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Its been a while boys and girls!, but since discovering plasti dip on youtube I thought I would give it a shot, now I'm no master painter by far but I'm pretty happy with the results. Whether they will last is another matter!










one thing i did notice is it seems to be quite fragile to sharp edges, see pic below



I gave this alloy 7 coats of plasti dip and a bit extra when i went over the scratch, I think it would take 3 cans to do all 4 wheels.

i would have reccomended this stuff
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performan ... spray-film

this is a bit harder wearing than plastidip and if you get bored justs peals off! had a couple of mates use it and say is really good stuff, still they look pretty damn good to me!

TehSniper wrote:i would have reccomended this stuff
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performan ... spray-film

this is a bit harder wearing than plastidip and if you get bored justs peals off! had a couple of mates use it and say is really good stuff, still they look pretty damn good to me!

cheers mate, I will see just how long this stuff lasts

it deffo stands out though. better than gloss on gloss, i like that matt look

plastidipped my wheels last summer, have it over a year on my stock GTI wheels.
still in verry good condition, but it needs to be sprayed thick, otherwise it gets loos on the edges or peel off etc.
i bought a wheel spray kit from plasti dip, 4 cans, 1 for each wheel.
i made it just but it's thick enough.
made it true winter and summer and still look like i dipped them last week

thinking of dipping my 17 OZ superleggera's in orange blaze

May do mine?
How hard out of 10 to do?

Tony Boi 92 wrote:May do mine?
How hard out of 10 to do?

5. As long a you have a relatively clean place to do em where it's not windy , as long as you put enough coats on it evens out. Just make sure you turn the wheel so you get in all the places. And be careful with any spray that goes in the bolt holes, one of mine had a layer in there and when I tightened the wheel it twisted the plasti dip and I had to redo that section

Gtimatt wrote:

Tony Boi 92 wrote:May do mine?
How hard out of 10 to do?

5. As long a you have a relatively clean place to do em where it's not windy , as long as you put enough coats on it evens out. Just make sure you turn the wheel so you get in all the places. And be careful with any spray that goes in the bolt holes, one of mine had a layer in there and when I tightened the wheel it twisted the plasti dip and I had to redo that section

Sounds too good to be true ...

Tony Boi 92 wrote:

Gtimatt wrote:

Tony Boi 92 wrote:May do mine?
How hard out of 10 to do?

5. As long a you have a relatively clean place to do em where it's not windy , as long as you put enough coats on it evens out. Just make sure you turn the wheel so you get in all the places. And be careful with any spray that goes in the bolt holes, one of mine had a layer in there and when I tightened the wheel it twisted the plasti dip and I had to redo that section

Sounds too good to be true ...

Not at all, so easy to use mate my bagde are done in plastidip and i agree with the above the ease of use is incredible

Tempting ... where did you guys buy from

eBay i got mine, about £15 for a can i think it was,

Thanks man

Does this peel off too like the item TehSniper showed? as thats £50 for 2 cans and this plastic dip seems to be a bit cheaper.

yeah its guenuine plasti-dip as far as i know, i just ebays it and bought the 1st one

Well i went and got the fultec paint in ornage and very impressed with it. Although my car is now chaved to the max i can just peel it off and choose a new colour