to the guys who have painted their cladding

[SportDave]

Those of you who used Plasti-Dip: did you use aerosol cans, paintbrush, or roll-on?

I'm definitely thinking about doing this to my newly-acquired '03 Sport.

 

[TGtrac05]

aerosol cans. Just the ones you buy at Home Depot for $6. If you go to dipyourcar.com they have a bunch of stuff like different nozzles and spray triggers that make it much simpler

 

[3D]

We updated the wheels a couple weeks ago and today I Spent most of the day plasti-dipping (6 coats) the grey to black on our Sport Trac. Also remounted the rear bumper to fix the sagging and a couple other goodies. It was quite a bit of work so I hope it holds up! Before and after pictures.... The step bars were added about 6 months ago.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Looks like a whole new truck, great job.

 

[03Sport]

We updated the wheels a couple weeks ago and today I Spent most of the day plasti-dipping (6 coats) the grey to black on our Sport Trac. Also remounted the rear bumper to fix the sagging and a couple other goodies. It was quite a bit of work so I hope it holds up! Before and after pictures.... The step bars were added about 6 months ago.

Looks good! What sort of prep work did you have to do? What did you do for the top of the bumper?

 

[3D]

Sorry for the delay. We just washed very well with dish soap. Everything was removed from the truck except the front bumper. So far it has held up really well. I am surprised.

For the top of the bumper we masked off the painted areas leaving a slight overhang of the tape at the crease so there would be a clear end to the spray.