thedrewski86

I've never done this myself but people do this all the time to car and motorcycle wheels. It's quite popular actually. I've even seen people do their whole car if they drive in crappy areas where they salt the roads in the winter. It should hold up fine except for the lug nuts.

Texas_Ace

Here is a channel that has a lot of details on this stuff. Pretty interesting stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvkq-qyY9aY

It is for a lot more then just wheels that is for sure.

TheDurk

Can anybody tell me what happens when you hit those with a 2500 psi gasoline pressure washer (what I use on my wheels with Duplicolor paint)? It doesn't look like it could take it.

{EDIT] Also, Outsane, the DIY's I have seen say to mask the gripping surface of the rotors where they contact the pads. Aren't you worried that yellow paint will mess up your pads?

Texas_Ace

If you watch the video I posted they do that. You would not want it set to stream naturally but then that is bad for real paint.

In a normal car wash style spray setting it seems to hold up fine if applied correctly. Like with any kind of paint job the prep is everything.

Outsane

hmmm plasticdip or roll on rustoleum?

nice post

demonrunner16

[QUOTE=blake.nemitz;51982970]well in all honesty i think it LOOKS great, i would be curious to see after six months how well it holds up. how about an update down the road[/QUOTE

For sure man and thanks!

Outsane

I am looking heavily in to dipping my whole rig

demonrunner16

I used the pastidip spray can and it was quite simple. Thanks I appreciate it and hope that it's a useful thread for others who want to do the same

demonrunner16

Haha go for it. I looks good from what I've seen

demonrunner16

I'm thinking about doing my rear bumper with plasti dip but I feel like..I love the black/silver look

demonrunner16

well i decided to do my rear bumper..let me know what yall think

demonrunner16

my friends caught me in action, the rims look great IMO

Outsane

Looks good just too bad that.. "in action", is rolling down the street

demonrunner16

Haha I didn't mean "in action" as in wheeling but thanks all of my friends are wanting me to do their rims

ShrimpMan

I've done this on a past rig - but sanded and prepped the wheels and used Duplicolor wheel paint. Worked great - and when I sold that particular 4Runner, it was still holding strong after 2 years in the Midwest. Prep work is key, regardless of whether or not you remove the wheels from the truck.

Looks good IMO.

demonrunner16

Thanks shrimpman, I'll definitely prep the wheels is this doesn't hold up too well although it should. Plasti dip is such a reliable product