My Triton with new tyres and wheel paint

[savagess]

Thought I'd show what a difference new tyres and painting the wheel look like.

Tyres are Kumho KL71 265..

Wheels are painted with Plasti-dip...
Cheers

[mIwoo]

Edit: attempted to put into a pic but failed....

[savagess]

Edit: attempted to put into a pic but failed....

Sorry not sure if you mean you tried to post a pic, or you can't see mine?

[Scale]

Yeah can't see the pix mate

[savagess]

OK Try now?

[aardvark]

I've just ordered some plastidip to do my rims. Hope they look half as good as yours.

[Scale]

Look pretty cool mate.

[savagess]

I've just ordered some plastidip to do my rims. Hope they look half as good as yours.

I found Bay the cheapest. Bought 4 cans for around $50 + $10 delivery.
Only used 2 of the cans..

[aardvark]

I've just ordered some plastidip to do my rims. Hope they look half as good as yours.

I found Bay the cheapest. Bought 4 cans for around $50 + $10 delivery.
Only used 2 of the cans..

Only 2? I was going to order 10, but I guess I won't bother! I'm also going to do the wifes ASX whilst she's at work.

Thought about doing the nudge bar too.

I guess it's a bit early to ask how they are holding up?

[savagess]

I've just ordered some plastidip to do my rims. Hope they look half as good as yours.

I found Bay the cheapest. Bought 4 cans for around $50 + $10 delivery.
Only used 2 of the cans..

Only 2? I was going to order 10, but I guess I won't bother! I'm also going to do the wifes ASX whilst she's at work.

Thought about doing the nudge bar too.

I guess it's a bit early to ask how they are holding up?

I've use a petrol pressure washer on the wheels and no sign of movement, they feel rubbery.
I'm confident they will hold up fine.

The coating on the wheels are thick with just the two cans, I'd say bigger than 17" rims would need more cans.
Repco have another brand, much the same. ALas cannot remember the brand but they had gloss coats without needed to do a separate "clear" over the top and bigger range of colours. Worth checking out as well.

[MN GLXR]

Did you take tyres off the rim or just tape it up before painting?

Looks tops.

[NowForThe5th]

Just remember to put a photo up in 6-12 months time when that stuff is all peeling off.

[c-dale]

Been on my flares over 6 months, includind a sand blasting over at fraser and its looking as good as the day I sprayed it on

[iamsimon]

Looks great mate!

[aardvark]

Just remember to put a photo up in 6-12 months time when that stuff is all peeling off.

From what I've seen, it's quite easy to remove. So even if it does start peeling, you can just pull it off.

[myself62]

Just remember to put a photo up in 6-12 months time when that stuff is all peeling off.

Has that pulled up the original wheel coating?

[har05l]

That's exactly what 5th was referring to

He knows his his shit yet people question him

[NowForThe5th]

That's just a random picture that I pulled off the net, but yes, there are plenty of examples of the same thing. It generally doesn't stick very well, but in spots it hangs on to the point where it will take the original paint/finish with it.

Horrible stuff. We won't use it, but get people come in who have and want us to fix the damage. That's usually expensive.

[Twitch94]

I want mine powder coated and got quoted $100 a rim. But after seeing this and the price u paid.. I dont know, nbut like 5th posted ive heard some bad stories.

But also heard powder cosating can scratch quite easily,


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[savagess]

Well I'm a qualified automotive spray painter. (No longer do it for my job)

To be honest I cant see how what it shows in the photos can be possible, if the substrait is prepped and properly painted / powder coated etc.

The wheels would be powdercoated or 2pac paint/clear from factory.

With no rubbing down of the wheels before applying the plastidip, I cannot see how it would adhere enough to cause this.
To me it looks like a factory fault on the original finish of the wheels for it to do that.

Anyway time will tell, if this happens then no big deal to me.

[savagess]

Did you take tyres off the rim or just tape it up before painting?

Looks tops.

Took the rims off, did not do any masking, didn't even mask the tyres.

After painting, allowed proper drying time and was able to simply rub the paint of the tryres.

[aardvark]

Anyway time will tell, if this happens then no big deal to me.

I guess if that happens, then that's when you get the wheels dipped/sandblasted and do the job properly.

[NowForThe5th]

Well I'm a qualified automotive spray painter. (No longer do it for my job)

To be honest I cant see how what it shows in the photos can be possible, if the substrait is prepped and properly painted / powder coated etc.

The wheels would be powdercoated or 2pac paint/clear from factory.

With no rubbing down of the wheels before applying the plastidip, I cannot see how it would adhere enough to cause this.
To me it looks like a factory fault on the original finish of the wheels for it to do that.

About time we had another painter on here.

As you'd know, half the problem is insufficient or improper prep work. Prepped properly that stuff would probably stick pretty good but then the problem is that the product itself isn't designed for really long term applications. The pics you see on the net and the examples I've seen in the shop were where it wasn't done properly - sometimes no prep at all and it finds a spot where the paint surface isn't quite perfect and decides to hang on there. You must have seen it with paint, too. Jobs where it's just blown over for a quick and nasty fix and 90% can be peeled off but 10% has actually bonded. On wheels, a lot of the factory ones use a high fill type base to get a really perfect finish over a cast wheel. That's the layer that tends to give way when stressed, usually just below the surface bond of whatever the finish is, from the ones I've seen.

I paint quite a few wheels but a good powdercoating job can be tougher. If cleared it can stay looking good, too - like the factory ones, but if they've just used a solid like black eventually it will fade a bit, which is why I like paint, COB in preference to 2K.

[Gcmkt]

Thought I'd show what a difference new tyres and painting the wheel look like.

Tyres are Kumho KL71 265..

Wheels are painted with Plasti-dip...
Cheers

Hi sav

How's the plasti dip holding up. Looks great in the pic you posted

[Headley]

If not plastidip, what paint would be best suited for alloys and steel wheels?