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has anybody out there plastic coated their wheels. I am wondering if it is very hard to do? I am thinking of buying new black wheels for my 01 drop top but that can get very expensive, so I was wondering about using plastic coat on my original wheels. if I don't like them is it very easy to remove the coating?
From everything I've seen it looks like it's easy to remove. I had friends do it to their cars. The only thing I don't like about it is that it's a matte finish and it has a textured look. It kind of looks cheap to me. I know they have a gloss coat or something but I've not seen that in person.
I've done it on a few sets of wheels; boat trailers, my GF's winter stock set for her MB, and my winter beater truck.
www.dipyourcar.com and check their YouTube channel for a LOT of great tips.
They have gloss, pearl, and metallic finishes.
You can also use materials to make patterns as well. Overall, I've had great luck with PlastiDip.
You will probably spend 10-20 minutes removing it from each wheel. A pressure washer helps.
It's best to do it with them OFF the car.
Go have them balanced while they are off the car, before you do the dip.
Do the center caps separately.
I like to have them deflated, then have the front bead pushed off the wheel. Paint. Dry. Re-inflate and re-install. This makes it a lot easier to keep the overspray off the tires, as you can tape off all the way behind the bead.
There are some shortcuts like just deflating the tire, and using playing cards as your mask around the tire. A quick while of tire dressing on the tire BEFORE you spray allows you to peal any overspray off easily.
it is simple to do! you just need to clean the wheels really good then apply 3 to 5 coats of plasti dip, you want to spray heavy wet coats but not heavy enough that it runs (apply next coat before the last is completely dry) or you will get a textured finish (I learned the hard way) the more coats the easier it will peel off
tips:
if you masked off any thing you'll want to remove the tape while the plasti dip is still wet, once it drys if you pull the tape your going to pull up the plasti dip from the part you want it on too
if you try to remove it and it dont come off easy, spray a citrous based cleaner on it let it soak 10 minutes then soak them again for another 5 minutes and power wash it off
over all its pretty easy i've done 5 sets of wheels and other car parts, when its applied right it lasts till you peel it I've power wash my wheels with out any peeling every time it got washed
these wheels are dipped
Last edited by Stroker87; Jun 21, 2015 at 10:50 AM.
Just did this a couple weeks ago. Super easy and couldn't be happier with the results. The hardest part was taking the wheels off. Here's a link to my thread with a couple pics. If you have any questions just ask! https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...y-project.html
I have CCW wheels and the barrels are a pain to keep polished.
I tried painting the barrels and I don't need to polish the barrels
now and the barrels are easy to keep clean. I should of done
this along time ago.
plastic coated wheels
