Plastic dip/Power coat/Professionally paint wheels.

[ClarityCamaro]

Which of the three should i do to my ss wheels. I want them black. Which one do you think would be best looking? Thanks

[lscamaro]

Easily, the professionally painting the wheels is the best choice. I had plastidip on my LT wheels and it was a NIGHTMARE! It's good to get a feel for what it might look like but if you already know that's the look you're going for, definitely get them painted. If you're handy with spray paint, you don't even need to pay to get them professionally painted. A buddy and I decided to recently just spray paint my wheels satin black. We used vht satin black wheel paint with satin clear coat and they came out great! Prefer it A LOT more than plastidip. Not to mention plastidip is such a pain to clean while the paint is a breeze.

[Knockoutpie]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

Easily, the professionally painting the wheels is the best choice. I had plastidip on my LT wheels and it was a NIGHTMARE! It's good to get a feel for what it might look like but if you already know that's the look you're going for, definitely get them painted. If you're handy with spray paint, you don't even need to pay to get them professionally painted. A buddy and I decided to recently just spray paint my wheels satin black. We used vht satin black wheel paint with satin clear coat and they came out great! Prefer it A LOT more than plastidip. Not to mention plastidip is such a pain to clean while the paint is a breeze.

I sir say false to you! Honestly plastidip is great, easy to paint easy to clean, simple green sprayed on plasti dip takes brake dust right off just like that no rubbing needed! But yes, if you're looking for a professional look, powdercoating is the way to go, dealer does them 100 bucks a wheel, Craigslist does them for about 200-250 all the wheels, or you can try it you're and do it for about 40 bucks. Plastidip is great, but it's not a permanent thing, you might need to respray every 6 months, or every year, etc etc. depends on how you treat the wheels.

[lscamaro]

Originally Posted by Knockoutpie

I sir say false to you! Honestly plastidip is great, easy to paint easy to clean, simple green sprayed on plasti dip takes brake dust right off just like that no rubbing needed! But yes, if you're looking for a professional look, powdercoating is the way to go, dealer does them 100 bucks a wheel, Craigslist does them for about 200-250 all the wheels, or you can try it you're and do it for about 40 bucks. Plastidip is great, but it's not a permanent thing, you might need to respray every 6 months, or every year, etc etc. depends on how you treat the wheels.

I had my wheels plastidipped for about a year and a half. During that time, I had them resprayed 3 times. Right after they're sprayed, they look great. Look nice and black and satin black. But it only takes a few days for them to get kind of dirty and not "shine" like they did when you spray them. After that, when cleaned they never really shine again. I used simple green, adam's apc, and eventually the best thing I could do was just coat them with tire shine. Eventually, the wheels just looked greasy to me and after that, I had had it. I got them painted and it's easily one of the best decisions I've made. I was contemplating not painting because a bunch of people said it would chip immediately after driving for awhile but so far so good. Another friend who's wheels we painted earlier has driven 3k on her wheels and they have yet to chip as well.

[Knockoutpie]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

I had my wheels plastidipped for about a year and a half. During that time, I had them resprayed 3 times. Right after they're sprayed, they look great. Look nice and black and satin black. But it only takes a few days for them to get kind of dirty and not "shine" like they did when you spray them. After that, when cleaned they never really shine again. I used simple green, adam's apc, and eventually the best thing I could do was just coat them with tire shine. Eventually, the wheels just looked greasy to me and after that, I had had it. I got them painted and it's easily one of the best decisions I've made. I was contemplating not painting because a bunch of people said it would chip immediately after driving for awhile but so far so good. Another friend who's wheels we painted earlier has driven 3k on her wheels and they have yet to chip as well.

I can agree with you, i'm not going to do much to this car though, it's a v6, i'll be trading it in in a year or two and upgrade to a v8 :] SO not going to put a ton of money into it like exhaust or painting the wheels or anything, CAI is all I need.

[ClarityCamaro]

Originally Posted by Knockoutpie

I can agree with you, i'm not going to do much to this car though, it's a v6, i'll be trading it in in a year or two and upgrade to a v8 :] SO not going to put a ton of money into it like exhaust or painting the wheels or anything, CAI is all I need.

I was going to have them professionally painted. But iscamaro you say you spray painted yours?

[Josh The People]

Just spend the $200 or so have them powdercoated professionaly. They will look great if not they will fix them you wont be sorry. i got mine done and love them!
<----- If u wanna see a pic click my profile i got one of just when i got them done

[angie7]

I disagree. My wheels have been done for almost 2 years, redone once and still look great. My fiance has his Charger wheels done and his is a daily and still looks good too. I prefer plastidip bc I like to change things up from time to time and its easy to remove and change the look.

[traildevil]

Originally Posted by lscamaro

Easily, the professionally painting the wheels is the best choice. I had plastidip on my LT wheels and it was a NIGHTMARE! It's good to get a feel for what it might look like but if you already know that's the look you're going for, definitely get them painted. If you're handy with spray paint, you don't even need to pay to get them professionally painted. A buddy and I decided to recently just spray paint my wheels satin black. We used vht satin black wheel paint with satin clear coat and they came out great! Prefer it A LOT more than plastidip. Not to mention plastidip is such a pain to clean while the paint is a breeze.

I will also have to disagree on the plasti dip. Ive used plasti dip for many years on my vehicles and it turns out great every time, if you put enough coats on you don't need to worry about them pealing; as for the dirtiness, what doesn't get dirty on a shiny clear coat anyways? I found that if you use regular armor all on the plasti dip it turns out the best and stays cleanest the longest. However wax works great too if your going for a duller flat black. Plasti dip is universal and cheap and for what you pay it looks great, not to mention the different colors. However if you do get them painted you can always plasti dip over that if you ever decide to go a different color too.

[Black Beast]

I def say go plasti-dip!! that stuff is awesome and works great! I've had my wheels done for 6 months now and no problem. i drive it almost everyday too! you can do all your wheels for around $25. best deal hands down!!!

[Josh The People]

I would have used plastidip but the plastic look is what killed it for me. not sayin its a bad product or it dosent look good in its own way but the op has to decide what look hes wants to go for. with me i had to have it shiny gloss black. do the plastidip at first cause its cheap and if you want to make it perminate then get them powdercoated.

[ABMLS3]

Plasti dip sucks my friend did his rims on his camaro and once he drove it they would never go back to the original color. Hard to clean, deffiently doesn't look as good as real paint and if a rock chips it or something then it's gonna start peeling

[Knockoutpie]

Originally Posted by ABMLS3

Plasti dip sucks my friend did his rims on his camaro and once he drove it they would never go back to the original color. Hard to clean, deffiently doesn't look as good as real paint and if a rock chips it or something then it's gonna start peeling

Doesn't feel, really doesn't even chip, kinda like popping a hole in a balloon full of strach, won't do much.. If it faded his wheels color he must likely didn't properly clean before painting and painted over brake dust, and it's easy to clean.

[TJ91]

Paint them yourself