Plasti Dipped my wheels
#1
Plasti Dipped my wheels
So i got bored today and got off work early so i decided to plasti dip my wheels
i think they look pretty good!
Here are a few pictures
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i think they look pretty good!
Here are a few pictures
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#6
Looks good!
Need a few close-up shotz in a lighted area tho...jus' ta' see the craftsmanship..
Need a few close-up shotz in a lighted area tho...jus' ta' see the craftsmanship..
and they are all coated nicely.
Looks pretty decent, nice job. Any texture to them at all?
#8
I think it will look super clean on the stock wheels
#9
I saw this in another thread and so tempted to play with this on my stockers for a different look.
Looks good though!
Looks good though!
even if it looks bad plasti dip can be peeled right off after you put a slit in it. It is not hard to do, and looks pretty good for a temporary change.
#11
How good do you think other paint would stick to the plasti-dip? Maybe use the plasti-dip as a base for something else?
But i am confident that if you used a few coats of the plasti dip as a base that you could then use a plastic safe spray paint without it reacting with plasti dip. It has to be safe for use on plastics though or it could leach through and ruin the under surface. I found a thread earlier on google though and they had the same results. It is safe to paint over plasti dip as long as you only paint thin coats on top of it and not use alot. It allows you to still be able to peel it off afterwards.
Here is the google thread i was reading earlier,
http://9glancers.com/index.php?topic=5543.0
He paints his engine parts with plasti dip then paints over it with real paint. Read this and it is very informative.
Anyways i hope this helps
Last edited by RetroAttack; 07-21-2011 at 12:23 AM.
#13
well i went out and washed my car today cause it wasnt raining,
Here are the up close pictures with the plasti dipped wheels so many of you have been asking for,
The pictures make them seem kinda dull, but in person they are alot darker looking it might have just been the way the sun was. :P
Oh Btw the wheels were still wet ahah
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Here are the up close pictures with the plasti dipped wheels so many of you have been asking for,
The pictures make them seem kinda dull, but in person they are alot darker looking it might have just been the way the sun was. :P
Oh Btw the wheels were still wet ahah
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#19
Thanks guys for your positive feedback
It is basically like spray paint, just use the same way. No primer required just use thin coats and let dry and it slowly builds up into a nice finish.
Im pretty sure they can be clear coated, but i dont know if it would look the same. I have read that the plasti dip likes to just absorb clear coat and it makes it look bad :/. but im not sure i havent tested it. Im also pretty sure clear coat would make it harder to remove after if you tried too. I know on my paint over the plasti dip tests i did just in my garage it made it harder to remove because the plasti dip simply did not come off as a latex glove thing anymore. It was more broken up and didnt peel nicely, it still came off it would just be difficult.
As for white centercaps and lugs. that would look good but i have no centercaps and i will think bout changing up the lugs :P
Hope this helped
Retro
How do you apply the plasti dip? Is it a spray or brush on?
How do you apply the plasti dip? Is it a spray or brush on?
Lookin' good Ret, can can they be clearcoat'd?
White cntrcapz & lugz?
White cntrcapz & lugz?
As for white centercaps and lugs. that would look good but i have no centercaps and i will think bout changing up the lugs :P
Hope this helped
Last edited by RetroAttack; 07-24-2011 at 01:42 AM.