plasti dip wheels and the track?
 

i am going to be picking up a set of new wheels soon and was thinking about plasti dipping them. my concern is that the plasti dip wont hold up to high temps of hard breaking on the track.

anyone have any experience with this?

just plastidip them again if anything happens, a can is like 8 bucks anyways.

more like i am worried if it will melt and fall on the rotor or if it will ignite

plenty have done it although I have heard plastidip is pretty flammable so there is the freak chance something like you described could happen

I asked this exact same question last week. Consensus was that it was a bad idea if you are a skilled driver where you get the brakes hot.

It can "bake" the dip on there making it very difficult to get off. It can also bubble.

I wish they could make one that was able to better withstand the heat.

exactly what happen to mine bubbled and pill of.
So now I think plastidip is for poser

My sides are starting to peel off a bit after doing a few cone drills, either I suck at dipping the sides, or they are self peel-able in extreme driving.

They do, its paint. Sorry for the smart ass comment, but like another above poster, Why do people want to go to the effort of proper prep, spray, and finish just to peel (not pill) it off when their moods swing? Make the commitment, paint it properly. If you want, sand it down, and paint it again.

The only time I have been tempted by plasti-dip was to paint wheels for a car show and quickly return to oem color, but half of me just wanted to paint the wheels that color and stick with it.

Is plasti-dip truly enthusiast-ready, track-proof, professional-grade? Or is it more of a tuner, short-attention-span, 'full-scale Hot Wheels' customization tools? Those of us with mad masking and prepping skills want to know.

Eric G

Your wise ass comment is unnecessary. Apologizing for it before hand doesn't make it appropriate. Just because you don't see the benefits of a spray on rubber coating that looks like paint doesn't mean you have to make others feel like idiots.

Paint is not plastidip. Plastidip has desireable qualities that paint doesn't. An example is selling your rims later when you get a new set or get a new car. You can sell easier if the rims have the original finish. Most people don't trust your paint skills (rightfully so) and/or don't share your taste in finish. Another is that it is really cheap, applies easily and is non permanent just in case you misjudged the look or messed up on the spray.

It works nicely on street car rims but the heat from the breaks at track events is giving some track car rims some issues.

People like the idea of plast dipping track rims because track rims get abused and a cheap temporary easy no prep solution to changing the finish or protecting the finish is attractive. Unfortunately it isn't fail proof in practice.

As such my track rims remain un-plasti even though one person has done 120 laps and has not had any issues on the face of the rim.

Who's done 120 laps with a set of plastidipped rims? o.O

I again sincerely aplologize if my direct, quite viable answer to your query caused you to feel like an idiot. You expressed the hope/desire for something more durable to the heat, and an answer was provided, albeit not the product that you would like to use.

Actually, my paint and masking skills are quite desired, as I turn down more jobs these days, than I complete. Although upon writing the last sentence, I realize that I have just lowered my reply to the point of one-upmanship and false pride, which is not desirable.

Have a groovy day, whatever your choice of paint/plasti-dip!

Eric G

I have had my white pearl plasti dip on for a few months and a couple of autocross sessions with no issues but I feel like the brake dust would bake onto it during a track day.

Here's why I don't like Plasti-dip (or paint for that matter) on wheels that are used on the track. If these wheels had paint or plasti-dip we would not have caught this. In fact this was caught only because the wheels were recently cleaned. Wheel=RPF1

Look closely, see something that makes you feel unsafe? I do.

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps07647a6d.jpg

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps60769739.jpg

I wasn't talking about your paint skills in particular. I was speaking to the fact that people looking for rims would be rightfully apprehensive to purchase rims painted by the seller. Quality assurance purposes.

Rice_classic you have a good point there. Another reason not to dip track rims.