Project DD: 2008 Cadillac CTS 3.6 DI

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So I finally go around to blacking out my emblems and chrome bits on the car with Plastidip. They honestly really bugged the crap out of me for a while. Chrome is overrated. I won't do a long writeup on how I did it or anything (because there are plenty of videos on Youtube) but I will say that I like Plastidip now for a couple of reasons:
1. It's cheap
2. You can peel it off if you mess up
3. Overspray doesn't stick to interior panels really (yeah good thing this wasn't paint)
4. It looks great

I will also say that I won't try this again unless I have another whole day to kill. I thought I would be done with this at lunch time, but masking off stuff when you are doing the entire car takes frickin forever. Also, the window trim on a cadillac is a PAIN...the Plastidip didn't have a clean break and I had to "paint" it back on with a paint brush. Super annoying but it turned out decent at 12 inches.

Masking masking masking!


2 coats deep (need at least 4)


All done





I'll get some more outside pics when I pull into work tomorrow even though my car is super dirty right now. The grill looks way better as do the doors. Just need to paint the calipers and put the decals on like I had on my Lexus and I will be done cosmetically!