40thanniversaryrx8

a couple of months ago they made a special rag specifically for cleaning plastidip that wouldnt rub it off. I think they came in a couple sizes and were around 25 bucks. just go to dipyourcar.com

Sansone009

I have read all the replys on this post but have yet to see a response to someone "dipping" chrome rims i know you can do the stock rims and the emblems but has anyone herd of doing the black over chrome rims? and has anyone gone through the salt on the road during winter time with their rims "dipped"?

JamesD31

I live in IL so when it snows I will let you know how the dip held up. I have stock rims but I just got a cheap center cap since I was missing one that is "polished chrome" so I can test on that?

Silverhorn

I can't answer about polished rims. I have machined aluminum and it works great on them. About the salt, yes they salt the road to work pretty frequently in the work and I didn't notice any effect on anything plasti dipped on my car. Emblems or rims.

JamesD31

I am going to post pics of the stock 2004 rx8 rims plasti dipped black hopefully in the next hour. I am about to put one more coat on and then see how it looks on my car.

Let me tell you what though, go heavy on the plasti dip - because the plasti dip seemed to not want to adhere to the rims at all. I am bout to do what seems to be a 5th coat? I also did the lug nuts both black and red (for the lock nut, car is red). I was going to do the mazda emblem center cap red, we'll see how I feel about it later on. I went "light" on the plasti dip for the first two coats, waste of time - or I went "too light" i think.

Either way, they are looking good now (only doin the first two rims right now).

JamesD31

OK first two rims done, notes and thoughts:

Go a bit heavier on the plexi dip - just don't soak it (like you wouldn't normal spray paint) but even if you get it a bit wet, don't worry it actually drys well.

BIG IDEA: DO NOT PLEXI DIP YOUR LOCK NUT.. I did it red (as you can see in the pic, I will post pics of them on my car tomorrow) and when I went to put the lock nut on it to tighten it, the thing got stuck on it because the plexi dip added a new thickness to it and it just tore off anyways after a bit of a time with me trying to pry it off. Either way, save yourself the hassle, it doesn't work.

Overall, rims look pretty good - don't do this job at night like I did, I got too excited and did it way to late once the stuff came in.

Here is some befores, after first spray (should of sprayed on more but w/e) and then final (about 5-6 coats). I waited ~15-20 mins between each drying, 20-30 at the end and threw them on to let them dry overnight.

JamesD31

I ran out of upload spaces =(

* I wanted to do the Mazda emblem red, and still might with time tomorrow, though I am not sure how tape on plasti dip will do (so gotta try it on something tomorrow).

Also there is a blurry night pic of the front rim on the car.