Plasti-dipping has become a popular method for painting wheels, emblems, etc. here lately and I see a lot of people asking about the durability (and not a lot of responses or long term updates) of the plasti-dip so I thought I'd share my experience.
I plasti-dipped these pieces all at the one day about 7 years ago when I got bored working at a local hardware store and wanted to try it out.. I purchased the Hi-Lift jack at the same time, for reference it came powder coated. I used the plasti-dip to rubberize some eye bolts that were used to hold the hi-lift and a shovel onto the custom mounts in my bed. They have been in the bed and exposed to the elements (not garage kept) ever since.
This eye-bolt supports the heavy end of the jack and has been removed and re-inserted several times using both my hands and a long screwdriver for the times it seized from the elements.
You can see that the plasti-dip is pretty much fully intact but very damaged by the UV rays with a couple small cracks. You can also see how rusted the hi-lift is in comparison.
This is the light end of the jack and clearly the vibration has scraped pretty much all the rubber off of this mount
This is clasp used to lock a shovel in the bed, you can see that it is pretty much entirely intact as well with the exception of the top which has been scraped off from opening & closing the hasp.
These pieces have been in the elements almost 7 years and all have been scraped, bumped, slammed, and scratched up by rubbing metal and the rubber continues to hold well.
I think it should last very well for you guys dipping emblems and wheels. Clearly the sun has deteriorated the color but like I said it's been in sunshine and Alabama humidity for 7 years.