Plasti Dip vs Dupli Color Custom Wrap
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Plasti Dip vs Dupli Color Custom Wrap
Got bored this weekend and my friend was bugging me about painting my rims black so decieded I would use something temp like plasti dip to see how it looks but when I got to the store I found this similar stuff from Dupli Color called Custom Wrap.
I ended up doing the driverside with plasti dip and the passenger side with dupli colors custom wrap. 5 coats each. I read alot of reviews on both paints and I couldnt go off the reviews so I'm doing my own comparison to which holds up better.
From what I can tell the plasti dip seems more durable but the finish isnt as smooth as the dupli colors. So I'll update over time..
I like the look alot just thought I would share.
Over the winter I'm thinking about geting the 18" stock wheels over the 17"s I have now and I want to get them powdercoated black so its more glossy then the current finish.
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I ended up doing the driverside with plasti dip and the passenger side with dupli colors custom wrap. 5 coats each. I read alot of reviews on both paints and I couldnt go off the reviews so I'm doing my own comparison to which holds up better.
From what I can tell the plasti dip seems more durable but the finish isnt as smooth as the dupli colors. So I'll update over time..
I like the look alot just thought I would share.
Over the winter I'm thinking about geting the 18" stock wheels over the 17"s I have now and I want to get them powdercoated black so its more glossy then the current finish.
Plasti dip
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I took all 4 wheels off and I painted the lugs and center caps seperate.
I just took off the dupli colors custom wrap off the passenger side last night... funny to see a reply today.
Anyways I redid it with plasti dip because it was just more durable.. when the plasti dip is all dry putting on the lugs leaves minimal marks I just do a touch up spray when its on. I literally just did is lastnight ill post a close up of it
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Yea theres 2 ways you can do it, paint them while the wheels are on the car or take the wheels off. I chose to take them off because it gives you more space and angles to spray it from.
So I actually used some light scotch bright and went over all the surfaces I was going to paint just a few scrubs all over nothing extreme then I cleaned them off really good you can barely notice its been scrubbed thats how light I did it and dried them off. I sprayed a total of 6 to 7 coats per wheel the 1st few coats were very light just to build a nice base before adding a heavier coat. I used a fan to help dry them between coats I waited until the paint looked flat in car or dry so about 10 to 15 min. Look at tips on youtube if you haven't used a spray can before I have the technique down pretty good because Ive used alot of spray cans in my time. I'm really happy with how mine turned out.
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Alot of places carry it, menards, walmart, or any auto paint store. I paid about 6 or 7 bucks a can and I used a can per wheel the more coats you put on the easier it is to remove in the future if you wanted to
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