Did you paint them on or off the car?

 

also did you paint the inside of the rim? or just the face? Dismount the tires to paint?

 

Tires on wheels. Wheels off car. Removed weights and center caps. I did not paint the barrels of the wheels (i though about doing it) but the amount of effort needed to clean the barrels so the plasti paint would stick wasnt worth it. I also replaced all 4 rotors with drilled rotors (that i also painted with heat paint) all pads.. and painted the calipers and brackets black (heat paint). On the center caps i just did a light coat so you still see the H nicely.... the caps ended up with a smoked look.

 

Interesting....

So did you reinstall all weights, afterwards?

How long are they expected to last (best guess).

No longer able to go through automatic car washes?

I ask, only because I've considered doing this on our Element, Suburban and CB750's aluminum wheels, for the summer.


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I marked the tires where the weights went with a sharpie... removing the weights without a weight hammer tool is tricky.. ended up using a flat blade screw driver... and it did nic the wheels up a small amount.. but its an element... not a brand new lambo.. still sucks.. but is what it is. That area of the rims have scratches from previous weights over the years anyway.. i reinstall the weights in the same spots afterwards. I wrote a number on the weight and the back of the wheel it came from just as an aid. Durability? I have no clue at all... with plasi dip brand you can do what ever you want.. its fine. My buddy has had plasti dip on his wheels going on 8 years now with multiple automatic car washes... this rustoleum's version is brand new... no one knows of its durability. However i did get the E up to 100mph (i give no ****s) the other day and had no peeling. Also i work at a dealership and we have an automatic (with brushes) car wash on our lot that i use alot... ive not used it since the plastic paint.. i feel its sort of grippy and the brushes might cause an issue... but i dont know... im thinking of spray waxing them to cut down on the grippy-ness. Either way il run it through and post back.

 

Sweet; Thanks!


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There will be no issues with it coming off in a car wash. I spray mine all the time even at close proximity and have never had an issue with peeling.

Edit: This is with plasti-dip. I can't speak for this particular product.

Berz out.

 

Concur on throwing the can away when you get to the last 20%. Just used Plasti dip on my grill and bumper trim and it did the same thing. According to the Plasti Dip folks, they sell Dip Guard(?) Which takes away the grippy feel, but it must be reapplied regularly.

 

I was aware of that dip spray... im under the impression that a regular spray wax/detailer is the exact same thing at a fraction of rhe cost... maybe im wrong.

 

No, I was actually thinking the same thing.

 

Have not spray waxed the wheels yet.. i did take it through our brush having auto wash 3 times with no issues. Its strong enough to snap off antennas and plaster my mirrors backwards but no wheel damage