First time I've ever Plasti-Dipped anything but after some YouTube learning thought I'd give it a shot.
We live on a dirt/gravel road and I've always hated how exposed and eaten up the door hinges get. I had the Bestop plastic protectors on my JKU but they don't fit the JLU so just went my own route with Plasti-Dip. Did the leading barrel end of all 4 door hinges, the windshield hinge, and made a bug/rock strip on the leading edge of the hood.
Pretty straight forward really:
Step 1: Clean -- easy with a new rig. Just prepped with alcohol
Step 2: Mask. Plastic drop cloths and some automotive masking tape to seal everything up. Take time to get everywhere in behind the hinges to prevent overspray, and tape from inside the door.
Step 3: Apply even coats. I did 3, a half hour apart.
Step 4: Demask -- carefully to get a clean edge while the last coat is still a little tacky. I prepped the edges by gently running a sharp knife along the edge of the tape. Important to get a clean break. Demask slowly and follow the edges.
Step 5: Clean up any overspray. A lexan knife, some rubbing alcohol, and I found a folded patch from a JK soft top material quite handy to clean any unwanted overspray off from in between the latch and door and some of those hard to mask off places.
Step 6: Let it cure. Mines sitting in the garage overnight.
Pics below.
We live on a dirt/gravel road and I've always hated how exposed and eaten up the door hinges get. I had the Bestop plastic protectors on my JKU but they don't fit the JLU so just went my own route with Plasti-Dip. Did the leading barrel end of all 4 door hinges, the windshield hinge, and made a bug/rock strip on the leading edge of the hood.
Pretty straight forward really:
Step 1: Clean -- easy with a new rig. Just prepped with alcohol
Step 2: Mask. Plastic drop cloths and some automotive masking tape to seal everything up. Take time to get everywhere in behind the hinges to prevent overspray, and tape from inside the door.
Step 3: Apply even coats. I did 3, a half hour apart.
Step 4: Demask -- carefully to get a clean edge while the last coat is still a little tacky. I prepped the edges by gently running a sharp knife along the edge of the tape. Important to get a clean break. Demask slowly and follow the edges.
Step 5: Clean up any overspray. A lexan knife, some rubbing alcohol, and I found a folded patch from a JK soft top material quite handy to clean any unwanted overspray off from in between the latch and door and some of those hard to mask off places.
Step 6: Let it cure. Mines sitting in the garage overnight.
Pics below.