Fis4Forty

Curious if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations about Ceramic coating wheels and calipers. Trying to add some protection to the wheels and help make brake dust a bit easier to manage. Was quoted $600 to have all four wheels taken off, chemically cleaned, then ceramic coated. Seen a few YouTube videos and seems like a pretty simple DIY for around $100 with the right stuff. Contemplating tackling this first to see how it goes then consider ceramic coating the whole car.

And if anyone has done this, how long does it last? Something I should do annually or once very 1-2 years to continue to maintain?

dezymond

Yes it helps and it's a simple DIY if you got the time. Coating on the wheels won't last as long as it does on certain parts of your paint, but it's well worth the time and effort imo. Makes washing easier.

BillUK

Agreed. I do mine every time I coat the car (about one a year) and makes washing the wheels a lot easier.

autotech13

Why would you ceramic coat your calipers? I can see the wheels, but are you talking about brake calipers??

KennyFSU

Yes, it's common for those with painted calipers and makes the brake dust rinse right off.

autotech13

Oh, ok, I forgot about the painted calipers. Makes total sense.

E46CT

do it and see what happens. you can also do a very simple Gyeon spray coating like Wet Coat. That will make things absurdly fast and easy. spray on and rinse off. and when i say rinse.. make sure you REALLY rinse off. also try not to get any splash back in your eyes... wear eye protection.

gripau1

I always ceramic coat my rims and calipers and recoat them about 2-3 years. Same time when I bleed the brakes. Its a simple DIY job. Its the cleaning of the rims that may take sometime.

Most prosumer ceramic coating is so easy to apply and very forgiving, its the prep work that you are paying the professional.

I'll do the ceramic coating on my GS450h wheels over the weekend when it has stopped raining.
Ceramic coating makes cleaning the wheels off brake dust so much easier. Just remember that ceramic coating is not scratch proof or bullet proof or gutter proof.

Here are pictures of my Jag rims being coated. The Jaguar 6 piston Alcon brakes pads dust like crazy when you're hard on the brakes.

Wash and clean the wheels and calipers thoroughly and use an IPA to clean the paint before coating.

Make sure that the coated surfaces does not get into contact with water or other chemicals for about 7 days to allow the ceramic coat to harden properly.