Plasti Dipped my Style 214 wheels today

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Hi all,

I plasti-dipped my wheels today. I used 3 coats black then 5 coats of plasti dip silver metalizer. Looks like a more intense version of the ferric grey BMW uses with alot of silver flake. Attached some pictures below for anyone who is interested in doing this aswell!

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Pics are on my phone, file size is too large, I will upload when I get home

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[Suge206]

are the pics all of the finished look? the last pic is hard to tell.

Did you do it with the wheels on the car?

[Z@T]

Well, since it is PlatiDip you can remove it to have nice looking wheels.

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Yeah with the wheels on the car. Covered the rotor and caliper with a plastic bag. As you can see my rim in the 3rd pic is rashed up and does a decent job at covering it, kinda

[Jyohay]

You didn't so enough coats you want atleast 10 coats. I work for kandypearls.com.
If you even need more plastidip or pearls let me know can give you a great deal since your local.
We have some amazing kameleon colors out and more on the way.

[rh71]

I just plastidipped - leaving the wheels on the car - from a gunmetal to their aluminum color to lighten it (didn't like the darker against the white car). I did 4 coats and it was plenty. Perhaps because the 2 colors are so similar?

What's interesting is that I was able to do 4 coats on 4 wheels with just 1.25 cans (I bought 4). I couldn't even stretch it to 2 full cans if I wanted to. I got full coverage regardless so I don't know.

I like the flexibility with plastidip. I can tell you can do different shades depending on number of coats, plus doing combos like the metalizer the OP used (I got glossifier). Comes out different depending on what you feel like doing. Good stuff. Oh 1 thing I do want to mention - some videos say to just spray onto the tire also and it will come off... well it didn't come off that easily for me and I had to dry-rub it off with a microfiber cloth. Later I did the remaining 2 wheels using index cards covering the tire while it was on the car - no easy feat, but made for no cleanup which was awesome. I'll post pics in the pic thread after I finish with glossifier.

OP, it would be better if you showed the whole car with the wheels. I do like the shade on a dark car. A bit reflective depending on how the light hits it is pretty nice.

[Jyohay]

Originally Posted by rh71

I just plastidipped - leaving the wheels on the car - from a gunmetal to their aluminum color to lighten it (didn't like the darker against the white car). I did 4 coats and it was plenty. Perhaps because the 2 colors are so similar?

What's interesting is that I was able to do 4 coats on 4 wheels with just 1.25 cans (I bought 4). I couldn't even stretch it to 2 full cans if I wanted to. I got full coverage regardless so I don't know.

I like the flexibility with plastidip. I can tell you can do different shades depending on number of coats, plus doing combos like the metalizer the OP used (I got glossifier). Comes out different depending on what you feel like doing. Good stuff. Oh 1 thing I do want to mention - some videos say to just spray onto the tire also and it will come off... well it didn't come off that easily for me and I had to dry-rub it off with a microfiber cloth. Later I did the remaining 2 wheels using index cards covering the tire while it was on the car - no easy feat, but made for no cleanup which was awesome. I'll post pics in the pic thread after I finish with glossifier.

OP, it would be better if you showed the whole car with the wheels. I do like the shade on a dark car. A bit reflective depending on how the light hits it is pretty nice.

Coverage is only half the battle.
If you only used 1.25 cans for 4 wheels, it is nowhere near thick enough to peel.
Easiest way is to spray more.

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Originally Posted by Jyohay

Coverage is only half the battle.
If you only used 1.25 cans for 4 wheels, it is nowhere near thick enough to peel.
Easiest way is to spray more.

GooGone will melt away the PlastiDip if you have issues peeling it. Spray it on, wait 30 second then hose it off.