Plasti-Dipped my wheels

[theax40]

Spent my Sunday afternoon plasti-dipping my wheels, and boy are my forearms tired

Just Plasti-Dip



Spraying on the glossifier
























I also did the front badge, grills and part of the bumper that's under the front nose

[Gumball]

Hmmm, I have an extra set of 20 spokes I could use...

How many cans did you use? or how ever its sold?

[sethjamesrimrodt]

I like that a lot... I have an extra set too..

[01bonneSC]

Shoulda had sticky weights put on or had them static balanced.

[theax40]

Shoulda had sticky weights put on or had them static balanced.

I know, but I planned on this being just a test to see how well it goes. I'll wait to see how well this holds up and then I'm gonna redo it without the gloss. I used 4 cans of black and three cans of gloss, about $44 from dipyourcar.com. I hoped the gloss would make them really shiny, but it's kinda cloudy in direct sunlight, so I'll redo them later.

Doing this to wheels with a lot of spokes isn't easy. It's harder to cover all the small areas on the sides of the spokes, so you kinda just end up spraying over everything without focusing on one area. This leads to the spray sticking to itself in the corners and creating strings of plastidip, sort of like cobwebs in your house. The spray doesn't dry as smoothly on the sides of the spokes, so they end up more textured than the front face of each spoke. And since the dip shrinks as it dries, it doesn't lay well on top of wheel weights.

Overall, it looks good. If you get real close you can see the imperfections. But it's cheap, requires little to no prep work, and it isn't permanent. I like it.

[ga93sle]

Digging the black 20 spokes! Would look nice on my car lol.

[harofreak00]

Digging the black 20 spokes! Would look nice on my car lol.

aaaaaahheeeeeemmmmmmmmm

http://stcloud.craigslist.org/pts/3036515052.html

[SSEiMan01]

I'd be more interested in black chrome... But this looks pretty good too!

[theax40]

Black chrome 20 spokes would probably be the most incredible thing I have ever seen.

[ga93sle]

Digging the black 20 spokes! Would look nice on my car lol.

aaaaaahheeeeeemmmmmmmmm

http://stcloud.craigslist.org/pts/3036515052.html

Whoa homie! Hopefully I can get our Vette sold by this weekend and those will be mine.

[nos4blood70]

Looks awesome. It makes your car look a lot meaner too.

[theax40]

It just makes it look different. You don't see many cars with black rims so it immediately catches your attention. And they look great while moving.

My mom thinks it looks ghetto and my brother thinks it looks like my hubcaps fell off. Everyone thinks the chrome looked better. I'm just not impressed by chrome rims. Maybe its because every new Malibu in town is riding on shiny chrome wheels and the tough guys who think they're "balla" cause they put 20" chrome wheels on their otherwise unmodified Hondas. They can be the finishing touch on a nice ride but they don't make the car, IMHO.

[Roadtech195]

Looks pretty mean with black rims... good job

[Ben1998SLE]

Doing this to wheels with a lot of spokes isn't easy.

[/quote]

AMEN!

I love the look. You did a really nice job!

[01bonneSC]

Doing this to wheels with a lot of spokes isn't easy.

AMEN!

I love the look. You did a really nice job![/quote]

When did I say that?

[1oldman]

have you thought of painting your calipers red? might look good with those black rims. - BC

[theax40]

I had thought of painting them silver with a 'Pontiac' script in black, I like the black and silver theme. Maybe that would be too much.

[00Beast]

When did I say that?

I think he butchered the quotes, lol.

[yourgrandma]

Ive alway thought 20 spokes were the best looking wheel that came on these cars. Also always thought theyd look sweet black metallic.

Someone care to elaborate on this reversability I always hear about?

[theax40]

PlastiDip will just peal off, you gotta start rubbing on it like at an exposed edge. If it's thick enough, like 4 coats or more it'll come off in mostly one piece. I sprayed the front badge too thick the first time so it was really bumpy. I waited till it dried, pealed it off and redid it.