Plasticoat

[bartmanS4]

What do you do to prep surface of wheels? Just clean 'em?

[VXorado]

What do you do to prep surface of wheels? Just clean 'em?

You need to spray them with primer first.





--- that's a joke.

[bartmanS4]

I hope so! LOL! My jaw dropped at first. :-)

[pbkid]

We cleaned the wheels on the Runner with rubbing alcohol to get all the brake dust and road grime off.

[Ldub]

Hmmm...off the topic of using it on your car, but I wonder if this would work as a firearm finish. For that price it is worth a shot.

I kinda doubt it...

In my exrerience...Plasti-Dip spray on aluminium wheels, scuffed with a 3-M pad, & cleaned with 91% rubbing alcohol, was a lot like spraying on sunburn.

After it cured, it would peel off fairly easily, can't imagine it would stand up to any type of actual firearm usage...

I prolly shoulda used an adhesion promoter, but...
I'm kinda impatient...

However, there is hope...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...55534169,d.aWM

OP...check this stuff as well...
Supposed to be tough enough for weapons grade usage.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...55534169,d.aWM

[44ficus44]

i covered the clads in tough bed liner, it looks great and ruggid. but just make sure you do it right or elce itle peel off on you.

[Allison3371]

Looked great last night! So I removed two rims yesterday and sprayed on 4 thin coats over 3 hours time. Looked AWESOME...until this morning. I had them sit overnight and went to take a look-see this morning and one of them, only one, the plasti-dip had bubbled/peeled around the edge of the rim. That grooved area where the rims countours next to the edge. Allison not a happy camper. Not sure if I can just cut the bad part away or if I need to peel it off and start all over. Any suggestions?

[Allison3371]

I finally finished the plastidipped rims. I likey. Whatcha think yawl?

Stock Chrome:

After plastidip:

I'm going to see if I can blacken the 3.5L and the VX badges next.

[bartmanS4]

Looks Awesome!

[Gizmo42]

Plastidip is very popular among the Volvo crowd apparently, they all talk about it. They use it alot for lower cladding, bumper inserts, grill, wheels, and occasionally for racing stripes. When it gets messed up they just scrub it off and redo it.

[Allison3371]

Plastidip is very popular among the Volvo crowd apparently, they all talk about it. They use it alot for lower cladding, bumper inserts, grill, wheels, and occasionally for racing stripes. When it gets messed up they just scrub it off and redo it.

Yeah, I don't get that. It peels of easy when ya want it to. Why doesn't it peel off when ya don't want it to? Pretty awesome stuff though. I'm afraid to try it on the cladding.

[Allison3371]

OK, So, I learned a lot doing this and I thought I would share.

First of all, Plastidip comes in many different colors. Home Depot only stocks the Black, but you can order the white or other colors on line. It's $6 a can. You can plan on using about a can a wheel. The first time I did it, they bubbled and peeled. So I pulled it off and tried again. My rims are chrome. I first cleaned them with soapy water, dried them and then rubbed them down with rubbing alcohol and let it dry completely. Humidity in the air is a factor too. Be sure to do this on a nice day. You don't need to sand, or prep anything. My chrome was peeling on the back side. I yanked off the big pieces and rubbed em down with alcohol and they were ready to roll.

The first time I didn't mask them because it is generally really easy to peel over spray when it's dry. But, peeling rubber off rubber is not too easy. Especially when it's sprayed on thin around the edges. The thicker your spray, the easier to peel. The second time, I learned an swesome trick on youtube. As shown in the images, put index cards all around the edges. No overspray and easy to place in the edges of the rims.

The second image shows after the first coat, a real thin base. Wait at least 30 minutes in between coats. My second coat was a lot heavier, as each coat went on, I got a little heavier. I put on 5 coats and it looked great.

In one afternoon, I got all black rims and it only cost less than $30 to do it!

Prepped and ready

After the base coat

All done

[jmayer40]

It will take a can per wheel.. just to be safe

[evillecutter]

i want to do mine but leave the isuzu center cap chrome - it can be taken out right? - ive had my wheels off a few time but never popped the cap out - anyone how how or if its hard to do

[tom4bren]

i want to do mine but leave the isuzu center cap chrome - it can be taken out right? - ive had my wheels off a few time but never popped the cap out - anyone how how or if its hard to do

Yes, they come out. I've never had OEM rims since I've owned the Proton so I can't tell you how they are attached (prolly just a lip holds them against the rim, but may have a cupla screws or a clip ring). It should be real easy though.