My can am commander had painted plastic from the factory but I don't know anything about doing it, but I guess it could be done.
Changing color? 3M 1080
My goal was to change the color of my plastics on my Wolverine but have kind of hit a roadblock. I am wondering if anyone else has tried it or has attempted to a have plastic painted on a UTV/ATV.
I was using 3M 1080 (which is an awesome product) to wrap my plastics, but the angles on the nose are just too extreme to make it work. Mainly the crown above the speedo, the high fenders and the post where the roll cage comes out. There are no angles on the hood and it was very easy to do, but the rest would involve making multiple cuts and piecing the wrap together. I even tried using knife-less tape to seam the pieces but couldn't pull it off. It really sucks because the stuff I picked is metallic and looks awesome in the sun. It is also pretty durable and scratch resistant.
I was thinking of seeing if the one of the local body shops can spray it the same color. I do not want to plasti-dip it and I don't think they hydrodip solid colors.
Has anybody had any experience with painting their plastics on any of their machines? Any other ideas?
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As you can see from the picture below, it is pretty tough to make some of the crevices and corners on the plastic. You can do it because the material will stretch with heat, but then you have to seam it.
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I was using 3M 1080 (which is an awesome product) to wrap my plastics, but the angles on the nose are just too extreme to make it work. Mainly the crown above the speedo, the high fenders and the post where the roll cage comes out. There are no angles on the hood and it was very easy to do, but the rest would involve making multiple cuts and piecing the wrap together. I even tried using knife-less tape to seam the pieces but couldn't pull it off. It really sucks because the stuff I picked is metallic and looks awesome in the sun. It is also pretty durable and scratch resistant.
I was thinking of seeing if the one of the local body shops can spray it the same color. I do not want to plasti-dip it and I don't think they hydrodip solid colors.
Has anybody had any experience with painting their plastics on any of their machines? Any other ideas?
As you can see from the picture below, it is pretty tough to make some of the crevices and corners on the plastic. You can do it because the material will stretch with heat, but then you have to seam it.
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