Another DIY PlastiDip Wheels

[trippinbillies40]

Mine have been holding up great since I redid them. First round was black and wayyyy too light. Just because the wheels are black doesn't mean you have enough on. Was a pain in the butt to get off. Much better this time.

[PMok]

Originally Posted by Jimp

Wow, nice! Please post some pictures when you get the chance to re-dip those suckers. The anthracite looks like it might be pretty awesome.

So I redid one side with the anthracite and glossifier, and to be honest I am not sure it is worth the extra effort. Note that I did spray it on top of the existing black plastidip coat on one of the 2 wheels, but they both look the same to me. Which is to say, they don't look very different than the black plasti-dipped wheels, only slightly lighter shade and with a more visible grainy texture. Take a look and see if you can tell which side is black and which side is anthracite + glossifier.






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answer: the driver side is anthracite+gloss. passenger side is original black.

[Jimp]

Originally Posted by PMok

So I redid one side with the anthracite and glossifier, and to be honest I am not sure it is worth the extra effort. Note that I did spray it on top of the existing black plastidip coat on one of the 2 wheels, but they both look the same to me. Which is to say, they don't look very different than the black plasti-dipped wheels, only slightly lighter shade and with a more visible grainy texture. Take a look and see if you can tell which side is black and which side is anthracite + glossifier.

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answer: the driver side is anthracite+gloss. passenger side is original black.

Darn.... I would have been totally wrong. I'm sorry it didn't turn out as cool as it originally seemed. Thank you so much for posting the pictures though. Kick-ass car regardless and now you have cleaned up wheels!

[gatorbushmen]

Originally Posted by PMok

So I redid one side with the anthracite and glossifier, and to be honest I am not sure it is worth the extra effort. Note that I did spray it on top of the existing black plastidip coat on one of the 2 wheels, but they both look the same to me. Which is to say, they don't look very different than the black plasti-dipped wheels, only slightly lighter shade and with a more visible grainy texture. Take a look and see if you can tell which side is black and which side is anthracite + glossifier.






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answer: the driver side is anthracite+gloss. passenger side is original black.

How many coats of the glossifier?

[mbh1101]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

i did this too but bought some new wheels

these are for sale if anyone is interested.

location sf bay area

Is that flat black ? That looks amazing.

[JDMenrique]

nice

[PMok]

Originally Posted by gatorbushmen

How many coats of the glossifier?

About 3-4. but in the dipyourcar videos on YouTube they say it will start getting shiny after just 1 or 2 coats. Maybe I'm not spraying it on thick enough but it just never seems to be that glossy.

[awlllwa]

White on SWP. I think i need to hit them with some gloss pearlizer to match the paint color better.

[br_z1Lch]

Originally Posted by awlllwa

White on SWP. I think i need to hit them with some gloss pearlizer to match the paint color better.

Was thinking about trying this out myself. Thanks for the pics! I'd definitely want to see what the Pearlizer does to the color.

[Xdragonxb0i]

i did them and ran them in a car wash. it already looks back. so im just gonna take them out and paint them the traditonal way

[awlllwa]

Just ordered the pearlizer, opted out on the gloss, like it matte better anyways.

Will probably have to wait on applying it till after my summer vacation coming in 1.5 weeks.

So you will have to wait about 3 weeks to see the results, hopefully the white that is on there now holds up good and does not stain too bad. I put wheel-wax on them and it seems to keep them clean, with that and the iron-x i bought it shouldn't be too hard to get them back to white come time for the pearl coat.

[ericmpena]

Has anyone use Plasti dip glossifier on the stock wheels?? All the pictures I see are of the matte finish. I'm thinking gloss black would look a little nicer but I haven't been able to find a picture on stock FRS/BRZ wheels.

[ck-GT86]

Here are mine from this past weekend.

Materials:
- 2.5 cans of GRAY PlastiDip
- 2 cans of Rust-Oleum Metallic Flat Soft Iron Paint & Primer (Home Depot)
- Flash cards
- Painter's tape (tap-off your stems)
- Patience (start with several light coats, progressively get heavier)






I was going to do Bronze at first, but I dont think it would have came out properly on the rims. Should definitely do a light-toned Plastidip as base if you're going for a dark color, which is why I chose gray. I doubt the colors will shine if you use the base-black Plastidip spray.

- ck

[Kids Heart]

has anyone dipped the black section white but left the polished section? Any pics.