You say dipped, plasti dip correct? If so is that done with a can or with a spray gun?
It's cheaper to do it yourself. It just takes a lot of time and effort and it can be easy to mess up
Location and who does it for you are the two main variables for cost. I can only speak of prices for "liquid wrap" (plasti dip alternatives that spray out of a paint gun). Vinyl I wouldn't be sure.
Pretty sure she's only had her white ST for a week and bought it already dipped. However like Soden82 said it's DEFINITELY cheaper to do yourself (IIRC 300-400 bucks) but he's not kidding about the fact it takes a lot of time and it's easy to mess up. Fatigue alone and hassle of masking off the whole car and spraying the entire car with the stuff if you aren't used to doing it would be rough.
Oh wow I love that color. Is that like a vinyl wrap? How does it hold up?Looking good! I airwrapped mine for winter![]()
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As @brian60 said I just purchased the car and it was already plasti dipped. The guy I bought it from owns his own shop where he does full vehicle dips and headlight retrofits. He used a professional spray gun to do the car in a spray booth. He also removes the headlights, taillights door handles trim pieces and so on. He did my roof on my Mazda as well. As I'm in Canada keep in mind the $$$ difference but he quoted me $1600 to dip my Mazda 3. Just to give you a rough idea. The white dip on my ST has a pearlizer mixed into it as well to give it that satin white finish.
Looks like Nitrous Blue or at least VERY close. Which that color alone is what makes the Focus RS so irresistible.
I called a few places for vinyl wrap the other day and the minimum was $2400 in socal. That seems way too high to me though. It seems plastidip is the way to go.
OK good to know, not going to do this on my ST, but a project car I was going to buy. how smooth did it come out?
If it's done perfectly and has the sealant with it then it's VERY smooth. Almost soft to the touch. My wheels when I bought them I thought were painted black and the salesperson even said he's pretty sure they are, but didn't wanna hit it with a razor to find out. Proper preparation and the dip is a great finish.
It's what's called a liquid wrap and I purchased it from a website called Dr Pigment. I sprayed it out of a standard paint gun designed for plasti dip/liquid wrap. It holds up better than dip for the most part. They've come out with a new formula recently that is more durable and more glossy and also more scratch resistant. If you spray with some thick layers of clear coat, it'll hold up to anything. Took me a combined 12-14 hours to do the whole car with 3 hours just in prep work
I think you would really enjoy it, same procedure as wheels but more prep and the lighting needs to be great in order to get the roof to level out right
