anyone paint their rims
10-10-13, 11:08 AM
#16
Yep indeed, a lot of Canadians have the stuff shipped to the border and pick it up in higher quantities to resell here.
I wouldn't plastidip wheels. Cheap alternative, but the cheapness shows. Do it once and do it right, get them powdercoated instead. Its easy to get a mirror black finish when powdercoating; not so when you plastidip.
I wouldn't plastidip wheels. Cheap alternative, but the cheapness shows. Do it once and do it right, get them powdercoated instead. Its easy to get a mirror black finish when powdercoating; not so when you plastidip.
10-10-13, 12:34 PM
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plasti dip sucks imo fades and peels overtime if not done correctly in most cases. I would recommend powdercoating but also depends on the material the rim is made of cause powder uses heat and that can weaken the wheel and could be dangerous. I would just bring it to a paint shop for a safe professional result....
10-11-13, 02:10 AM
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Sanded 120-320, worked on all thebcurb rash, and still will last longer than plastidip and if you wanta differnt color later just repeat the process
10-11-13, 06:34 AM
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Oh no, I agree with you in that spray paint is better than plastidip, I just thought you didn't prep the wheels properly. 2.5 hours to sand, clean, paint and clearcoat seems very.. ambitious. My cousin and I did his RSX wheels and it took us about 3.5 hours to sand, clean, primer, and paint his wheels.
10-11-13, 10:32 AM
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IMO -
If you are going to powder coat, you might as well just get new wheels (unless your in love with the stock wheel design - or you aren't able to find a aftermarket wheel color your happy with)
Powder coat puts your car down for a while (doesn't affect me, but may others that only have 1 car). You have to pull the wheels off, take them to a tire shop to dismount tires, then drop off at powder coat, pick back up at powder coat, then take back to mount/balance, then install. The end result is beautiful, but I personally don't have time for this. It's not cost effective especially if you consider your time = money. I'd rather use the $$ towards a new set of wheels and only set me back 1 hour of time.
There are some ghetto plasti-dip and rattle can jobs out there, but if you take your time and prep properly, spray properly, pay attention to humidity and temperature, most people can't tell the difference between PC and paint.
My experience
On my off-road rig, I rattle canned the beadlocks/bumpers/sliders with the professional grade flat black rustoleum. After about a year+, I get a few chips here and there (this is a rig that is on gravel 75% of its life though). I could really care less since it's the off road rig. I just walk up to the thing and re-spray them once a year. Takes about 2 minutes and they look new again lol.
I've also sprayed painted our Xterra wheels - which I was pleasantly surprised looks completely factory - every single person that saw them after I painted them asked when we got new wheels. After telling them I spray painted them - nobody believed me.
This is the only picture I have of the spray painted Xterra wheels - (around a year or so - and still perfect - zero chips or wear)
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Here is a very good example of my neighbors plastidip job - that only held up about a two weeks. He didn't clean the wheels before spraying. You HAVE to have a clean surface to mate to. I use rubbing alcohol.
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The difference between a ****ty spray job, and a good spray job, can be worlds apart.
Here is my rattle-can didn't care about final result spray job on the offroad rig -
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If you are going to powder coat, you might as well just get new wheels (unless your in love with the stock wheel design - or you aren't able to find a aftermarket wheel color your happy with)
Powder coat puts your car down for a while (doesn't affect me, but may others that only have 1 car). You have to pull the wheels off, take them to a tire shop to dismount tires, then drop off at powder coat, pick back up at powder coat, then take back to mount/balance, then install. The end result is beautiful, but I personally don't have time for this. It's not cost effective especially if you consider your time = money. I'd rather use the $$ towards a new set of wheels and only set me back 1 hour of time.
There are some ghetto plasti-dip and rattle can jobs out there, but if you take your time and prep properly, spray properly, pay attention to humidity and temperature, most people can't tell the difference between PC and paint.
My experience
On my off-road rig, I rattle canned the beadlocks/bumpers/sliders with the professional grade flat black rustoleum. After about a year+, I get a few chips here and there (this is a rig that is on gravel 75% of its life though). I could really care less since it's the off road rig. I just walk up to the thing and re-spray them once a year. Takes about 2 minutes and they look new again lol.
I've also sprayed painted our Xterra wheels - which I was pleasantly surprised looks completely factory - every single person that saw them after I painted them asked when we got new wheels. After telling them I spray painted them - nobody believed me.
This is the only picture I have of the spray painted Xterra wheels - (around a year or so - and still perfect - zero chips or wear)
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[/IMG]Here is a very good example of my neighbors plastidip job - that only held up about a two weeks. He didn't clean the wheels before spraying. You HAVE to have a clean surface to mate to. I use rubbing alcohol.
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[/IMG]The difference between a ****ty spray job, and a good spray job, can be worlds apart.
Here is my rattle-can didn't care about final result spray job on the offroad rig -
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Last edited by FI4runner; 10-11-13 at 10:55 AM.
10-24-13, 09:31 PM
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These are going to be my winter wheels, OEM 2006-2008 17 inchers. Still a work in progress, but here is the inside before, I try to clean the inside of my wheels thoroughly inside and out once a year when I switch between summer and winter; I don't think the inside of these had EVER been cleaned. No amount of degreaser would take this off, the caked on brake dust had to be sand blasted:
After:
Pictures of the finished outside, these wheels were also curbed BADLY:
After:
Pictures of the finished outside, these wheels were also curbed BADLY:
Last edited by WylieKylie; 10-25-13 at 11:12 AM.
10-25-13, 11:05 PM
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Those look good Wylie. What spray paint did you use?
I am considering powder coating my wheel but someone said I have to dismount it and remount it after it is done. Sounds like a real PITA. I might just plasti dip it instead. Is there a glossy black for plasti dip?
I am considering powder coating my wheel but someone said I have to dismount it and remount it after it is done. Sounds like a real PITA. I might just plasti dip it instead. Is there a glossy black for plasti dip?
