takes about a day of masking, and a day of spraying. It took me around 7-8 hours to spray.

[SickAWD]

Wow! Looks pretty cool and definitely different. Good job.

[Lastsummer]

Plasti Dip sure has come a long way since DYC came about in 2011.



That would most likely be me. What town did you see me in? If you remember.

I believe it was it either Grayslake or Gurnee... but I definitely could be wrong. You should bring it out to our Cars and Coffee on Sunday mornings. I know alot of the guys would like to see something different.

[125RickC]

I'll actually post some of my masking and process photos. It was my first time spraying a white based pearl. White based pearls are meant to be sprayed by someone who knows the product well (in which I do). It's very easy to mess up and 'white out' the pearl. My car, fortunately came out great!

[125RickC]

Wow! Looks pretty cool and definitely different. Good job.

Thanks!

[JDillon15]

Definitely needs to be lowered! Neat idea though.

[125RickC]

Here's a Tesla, that was just dipped in Burnt Copper. (Not by me).







You can see, that this car is glossy. That's because he used the New DYC High Gloss DipPearl TopCoat. My car was done on a satin mixture (1 gallon of Matte Clear mixed with 1 gallon of Glossifier). The new TopCoat hasn't been released when I dipped my Audi. But I will be using the new TopCoat and Matte Clear mixture on my Mustang for a high satin end result.

[125RickC]

Definitely needs to be lowered! Neat idea though.

I wish.

[125RickC]

I believe it was it either Grayslake or Gurnee... but I definitely could be wrong. You should bring it out to our Cars and Coffee on Sunday mornings. I know alot of the guys would like to see something different.

Probably both towns. Either or.. I'm around the area.

I know of SCS - Supercar Saturdays, is CnC every morning or? and where? Now that I know a bunch of people that drive dipped cars in the area, we're trying to go to as much car shows/events as we can. If not all of us, then some of us. I know there will be an event in Marengo called State Street Cruise Night.

May 23rd will be the Season Opener for Dog N Suds in Ingleside, and on the 24th, the Volo Auto Museum will have a car show. I'm trying to get these guys come out to (at least, one of) these events. A few of them are near Chicago. Some others local to me.

[Lastsummer]

probably both towns. Either or.. I'm around the area.

I know of SCS - Supercar Saturdays, is CnC every morning or? and where? Now that I know a bunch of people that drive dipped cars in the area, we're trying to go to as much car shows/events as we can. If not all of us, then some of us. I know there will be an event in Marengo called State Street Cruise Night.

May 23rd will be the Season Opener for Dog N Suds in Ingleside, and on the 24th, the Volo Auto Museum will have a car show. I'm trying to get these guys come out to (at least, one of) these events. A few of them are near Chicago. Some others local to me.

We meet every Sunday morning for Cars and Coffee in Vernon Hills at the Starbucks by the Beer Market. Great group that shows up. Last Sunday brought about 30 cars out.
Id be interested in the Dog n Suds one. I love there root beer haha.
We are a big Audi/VW group in the area.

[Mister W]

I have a question about plastiDip cars. Do you have to get rid of rust before plastidip them? what if you paint over rust an bubbling paint, what will happen?

[MacFady]

I have a question about plastiDip cars. Do you have to get rid of rust before plastidip them? what if you paint over rust an bubbling paint, what will happen?

It will look the same but a different color. If you're respraying it why not just sand it down properly and bondo/fill/coat it whatever before applying Plastidip? Otherwise it will look the reverse of what OP's rear passenger quarter panel looks like.

[billyhoyle]

One of the vids on dipyourcar goes over how they recommend patching a small rust hole. I think they used some kind of vinyl patch and a heat gun.

[125RickC]

We meet every Sunday morning for Cars and Coffee in Vernon Hills at the Starbucks by the Beer Market. Great group that shows up. Last Sunday brought about 30 cars out.
Id be interested in the Dog n Suds one. I love there root beer haha.
We are a big Audi/VW group in the area.

What time do you guys meet in the mornings? Do you know the address of the location?

Is it here?

[125RickC]

I have a question about plastiDip cars. Do you have to get rid of rust before plastidip them?

You don't need to get rid of rust, but it would be best if you do. If you're going to be spending the money on dip, you might as well get rid of rust/peeling clear coat, or any imperfections.

what if you paint over rust an bubbling paint, what will happen?

It will continue to rust underneath the dip.

There's the video that billyhoyle was talking about.

[125RickC]

It will look the same but a different color. If you're respraying it why not just sand it down properly and bondo/fill/coat it whatever before applying Plastidip?

+2.

It will look the same but a different color. If you're respraying it why not just sand it down properly and bondo/fill/coat it whatever before applying Plastidip? Otherwise it will look the reverse of what OP's rear passenger quarter panel looks like.

I didn't feel like fixing that panel. The car was rear ended before I was the owner. Whoever fixed the bumper, didn't do a very good job.

[2pointOh]

How have those mirrors held up with the aluminum? I was thinking of doing the same thing. Did you remove the mirror caps first?

[Lastsummer]

What time do you guys meet in the mornings? Do you know the address of the location?

Is it here?

Every Sunday at 9am. Thats the exact location highlighted on the map. Big parking lot and space available for the group.

[125RickC]

How have those mirrors held up with the aluminum? I was thinking of doing the same thing. Did you remove the mirror caps first?

They've held up pretty well. I did about 5 coats or so of black as my base. then applied 2-3 coats of "Bright Aluminum Metalizer" on the mirrors. This color covers very well on any color. For my wheels that you see up there, that's just one can of "Bright Aluminum Metalizer" for all 4 wheels. Now of course, there is about 1 can of dip per wheel on there, for Good peelability down the road. I'm not sure how to remove the mirrors, and I don't want to break anything. I just masked the surrounding area really good.

[2pointOh]

They've held up pretty well. I did about 5 coats or so of black as my base. then applied 2-3 coats of "Bright Aluminum Metalizer" on the mirrors. This color covers very well on any color. For my wheels that you see up there, that's just one can of "Bright Aluminum Metalizer" for all 4 wheels. Now of course, there is about 1 can of dip per wheel on there, for Good peelability down the road. I'm not sure how to remove the mirrors, and I don't want to break anything. I just masked the surrounding area really good.

Yeah I've used the aluminum before, its great. Did you just mask the actual mirror (like reflective mirror) portion off and spray around that? As well as masking the rest of the area around it?

[125RickC]

Here's a few dipped Audi's.



I bet if you were to take a look at this M6, you wouldn't even suspect this to be dip. Right? It looks very stock, but it's dipped.

[DannyDeez]

Wow, I can't believe I'm saying this but I really like it. Good job OP

[wildcat333]

While I can appreciate how much time you probably spent doing this work, it would look so much better if you were lowered. Even a little. Even if on $700 ST coils.