Cobez's 2006 STX

[mannnick]

Ok it's decided, in the next few weeks the Nav is getting plastidipped side mirrors, sportsbar and black sunraysia's. Still undecided about nudgebar. Better order some more plastidip tomorrow....

hahaha looks like i have gotten a few people hooked haha

 

[Cobez]

Yeah ya bastard! Haha!! I had never heard of Plastidip until i saw your posts. Its ****ing fantastic stuff. Super strong / durable too.

Considering getting rid of the nudgebar too. Thought about plastidipping it but it might look a bit strange.

 

[mannnick]

hahaha yeah its good gear..

Good move mate, get a real bullbar cant wait for my xrox to be finished haha

 

[Cobez]

Nah not overly interested in a bullbar. No need just yet to be honest. Mine is 70% Tonka truck, 30% 4x4. When i do a bit more 4x4ing, then i'll look into it.

 

[mannnick]

haha ok buddy

 

[Cobez]

One mirror plastidipped. Much better than chrome

 

[gunning1987]

looks the goods, where you get the plastidip from?

 

[Cobez]

Ordered it off Plastidip website

 

[gunning1987]

hmm fair enough, i went down to repco and bought some paint, just as easy haha

 

[Cobez]

Just auto paint? I dont care how strong the company claims their paint is, it still chips over time and looks crap.

Plastidip is a flexible rubber coating. It actually feels like rubber when it cured to. Dug a fingernail into it and scratched back and forth. Not even a mark was left. From the reviews i have read on forums, this stuff might only need a touch up every 4 or so years.

I personally wouldnt even use caliper paint on mirrors, grille etc. Still scratches and chips too easy.

 

[Cobez]

Unless you are a panel beater / sprayer and can lay it down like a pro and clear coat it.

Im now obsessed with Plastidip thanks to Mannick. Lol

 

[gunning1987]

yer true but the cars getting pin stripped every now, again so it doesn't bother me. Mines no tonka truck.

 

[Cobez]

Yeah fair call dude. Mine see's SOME offroading / camping, but more daily driving. I use mine to cart shit around for work and i cart my dirtbike around.

 

[Cobez]

Few more pics

 

[Cobez]

And a few more

 

[Cobez]

Muffler eliminator pipe about to fit it up. Will have a pipe with a bend made up eventually to dump the exhaust out the side somewhere possibly.

 

[4BYFOR]

Muffler eliminator pipe about to fit it up. Will have a pipe with a bend made up eventually to dump the exhaust out the side somewhere possibly.

I do believe that it needs to go just past the cabin.. Not mandrel bend either?

 

[Cobez]

This sits a bees dick past the back of the cabin just before the rear diff. But the pipe can be fitted with the original exhaust rear so the fumes dump downwards. So still nice and legal. Might give it a coat of high temp black before i fit it up

 

[Cobez]

Pipe fitted. Little bit of arsing around on the joints to make them fit snug. Now im gonna angle grind off the part of the pipe after the muffler on the factory exhaust and fit that up to the arse end of the new pipe so it dumps behind the rear diff so it's legal.

Then to take it off in one piece and give it a few coats of high temp black.

 

[4BYFOR]

Nice man I just did my beaver panel.. Ill post pics up too.. Good work mate