Plast-dip?

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helpimcrap

helpimcrap

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Hi, I'm guessing this is a non-permanent colour change to a vehicle or to the wheels?

Has anyone had wheels done? Or done them yourselves?

Are they easy to do? I've seen wheels being done by taking the wheels off and using packs of playing cards around the rim to protect the tyre. Obviously you've got to get the wheel mega clean to adhere properly.

How much do you think wheels would cost? Seen car prices of £300 but can't find any for wheels only.
 
It is permanent?

You probably mean wrapping?

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Apparently plastidip can be peeled. Never knew that.
 
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I've seen a few videos where the people doing it leave the wheels on the car and just pack the back of the alloy out with a lot of paper to stop the dip hitting anything it shouldnt. They also just peel it off the tyre and then use a coarse brush to basically buff it out of the tyre whilst leaving the newly sprayed alloy intact. Seems that you have to have a perfectly clean and dry alloy to start with, then give it a very fine spray over about 80% of the surface and let it dry. After that, any plastidip on top of that should stick properly and evenly but you're expected to do numerous coatings on alloys from what I've seen.
 
I've done it a few times. It's quite easy and costs around £40-60 in this country (1 can per wheel or thereabouts, plus gloss if needed).

It's not difficult but definitely worth taking your time and doing it right. The wheels have to be 100% clean and 100% dry and make sure your cans are warm, spraying technique is right etc.

Imperfect applications will end in a crap finish which will end with you ripping it all off in a fit of rage. Not that I'd know anything about that of course :p

IMO it is an easy, fairly cheap and reversible way of changing the colour of wheels and the trim/badges on your car. I wouldn't bother with looking at doing a whole vehicle tbh.
 
[TW]Fox;30355458 said:
Just when you think your poor 911 has had enough :D
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lol git! :p

I never heard of it ever being done but seen a few that had been and I'm just curious really. Then I saw how if you do it right you can peel it off back to normal so a non-permanent thing. Less permanent than wrapping even by the sound of it. :)

My wheels look good in silver so i'll be keeping them like that I think. :)
 
Even if you put on many, many coats of the stuff - as soon as one section gets a chip (which it will) significant sections will start peeling away.

To put enough on will cost a fair whack too, enough to make just getting it done properly worthwhile
 
There are better versions of the product.
Plastidip itself is terrible.

I had a clio 172 covered in it. Ruined the paint. When I removed it the plastidip pulled the clear coat with it.

Seriously avoid it.
 
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