cgiGuy
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You start by cleaning the wheels, which is the hard part. You want to make sure there is no water or dirt left. After that, you take some bags and cover up the brake system behind the wheel. Put about 5 coats of the grey, and 3 coats of the glossifier. The 5 coats are just for coverage (making sure I got every corner), not for layering on the dip. Took 2 cans of the grey, and 1 can of the glossifier, for the 4 wheels. Total time I would say 3 hours, and most of those time is waiting for the dip to dry so you can put on the next coat.
FLDarren
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They look terrific! Nice smooth semi gloss finish. I'm amazed. I'm would love to see anthracite grey on the trim. It'd be very unique. Grey on grey on grey. Wow. I love this stuff, cheap to experiment and easily removable.
nico1199
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plastidip has been around for a few years now. it's pretty durable and people have even done it to their whole cars.
Whole car experiment started this past Fall on interim non-Tesla cars—PlastiDip vs C-Quartz Finest. So far excellent durability. Comes clean in a touchless car wash (Tesla paint job would not see the inside of a car wash) but PD matte finish does not wipe clean like the CQF. PD protects better against door dings or that car gets better parking spots.
That really looks incredible, kudos to you. If you have pics on how you masked off your wheels that would be awesome.
They hold up very well. Seen the stuff run through some car washes and no peeling.
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Only thing that needs masking is some plastic bag over the brake system. You can spray the tire with it. The dip "cuts" (peel) off where the tire and rim meets.
Something you can do with plastidip is that you can pair over it too. I've done this on other cars to see how a coir will look. Just make sure you put enough coats of plastidip. I also remove the wheel from the car to plastidip
SabrToothSqrl
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Anthracite grey without glossifier.
Flat black with pearlizer. I did flat black on the rims and tires and then masked off tires with note cards and pearlized just the rims. If I do any more plastidipping this is how I’ll do it again. The flat black is still on the tires and it’s been at least six months.
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I definitely think you should pearlize these. I sprayed mine removed from the car and lying down with the lug nuts and covers sitting in the lug nut holes. My first few wheels I sprayed the lug nut covers separately and masked off the inside of the holes so the mating surfaces of the lug nuts and wheels didn’t have plastidip on them. I don’t think it would matter, but I was just erring on the paranoid side. What a waste of time that was.
Naekuh
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yeow that picture makes it look like your car has scratches on it due to those lines on the street.
SabrToothSqrl
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Blast from the past. Didn’t even look at the date. Plastidip holds up extremely well. Haven’t had any peel off any wheels yet.
SabrToothSqrl
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For me, the problem was never the plasti dip... I'd wreck a set of tires on my S85 in <15,000 miles and have to redo the rip every tire change....
The dip on my Tahoe's wheels lasted at least 4-6 years and 45-50,000 miles on those tires. I only removed it so I could redo it when putting new tires on.
if you do it right, it lasts a long time. It does fade though. but at $5/wheel you can always redo them... Can't wait to get some plasti dip on the cyber truck lol. think of all the fun colors!
The dip on my Tahoe's wheels lasted at least 4-6 years and 45-50,000 miles on those tires. I only removed it so I could redo it when putting new tires on.
if you do it right, it lasts a long time. It does fade though. but at $5/wheel you can always redo them... Can't wait to get some plasti dip on the cyber truck lol. think of all the fun colors!
quickstrike12
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I’m so glad you posted this thread. I considered doing one. just did my wheels this last week. I’m so impressed with this product and the ease at which this went on.
I had researched powder coat as well as new wheels and I figured for $30 bucks what have I got to lose. turned out superb IMO.
I used “graphite” color without the glossifier but am considering it. BTW I actually used the Rustoleum version of this NOT Plasti-dip name.
I had researched powder coat as well as new wheels and I figured for $30 bucks what have I got to lose. turned out superb IMO.
I used “graphite” color without the glossifier but am considering it. BTW I actually used the Rustoleum version of this NOT Plasti-dip name.
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