Thread: plasti-dip: can someone give me some guidence

I plasti-dipped my rims a few weeks ago and it holds up great. Dipyourcar.com has a lot of great videos on the best way to do wheels, trim, etc. Hell they've even done a whole car with the stuff. I did four coats on each wheel. The first being a light coat to promote adhesion. Then from there more wetter coats but becareful not to get any runs. Good even strokes will get you a great result.

well did you dismount your tires from your rim or just tape it off?

no need to unmount tires, hell this guy didnt even use index cards:



this damn stuff is the most stupid proof thing ever made. you fvck up, peel off!

hmm good to know id take it off though just seems better thanks guys this is a great alternative to powder coating

how hard is it to take off the rim? also how hard is it to put on polished aluminum rims? i have the polished aluminum torque stars

Prep the surface like normal, and spray a light coat, and continue with 2 or more even light coats, and finally a decent final coat. It's not hard to come off, just rub your finger across it and rub. Get a piece and you can pull it off in bigger pieces. The only time you run into problems removing it is if you do a really really light coat and done. This stuff is very forgiving, not hard to apply or remove.

thats awesome and it kinda worries me is it easy to blend if a piece comes off? one more question when you say prep the surface normally do you mean clean it and sand it lightly?

I wanna do this to my torque stars as well but I can't find any.

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Sure, just throw on another coat and focus a little more on the missing spot. Like I said this stuff is pretty forgiving. For prep, just use some brake cleaner to clean the surface and allow it to dry. Then throw on some coats of plastidip, no sanding needed. Just a clean surface.

And there is tons of places that sell it online Kurt.

Originally Posted by asite57

thats awesome and it kinda worries me is it easy to blend if a piece comes off? one more question when you say prep the surface normally do you mean clean it and sand it lightly?

I plastidipped my front and rear facia along with my mirrors and driving through a cornfield to get back to a bonfire caused it to scuff it and in two spots peeled it up. I just said screw it and walked outside with more plasti dip the next day and covered it up. If you stand with ur face next to it you can tell but from bout 5 ft away you cant tell.

Originally Posted by kurt5153

I wanna do this to my torque stars as well but I can't find any.

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If you have any home department stores i think theyd probly carry it by their spray paints. I got mine from Menards but id think like Home Depot or Lowes would have it too.

At Menards it was like 5 or 6 bucks for an 11 oz can too.

that looks badass ill try a home depot none of the auto stores around here sell it. how many cans did it take to get yours looking like that?

alright ill probably just go with a matte black finish so i should get like 5 cans to be sure?

What'd you do about the valve stem? Just paint it to?