Plasti dip

[joshlancer08]

finally found the plasti dip at home depot thanks to jason... has any one plasti dipped thier rims?? i wanna try it but wanna see if some one has done it .. or dont think its a good idea or whatever your thoughts are would help or tips

[tehgeckoman]

I was going to do it then my friend told me to take them off so I don't get that stuff all up in my brakes...i'm not sure if that helps
but I think it would come off really easily too?

[jmoreau10]

I think there was a guy at one meet that did it I forgot his name but I think he said it started peeling off after a few months

It wouldn't hurt to try it though since you can just peel it off

[joshlancer08]

correct... hum you know the little center cap of thee es wheels well i took them off and painted them and it didn't look that black looks pretty good.. i wouldn't mind riding around with them for a few months and then repainting.. if im not mistaking didn't rrd or someone paint thier rims black?? like them self
EDIT: i think friday ima gonna start idk how many coats ima do it mean while maybe copy rrd idea or idk.. i was talking to this guy he said they could powder coat them and they can do them gloss, or flat black, or whatever i want i think for like 80 a wheel? any body heard of that.. correct me if im wrong

[jmoreau10]

rrd used engine enamel, so he actually sanded down his wheels and stuff.

80 per wheel sounds like a good deal though.

I forgot the guys name on here but he bought a bunch of powdercoating equipment and he might be able to hook you up pretty cheap

[joshlancer08]

really?? yea im starting to get excited ima do the cheap way just to see how it would look ima plasti dip it ill post some pics this weekend once they start pelling either ima take it all off or just respray them till i get enough to get them powder coat

[aznboi281]

yea it was Troy(dragontr08) that plasti dipped his rims. AZN_daddy is the 1 who was tryin to start up his own powder coating business. dont kno wats goin on though, havent seen him at a meet in awhile. im guessin its cause he's busy setting up the business, idk. but yea, $80 a rim sounds lik a good deal 2 me. i think the usual $ i heard for powder coatin was lik 100+ per rim. u hav the es rims rite? can u post up pics afterward? i hav an es 2 & was thinkin bout plasti dippin them but wasn't sure how the es rims would look plasti dipped

[joshlancer08]

im just messin with the rims right now and i painting one line on the rims.. im thinking of just painting the spokes or the whole thing still debating ^ sure ill probably post one rime later on

[dragontr08]

yes i did plasti dip my rims....make sure u take the wheels off ur car or else it will get on ur brakes. wash it well the put about 4 coats, 30 mins drying time each coats. mine lasted for a while its just sometimes a trip to car wash (bluewave) peels off a little, just have an extra can for touch ups actually put 5 coats on the front ones cuz they peel off a lot more than the rear wheels. goodluck!

[joshlancer08]

how many can's you used?

[dragontr08]

used about 6 cans

[stenguyen1]

anyone got pics of them doing this on their gts wheels?

[rrd]

rrd used engine enamel, so he actually sanded down his wheels and stuff.

80 per wheel sounds like a good deal though.

I forgot the guys name on here but he bought a bunch of powdercoating equipment and he might be able to hook you up pretty cheap

yup i bought a kit from this website http://www.rimpainter.com
took the wheels off, masked off the tire
sanded the clear coat down so it was nice and rough
did a couple layers of etching primer, then a couple layers of the filler primer
sanded any rough spots again
then did about 4-5 coats of the low gloss black engine enamel, each wheel took about a whole can
then did about 2-3 coats of matte clear

it took forever and it sucked but the result was amazing and almost 5 months later they look exactly the same, no chips, scratches, nothing

[joshlancer08]

yea im probably gonna try to plasti dip them at first and probably buy the flat black like rrd

[dragontr08]

my pic is posted at the photo gallery http://www.houstonlancers.com/photos/di ... at=0&pos=0

[joshlancer08]

yea i think i remeber your car from the parade.. i remeber the side decals of mivec.. i want to see a up close pic think its possible?

[clos051]

If you guys are interested in painting your rims I will do it for $60 bucks a rim.
Ill sand them down and getting ready like we do all the other cars

[joshlancer08]

do you have any pics to see your work?

[joshlancer08]

is it bad to spray clear coat on plasti dip?

[dragontr08]

yes u can look at my rims close up, just click on the picture at the photo gallery. mine is just plasti dip no clear cloat. i also have one more pic there when my plasti dip paint start coming off. actually now i completely took it all off! i just power wash them off! it lasted for about 4 months w/ just minor touch ups once in a while (especially on the front rims).