plasti dip beware

[panama]

I plasti dipped my rims to try out colors before I get them powdercoated, and when I went to pull the plasti off it took the paint off as well. Not all the paint but big sections, enough to make it look like total ass. Just watch out what you plasti, now I'm stuck until I powder them.

 

[D98GT]

Have any pictures of the damage? Which rims did this happen on?

 

[panama]

I've only started pulling the plasti off one rim but they are Privat made by konig. I'll post up some pics.

 

[calispecial08]

sucks to hear man!

 

[1SickSaleen]

Ah man that sucks. I have a small project in line as soon as I recieve my cans of plasti-dip. I had to order online, every home depot around is backordered. The wheels I plan to spray with plasti-dip are chrome.

Yours wheels were originally painted??

 

[D98GT]

That has me a bit nervous as I plastidipped the factory rims just to see how a black rim setup would look on this car.

 

[panama]

I still have some plasti on the sides of the spokes but it pulled the powder coating off to like a chrome underneath

 

[LTX]

ouch.. that hurts just looking at it..

 

[panama]

I guess I'm going back to plasti until I can powder them. This stuff is a pain to peel off lol. It pulled most of the paint off, just left a little of it on. Sucks started peeling it off and it was shiny on the plasti

 

[panama]

This is what it looks like if it takes your finish, bad feeling right there.

 

[panama]

If I hadn't of listened to my buddy and tried a red color I wouldn't have found this out. I think its chrome underneath. Why would a rim company paint on a shiny slick chrome surface is beyond me.

 

[Hatchman]

Yep, that looks like chrome, no wonder the paint didn't stick.

 

[panama]

After I stuck the bulitts back on I was messing around with this. If you spray some break cleaner on the plasti dip just goo's off. Going to try the chemical it says on the plasti can tomorrow after work.

 

[skwerl]

Lots of aftermarket rims are cheaply made and/or painted. All this does is verify that the Plasti Dip bonded better than the original paint.

I may spray my cheap-ass Race Stars today if I have time.

 

[red_baron06]

Mine were already effed when I plasti dipped mine so Im not worried. Just need to get them powdered eventually.

 

[fdjizm]

I'd say thats a bad paint job issue rather than a plasti-dip issue.

 

[YerBuddy]

Anyone plasti stock wheels on a 2011+? I was thinking of doing this, but now not so sure...

 

[fdjizm]

Anyone plasti stock wheels on a 2011+? I was thinking of doing this, but now not so sure...

The OP had a bad paint job onto which he applied plasti dip too.
lots of people do it fine on stock rims.

 

[JeremyH]

I agree looks like a poorly painted rim to begin with. Plasti only peels off smooth hard surfaces, not pourous surfaces or paint underneath it will bond.

 

[D98GT]

Anyone plasti stock wheels on a 2011+? I was thinking of doing this, but now not so sure...

I did it to my stock 18s that are posted above.