Plasti Dip

[Hott Butt Mud]

Anyone Plasti Dip their car wheels, emblems, mirrors, etc.?

I've been reading up on it and it seems pretty damn cool (and EASY). How long does it last?

Thinking about starting with just some small stuff. Bought one can of black.

Also curious if it is something you can use to pimp a bike out or other things?

[Bobby Stainless]

[twodogs]

Wow. Just fucking wow. Giant meteor please!

I bet you guys wear tight pants.

[Hott Butt Mud]

Plasti dip my ballz to your chin, bitch.

[twodogs]

This thread is almost as gay as what beerdrinkers idea of what a truck is is.

[sb]

You could make a permanent condom if you dip your hootus in it.

[XXX-er]

Personaly I'm an Aqua Seal fan boy but IME people would rather watch something slowly disintegrate in front of their eyes than take any action to fix it ...so they can complain on the internet

VLP liquid vinyal is good for ...vinyal repair

never got into plasti-dip

[basinbeater]

Plastidip is lame for the most part, but does have its advantages occasionally. I plastidipped the chrome (oem) mirrors on my cruiser. Way easier than removing chrome or sanding, so for recovering chrome bits it's OK. It has held up pretty well. But for finishing wheels or anything bigger, get it painted or powder coated properly.
That is my opinion, and if everyone did the same shit to their cars that I do, the scene would be pretty boring.
Fortunately for me the chrome grills on my bimmer were plastic dipped and was easy to remove to make it look nice again.

[Bobby Stainless]

Plastidip doesn't hold up well. The video I posted looks like a cool product.

I typically have to pay around 5000 bucks to get a car wrapped. That process looks a whole lot cheaper.

This thread is almost as gay as what beerdrinkers idea of what a truck is is.

weak.

[smmokan]

Despite what all the "experts" above said, IME plasti-dip (or one of the similar products) works quite well. I've painted three sets of wheels, and not only do they hold up, but it also protects the finish of the original wheels. The only time I have to touch up the wheels is when I have tires swapped out, because those machines gouge the wheel edges and rip the plasti-dip off. It takes about 10 minutes to fix.

I put 4-5 coats on each wheelset... pretty easy to do, just make sure you tape off lug nuts, cover brake rotors, etc. Each coat dries in 15-20 minutes, so the whole process takes less than two hours. Personally, I'd rather spend $10 on a couple of cans instead of $600+ for a new set of rims.

[Bobby Stainless]

Despite what all the "experts" above said,

For a commercial work van, I suppose its fine.

[Hott Butt Mud]

From everything I've read the Plasti Dip holds up just fine. Cheap. Easy. Lasting.

H8ers gun hate.

[Percy Rideout]

dipped my summer wheels on my 4runner.

Just like painting, most of the work is prepping, sanding, and cleaning the alloy wheel.

Has held up well the past 3 years. Ran over something so there is damage and peeling to one wheel but otherwise holds up fine.

Interested in this aqua seal....

[XXX-er]

.Interested in this aqua seal....

its just liquid ureathane, in various consistancies it is sold in a small tube as shoo goo, seam grip, aqua seal which are good for all kinds of repairs to out door gear

[smmokan]

For a commercial work van, I suppose its fine.

I've got it on my personal vehicle too. Looks the same as everyone else's blacked-out wheels, and it's a helluva lot cheaper.

[basinbeater]

Works for some things, would never plastidip my wheels. Paint or powder and clear.

[XXX-er]

I live up narth where shit tends to just break or gets rusty SO If you are considering plasti-dip why not just fog them rims with some Rustoleom or SFT?

[BmillsSkier]

Works for some things, would never plastidip my wheels. Paint or powder and clear.

I started hating BMW's wheels once they stopped making most of them in a powder coat finish. Seems like sometime after the e90 era. Just a good clean look.

[nickwm21]

I black plastidip'ed my white rocket box. It has lasted 2 seasons on top of my car a lot better than I thought it would.

[digitaldeath]

Plastidip works great in the harsh north woods. It's a MN product. Make your rims black. Make your truck green

[Bobby Stainless]

This guy plastidipped a RX-7. All the wheels I have seen dipped, chip in short order.

It's more of a off roader / tuner product anyhow. Not many of my Rolls customers ask me to dip their wheels.

[smmokan]

Who the fuck drives a Rolls Royce anymore? I'm guessing you live in LA or NYC.

[Cruiser]

[BmillsSkier]

Plastidip works great in the harsh north woods. It's a MN product. Make your rims black. Make your truck green

Funny. You strike me as more of a Flex Seal kind of guy.

[digitaldeath]

i think its the exact same thing

plasti dip is rubber spray... it doesnt chip