It might look like a matte black paint finish, but it’s actually a rubber coating called Plasti Dip. As any enthusiast will tell you, it’s become all the rage. The typical thing to do is coat the wheels in the stuff, as it comes in multiple colors, goes on quite evenly, is affordable, and looks awesome.
As a bonus, the tough coating acts as armor from road debris and  small stones, and is even designed to peel off without damaging the actual paint coat below when done correctly. So just imagine if an entire vehicle’s body was coated in Plasti Dip. It probably would have saved the Chevy Camaro ZL1 we tested from a few pelt marks when we drove it to Hell and back. And that’s exactly what 813 Customs did to this ZL1 pictured above, as found on Camaro5. Ironically, 813 is also the same party behind the now infamous King Camaro.
Let’s just try and forget about that for right now and focus on the following: is 813’s latest Camaro concoction hot? Or not?
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Neat idea for long term paint preservation.
BUT how much weight does it ad?
Murdered out still looks good. Plasti dip is a nice option because if you decide you don’t like it later (or you want to sell the car, and buyers aren’t crazy about it), you can just peel it off. Plus it would ostensibly protect the cars paint from UV, winter weather, etc.
I also wonder how much it would weight to coat the whole car, I’m trying to think of how much a few hundred square feet of vinyl stickers would weigh…
A very conservative estimate of the surface area of the car (using L = 15.8′, W = 6.25′, H = 4.6′ for a Camaro) would give ~400 sq. ft of surface area to paint, which is a lot more because the car isn’t a cube of its external dimensions, windows aren’t covered, etc. But then the only thing that would determine the weight was how thick a coating they sprayed on. Multiply the weight/sq. ft. by 350 or so…
From Plasti dip website:
“The 14.5 oz. liquid can will cover approximately 5 sq. ft. at 10 mils thickness. The 11 oz. spray will cover about 6 sq. ft. at 5 mils thickness, and a gallon will cover approximately 30 square feet at 15 mils”
Lets take the 10 mm thickness @ 14.5 oz/5 sq ft — so that’s about 7.93 gallons of Plasti dip for 350 sq. ft. of Camaro, and according to the MSDS it weighs b/w 6.7-6.9 pounds per gallon, which gives us an estimated 54 pounds of added weight using a conservative estimate for surface area painted.
It’s probably less than that, but even if there was only 200 sq. ft. painted it would still add 30 pounds.
I think it looks cool
Didn’t “813 Customs” make that silly golden Camaro? Good thing this isn’t like that.
mmmm, plasicoat…
This stuff is awesome for rims…….it just peels off and is cheap to apply….
Would make sense if you are storing your car for a few years….
cheap in the states it’s 20 bucks a tube here in Canada
Not quite cheap in Mexico. But hey, it’s a Camaro, I bet the owner don’t care about high prices of gasoline and plasticoat
Years ago people covered their sofas with clear plastic to protect them.
You could say goodby to door dings…
Finally 813 is getting brains. They discovered nobody had their taste in cars so they did something that can be reversed.
This is what I used to black out my Regal’s chrome bits. I have had quite a few other Buick owners ask me where I purchased my black grill from. When done right, this is a great option.
Seriously did you read the article?
“Ironically, 813 is also the same party behind the now infamous King Camaro.”