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Old 01-24-2012, 02:19 AM
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Just plasti-dipped and painted my wheels!

For all of you plasti-dip fans, here is my result:





I used about 6 cans of plastidip, and 2 cans of Rust-o-leum Hardened Dark Bronze paint. Both of which you can get at Home Depot.


I did this when I rotated my tires so I had my tires off the car anyways. I applied about 5 coats of plastidip to the front of each wheel, about 2 coats on the inside of each wheel, and 5 coats to each center cap.

I applied two coats of the dark bronze paint to the inside and outside of each wheel and to each center cap.

Make sure you card off the wheels with either playing cards or notecards or something thin but semi-ridgid. Allow at least 30 minutes of drying time between each coat of plastidip and paint. I used a heat gun very carefully to speed the process up a bit. Don't let either dry in the cold if you can avoid it. It takes considerably longer for each coat to dry if the temperatures are low.

Be sure to tape off the air valve before you apply any plastidip or paint. I used electrical tape and it worked flawlessly.

Do the center caps separately. Don't do the lug nuts because you'll end up ripping it off when you tighten them back on.











First coat of Plastidip:






















So far they are still perfect. It's been about a month or so since I did them. No chips or premature peeling. Let me know what you think!
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