PlastiDip UK?

[James28]

How many cans to do four wheels do you think?

 

[DaveDreads]

Apparently it's been done with 1 can, but 2-3 is more realistic I think.

I typed in 'Plasti Dip alloys' into Google and read the posts on other car forums and they were buying 3 cans,
2 in order to give them 3 coats each and 1 as a back up.

 

[AllanHardie]

the finish is matt and does not have a shine, but a coat of the clear lacquer leaves them with a shine.

 

[lindleyp]

Id really like silver but being rubbery finish i cant see the silver being at all bright?

 

[Josh93]

was goin to buy the orange flourecent but found out its like 3 times the price! not sure what colour to go now, didnt want to go black as i think it'll look like a chavmobile, dont like any of the other colours on my colour car. Hmpf

 

[Zorr]

the finish is matt and does not have a shine, but a coat of the clear lacquer leaves them with a shine.

Question is whether after coating it with clear lacquer it will still peel off ?


Hmm looks nice. Going to make the wheels white sooner than I thought !

 

[AllanHardie]

Question is whether after coating it with clear lacquer it will still peel off ?

So I decided f**k it so i lacured the whole rim last night to test to see if it would react or anything, Checked this mornnig and it looks completly different but not reacted or anything so lacur seems to be safe to use on it.

They have gone from a matt finish to a shiney finish. Not sure if it would peel now but it looks pritty good.

can only go with what was said about the above test alloy wheel.

 

[Fisher_172]

was goin to buy the orange flourecent but found out its like 3 times the price! not sure what colour to go now, didnt want to go black as i think it'll look like a chavmobile, dont like any of the other colours on my colour car. Hmpf

How much extra did they quote you per can for the fluorescent colours mate? I was looking at getting lime green.

 

[Jonny1*2]

was goin to buy the orange flourecent but found out its like 3 times the price! not sure what colour to go now, didnt want to go black as i think it'll look like a chavmobile, dont like any of the other colours on my colour car. Hmpf

How much extra did they quote you per can for the fluorescent colours mate? I was looking at getting lime green.

3 x £9 =

 

[DaveDreads]

It's not £9 quid, it's £15.60 per can.

One can : £9
VAT :£2.60
P&P : £4

 

[Jonny1*2]

true, but i'm sure you can work out that. Plus P&P may vary for multiple items.

 

[DaveDreads]

Apparently it's only an extra quid for 3 tins delivered.
Total price £38.50, cheaper than the price of one wheel refurb.

 

[Cro]

for the fluorescent colours you mean dave? Because surely it wouldnt be £45 for 1 tin if it's 3x the normal price

 

[Scott™]

Forgive me if I'm missing some thing here but if you Lacquer them then that surely defeats the whole object of being able to peal it off once you have had enough?

And that you may as well just use normal spray?

 

[DaveDreads]

for the fluorescent colours you mean dave? Because surely it wouldnt be £45 for 1 tin if it's 3x the normal price
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No sorry mate, the buy basket only has a drop down menu for the normal colours.
You might have to ring them for the fluorescent colours, as I can't find them on their website.

Forgive me if I'm missing some thing here but if you Lacquer them then that surely defeats the whole object of being able to peal it off once you have had enough?

And that you may as well just use normal spray?

I agree, wouldn't lacquer make it impossible to peel off?
I was under the impression that the clear spray they do give it a gloss look, that's what I read on the Mini forum.

 

[Josh93]

3x may have been exadurated a bit i cant find it on the website now but the flourecent kits seemed a lot more expensive than the standard colours

 

[Nickw88]

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No sorry mate, the buy basket only has a drop down menu for the normal colours.
You might have to ring them for the fluorescent colours, as I can't find them on their website.



I agree, wouldn't lacquer make it impossible to peel off?
I was under the impression that the clear spray they do give it a gloss look, that's what I read on the Mini forum.

I spoke to a guy on the phone earlier, he said it's £15 for a 750ml can of clear high gloss finish. It adds extra protection but apparently it doesn't change the characteristics so can still be removed

 

[Fisher_172]

Spoke to a guy on the phone earlier aswell and he said they dont sell lime green in aerosol cans? :s

 

[Nickw88]

Strange...clearly shows them on the website :S

I didn't bother asking about colours though, I'd probably only buy black anyway so can't help you there mate

 

[Jacko90]

Just purchased 2 cans of black for my wheels, so i'l get some pics up once I'm done!

 

[Fisher_172]

Yeah i thought it was a bit weird aswell. He said that they do sell fluorescent colours but you need to buy a spray gun off their site and thin the paint 50% then spray it on. Sounds like a money grabbing scheme to me. Lime green rattle cans it is for my wheels lol

 

[DaveDreads]

If you don't like the lime green at least you know what to use to cover it up with.

 

[Fisher_172]

Yeah, good point! Sounds like some good stuff though if you just want a normal colour!

 

[Alan1.2]

Iv got 2 cans of black for my standard dynamique wheels , could end badly , suppose i can tear it off in the end if it doesnt look good .

 

[tom_tom_ass]

pictures of peoples work??

 

[AKFM1]

pictures of peoples work??

+1 and reviews on the stuff ;P

 

[Jacko90]

Going to do mine Saturday! Will update you as I go...

 

[DaveDreads]

What colour you going for?

 

[Jacko90]

Just got the standard black for the time being. For the price and appeal of it, I'm just going to try it, easy to rectify if it doesn't go to plan.

 

[Addicted]

all this time and no proper reviews/pictures, im dubious!

 

[DaveDreads]

Theres loads of reviews on other car forums such as Mini, Seat Cupra.net and some 4x4 sites, I just Googled PlastiDip alloy wheels and spent a night reading them, to my knowlege no-one on here has done it yet, apart from one lad that sprayed his roof.

I'll be going for black in a month or so once i've got new tyres all round, be good to see how you get on with it Jacko.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=314494

 

[Alan1.2]

Iv done my wheels , got a kidney infection so ill post pictures when im well.

 

[Scrooge]

Iv done my wheels , got a kidney infection so ill post pictures when im well.

Are you taking the piss?

 

[Gavin.]

Are you taking the piss?

I think 'man the f**k up' is the term your looking for

 

[Scrooge]

I think 'man the f**k up' is the term your looking for

You missed the joke by a country mile.

 

[Jonny1*2]

You missed the joke by a country mile.

notice that. Very subtle

 

[Josh93]

how well do you lot recon it would work on bumper plastics to freshen up instead of colour coding?

 

[Scrooge]

notice that. Very subtle

Glad to see someone knows what kidneys do lol

 

[DaveDreads]

how well do you lot recon it would work on bumper plastics to freshen up instead of colour coding?

It'd give them a matte finish, you'd have to get a can of the clear spray aswell to give the balck a gloss look.

 

[AKFM1]

apparently masking them is hard as the plastic sets onto the tape and when you remove the tape it tears it