I been thinking about Plasti-dipping all the chrome on my truck, well, the spots that are...
Grille and rims.
Looking for blacked out taillights, headlights, and fogs, too.
How was the process???
I've had pretty good success with the Plasti-Dip. It's been on for over a month so far and been through several washes without any problems. I did hit a rock and had a small hole "peel" off. I used my fingers and pressed down the edges of the tear and sprayed more Plasti-Dip on. To my surprise it repaired the spot perfectly, so much that I can not tell where the spot was. The spray seemed to "re-liquify" the edges on contact and reform into a single uniform layer once again. Pretty neat stuff.
Below is a picture of My Explorer. I Plasti-Dipped my wheels, door pillars, and emblems. It's all holding up nicely.
(Just make sure to thoroughly clean with soap and water, use some degreaser to make sure you don't have any oils left behind, and dry before you Plasti-Dip the area.)
Also, the key is to not completely cover your area in one coat. You want to apply this stuff lightly over 4+ coats. I did everything to mine using 4 cans.
Youtube has countless videos on the subject as well.
I used VHT's Nite-Shade tint spray to tint my tail lights. I wet sanded them first and cleaned them with degreaser, then I taped off my backup lights (because I still wanted to be able to use them) and applied about 3 light coats of the tint spray. All that gave you the result you see below. I'm very happy with them. The tint spray has been on for over 2 years now with no noticeable fading.
As for blacking out your headlights... You can find several Youtube videos as well on how to "bake" your headlights and separate the housing without damaging it. Then you could simply paint the inside black. This would give you black headlights without affecting your visibility (like it would if you simply tinted them) This is something on my to-do list. If I ever get around to it, I'll post pictures.
Hope this helps.
