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PlastiDip XJ
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From: McDonough, GA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Plastidip is good stuff. If you do it right, it will last a long time. It's easy to touch up and cheap!! Just do enough coats and it's easy to peel off too.
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Model: Cherokee
https://www.dipyourcar.com/product.p...&cat=15&page=1 I used this kit on a friends GC SRT8 (Bright Orange). It turned out great. Has been a year or so and no peeling or flaking. She drives it offroad and said it held up to pine tree branches scraping the side of the Jeep.
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From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
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From: Quebec
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
And from what alpine.adrenaline says about the whole jeep dipped, it seems pretty good.
I bought 12 rattlecans off ebay for less than $100, it's been on for almost a month though three offroad trips, two pressure washes, a hailstorm, and 100 degree heat. It still looks great (I get compliments on it all the time), washes well, and is really easy to touch up.
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From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
My point was, it peels off when you want it to peel off, unless you didn't apply it correctly. I've had it on the bottom of my doors for around 2 months now, and even after pressure washing it, it doesn't peel off.
And from what alpine.adrenaline says about the whole jeep dipped, it seems pretty good.
And from what alpine.adrenaline says about the whole jeep dipped, it seems pretty good.
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Model: Cherokee
Thanks guys for all your input. My brother did is VW GTI and I know it doesn't go through the same abuse, but I like the idea that you can remove it and change it and fairly inexpensive. I got quote $300. So can't beat that for having someone do it. I love the idea of orange.
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From: 9000 ft, CO
Year: 1999 XJ
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6 4.0L
Well, after almost a year of having the tan plastidip on, it held up really well and kept the mag-chloride off of my paint for the winter trips to the ski resorts. I'm pretty sure it saved my paint from a few scratches as well.
I removed it yesterday in about an hour and a half.
A lesson learned is to mask the rubber window trim off a little better- it is especially difficult to remove from that material but nothing a point blank pressure washer can't remove. Any other overspray comes off easily with a rag dampened in adhesive remover. I was otherwise able to peel it off just like a sticker- too fast and it tears but slow and steady and it comes off in one big piece of shriveled up jeep skin. The thicker the initial application, the less chance it will tear and the easier it is to remove.
Might have to go gunmetal grey next winter...
I removed it yesterday in about an hour and a half.
A lesson learned is to mask the rubber window trim off a little better- it is especially difficult to remove from that material but nothing a point blank pressure washer can't remove. Any other overspray comes off easily with a rag dampened in adhesive remover. I was otherwise able to peel it off just like a sticker- too fast and it tears but slow and steady and it comes off in one big piece of shriveled up jeep skin. The thicker the initial application, the less chance it will tear and the easier it is to remove.
Might have to go gunmetal grey next winter...
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From: Springfield, MO
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Well, after almost a year of having the tan plastidip on, it held up really well and kept the mag-chloride off of my paint for the winter trips to the ski resorts. I'm pretty sure it saved my paint from a few scratches as well.
I removed it yesterday in about an hour and a half.
A lesson learned is to mask the rubber window trim off a little better- it is especially difficult to remove from that material but nothing a point blank pressure washer can't remove. Any other overspray comes off easily with a rag dampened in adhesive remover. I was otherwise able to peel it off just like a sticker- too fast and it tears but slow and steady and it comes off in one big piece of shriveled up jeep skin. The thicker the initial application, the less chance it will tear and the easier it is to remove.
Might have to go gunmetal grey next winter...
I removed it yesterday in about an hour and a half.
A lesson learned is to mask the rubber window trim off a little better- it is especially difficult to remove from that material but nothing a point blank pressure washer can't remove. Any other overspray comes off easily with a rag dampened in adhesive remover. I was otherwise able to peel it off just like a sticker- too fast and it tears but slow and steady and it comes off in one big piece of shriveled up jeep skin. The thicker the initial application, the less chance it will tear and the easier it is to remove.
Might have to go gunmetal grey next winter...
Well obviously you don't read very well! Didn't you see where people said that it wouldn't hold up and would fall off in a stiff wind?
I am actually in the process of doing the same thing (using the camo green though). As a proof of concept (before I read your thread) I did one of my doors and drove around with it for a while, through car-washes, down trails etc. and never had any issues.
