Post your blue taped up front ends!
#76
05-09-2008, 03:43 PM
Originally Posted by Rhino_111
I am about to do this over the weekend or on Monday for the trip to WA. For those that have done the tape up job are there any specific tricks or tips I should know about? Did you just do a single layer of tape or several? Any comments would be very appreciated. This will be my first tape job so I want it to be done right. Thanks all!!! 
#77
05-09-2008, 04:18 PM
Originally Posted by caskyline
Start from the top and work your way downward.
#78
05-09-2008, 04:24 PM
#80
05-26-2008, 04:15 PM
Edit: Yeeesh, I resized the pics. They were huge.
Ok guys and gals. Here is my blue tape job before and after my trip from CA to WA. I did two layers and only got one rock chip on the hood that hit hard enough to go through both layers but didn't do much damage at all. Also threw the stockers back on for the trip. So overall I would highly recommend the blue tape idea to anyone going on a long road trip. Worked great
The only bad news...... I took my grill off to wash off the bugs and crap and while drying it, I DROPPED IT!!!!!! BLAM right on the concrete paint first!
So after all that taping, its chipped to hell and gone now. So I am going to put my stocker back on until I get the other repainted. GAH I am so pissed at myself....
Before:
After (sorry, crappy iPhone pics):
Ok guys and gals. Here is my blue tape job before and after my trip from CA to WA. I did two layers and only got one rock chip on the hood that hit hard enough to go through both layers but didn't do much damage at all. Also threw the stockers back on for the trip. So overall I would highly recommend the blue tape idea to anyone going on a long road trip. Worked great
The only bad news...... I took my grill off to wash off the bugs and crap and while drying it, I DROPPED IT!!!!!! BLAM right on the concrete paint first!
So after all that taping, its chipped to hell and gone now. So I am going to put my stocker back on until I get the other repainted. GAH I am so pissed at myself.... Before:
After (sorry, crappy iPhone pics):
Last edited by Rhino_111; 08-04-2008 at 07:19 AM.
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05-26-2008, 04:59 PM
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#83
05-26-2008, 05:24 PM
So blue tape minimizes the car from rock chips on the long drives? What's the difference if each car is driven daily on short drives along your local roads and you don't blue tape it? Aren't there small pebbles and rocks every where you go? So why don't you Blue Tape lovers just leave the tape on everyday since I'm pretty sure of you guys use your cars as a daily driver.
#84
05-26-2008, 05:28 PM
Originally Posted by session_road86
So blue tape minimizes the car from rock chips on the long drives? What's the difference if each car is driven daily on short drives along your local roads and you don't blue tape it? Aren't there small pebbles and rocks every where you go? So why don't you Blue Tape lovers just leave the tape on everyday since I'm pretty sure of you guys use your cars as a daily driver.
more rocks /bugs on the highways..
i for one am def putting blue tape on my car for my trip down to myrtle beach this summer...those bugs in the south are twice as big as they are here...
#86
05-26-2008, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by session_road86
So blue tape minimizes the car from rock chips on the long drives? What's the difference if each car is driven daily on short drives along your local roads and you don't blue tape it? Aren't there small pebbles and rocks every where you go? So why don't you Blue Tape lovers just leave the tape on everyday since I'm pretty sure of you guys use your cars as a daily driver.
A rock at 40-50mph won't do much, plus they don't get kicked up as often. But I will admit, I live in a small town with no raised loop or highway, so the speedlimit everywhere is under 45mph (55 on the outskirts). And when I lived in Houston the majority of damage came from 18wheelers on the freeways when I didn't tape it going to meets and such...
#87
05-26-2008, 06:22 PM
Originally Posted by ernie18
more rocks /bugs on the highways..
i for one am def putting blue tape on my car for my trip down to myrtle beach this summer...those bugs in the south are twice as big as they are here...
i for one am def putting blue tape on my car for my trip down to myrtle beach this summer...those bugs in the south are twice as big as they are here...
I guess the point is it prolongs the integrity of your paint job but still don't see the point in taping for a long drive versus your daily driving around town? You have bugs and pebbles everywhere you drive short or long.
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05-26-2008, 06:40 PM
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05-27-2008, 12:39 AM
