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Leave it as is - chrome with red outline!
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12.50%
All black!
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25.00%
All red!
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25.00%
Black with red outline!
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37.50%
Something else!
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Painting wheels. What to use?
yup--plasti-dip's the way to go Best part of it is that it's got kind of a rubbery feel to it and cleans up REALLY easy with tire foam. A bunch of people say it holds better than the rim paint too.
prep wise, i just cleaned em off real good (inside of rim included) taped off what i wanted to stay shiny and went to town. I put 4 coats on i think and was good to go. I pretty much babied it that night and the next day or two and they're still lookin good.
As for cleaning them, i just spray tire shine on the whole wheel/tire, wait a couple minutes and wipe dry. I'm gonna experiment with different foams to see if some make it looks more shiny and more flat. I think I like the flat black look better, but we'll see where it goes.
As for cleaning them, i just spray tire shine on the whole wheel/tire, wait a couple minutes and wipe dry. I'm gonna experiment with different foams to see if some make it looks more shiny and more flat. I think I like the flat black look better, but we'll see where it goes.
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Thanks guys. Well I spent all afternoon doing it and here's what came out. I used the whole can, so I couldn't do as many coats as I wanted today. I'm pretty happy with it.
Before:
And after:
Might as well add on a funny story in here as well. As I was putting a tire back on, I had two grown men drive up to me (within the same 60 seconds, even) - one went out of his way to do so - to tell me that they were pleasantly surprised at what I was doing. They had never in their lives seen a female who could change a tire. I was shocked. I thought it was a thing that most everybody could do... MCF ladies, I hope you're also one of the apparent few who can as well!
Before:
And after:
Might as well add on a funny story in here as well. As I was putting a tire back on, I had two grown men drive up to me (within the same 60 seconds, even) - one went out of his way to do so - to tell me that they were pleasantly surprised at what I was doing. They had never in their lives seen a female who could change a tire. I was shocked. I thought it was a thing that most everybody could do... MCF ladies, I hope you're also one of the apparent few who can as well!
Last edited by milrlyt; Jul 13, 2011 at 08:22 PM.
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 50
From: Palm Bay, Florida
Man thats cool Ive never heard of that stuff. where do you buy it and about whats it cost ? It made me kinda laugh ,you could paint your car rob a bank and peel it off and the cops would be looking for a flat black car.
it would surprise me if someone has already done this.
Brian
Ive never heard of that stuff. where do you buy it and about whats it cost ? It made me kinda laugh ,you could paint your car rob a bank and peel it off and the cops would be looking for a flat black car. it would surprise me if someone has already done this.Brian
