Has anyone Plasti-Dipped their wheels before?

I am looking for opinions and ideas on painting my wheels, i should have thought about this back when i replaced the tires after buying the bike.. but it was the last thing on my mind and instead of pulling the brand new tires back off and having the rims painted, i was thinking of painting them another color possibly to see if i like the look... i have plasti-dipped stuff in the past with huge success, so i figured why not try it out again on wheels to see if i like different colors on the bike before spending a bunch of money and making the color perm....the bike came from NY, so there is a lot of pitting on the wheels and some of the metal surfaces from the salt on the roads.. so the wheels are in pretty bad shape and actually look better when they are dirty, because i gave them a good cleaning the other day and the clear coat on the wheels is cloudy in a lot of areas i didnt see when they were dirty.. lol

here is my old truck i had that i plasti-dipped.. the centers on the wheels are plasti-dipped with white base coat and glossifier, i actually redid them shortly after because i tried to use a chemical to clean them one day i picked up at the autoparts store and it destroyed the plasti-dip... so i redid the wheels and instead of using glossifier the 2nd time, i used a product called Neverwet, which i picked up to try to use on some white shoes i had and had 3/4 full can left over.. so i sprayed it over the white base coat and the finish went from a glossy finish to a more matt white, but cleaning the wheels was 1000x easier after that.. because the neverwet is hydrophobic, i would just take the hose and spray the wheels down with just water if i was not looking to wash the entire truck and the properties of the stuff made the brake dust and crap would just run off like water... so they always looked pretty much clean in the white sections of the wheels...



Anyways here is a picture of the bike, i was thinking of either going white on the wheels or a gold color maybe.. seen a red car at a car show with plasti-dipped gold metalizer wheels and it looked really good contrasted with the red...



I was thinking of either going white on the wheels or a gold color maybe.. seen a red car at a car show with plasti-dipped gold metalizer wheels and it looked really good contrasted with the red... but then while doing some searching on dipped motorcycle wheels i came across this dudes bike, he used the new product vintage gold plasti-dip color on his oem silver wheels and i think it looks absolutely beautiful.....

 

I was thinking of trying out some Plastidip until I find a color combo that I like with my bike then get it powder coated.

 

I had a friend suggest that on my Anniversary RWB I do my front wheel in white, and the rear in blue to match the bodywork. Maybe even a red stripe on both. Hmm...

What do ya think?

 

I dipped mine white... DuPont chain clean turned it into goop the next cleaning. Was a pain to clean but maybe the gloss they make would make it easier

 

This is the state of my wheels now on why i am exploring colors to repaint them.. they are terrible after giving them a good washing lol, the dirt and brake dust on them made them look so much nicer before lol...

 

I think those wheels will need to be media blasted prior to any type of coating.

 

the next time i need tires i plan on doing that, for now im just exploring what color i want to make them in the future permanently..

 

Yup ... I would get them media blasted and powder coated.

I too am thinking of using plasti-dip strictly for exploration so I can decide on a permanent powder coat color.

That said, based on the condition of your rim, not sure how well it will stick with all those chips, dents, and bubbling/peeling finish.

 

Well guys, after starting to spray i realized the can i picked up was not actually vintage gold, it was the metalizer gold... seriously didn't pay that much attention to it.. just seen the gold top and thought it was the one i needed.. it was the only gold one they had on the shelf.. so its not like i had an option... oh well im trying it out.. i had some black left over in a can from before doing something else.. put 2 coat of black on the wheels, now im doing the gold.. i just finished coat 2... this is what it looks like already.. way better than the pitted look before.. kinda looks like a crinkled valve cover type of look in a way..
I think the metallic sparkles is breaking up the pitted surface from the naked eye.. you really dont see it all that easy anymore, but you can surely feel it in the surface...





I am going to put like 1 or 2 more coats on it and call it a night, i have maybe an hour of work into this painting project so far... not doing the front yet tell im sold on the color...

here is a crinkled valve cover if your curious what i was talking about previously...

 

Wow ... that is looking way better than I expected for the all the cosmetic damage your wheel has.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product along with some closer up photos!

 

It does look pretty good considering the original condition of the wheel.

 

It came ok, I should of taped it off....every car wheel I've ever done peeled off easily, but this time it really stuck to the tire and wanted to peel it off the rim while trying to clean off the tire....

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www.dipyourcar.com has a product that you can wipe on your tire to help the dip come off easily. It's probably a light oil, but I don't know.

 

Storx, I really like that color/finish.

 

Ya, I've never had this issue before...but I didn't put very many coats on...so I think it is the lack of layers to grab onto to peel it off




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Ah, gotcha, that does make a difference.

 

I think it would be really cool to put some of that stuff on the actual tires.

 

why the actual tire?
like do the tire sidewall with side so it looks like a classic tire?

 

Line the rim with playing cards between the rim and tire....screw the tape....did it on my jeep and worked great...before plasti-dip was invented

 

I may try to redip them over actual vintage gold.. found a car guy who did vintage gold at first, thought it was to dull.. so he did the gold metalizer over the vintage gold and i think it made it pop with the gold flakes.. the metalizer is clear.. so the black base on mine really makes mine super dark... even in the sun.. many mistaken them for black...