[NitroLX]

What is everyone's thoughts on plastic dipping rims?

Cheap fix?
Better to just get new rims?

[kevinjt]

IMHO.. Just have them professionally powder coated or... get new wheels. I hate the pasti dip feel/texture

[RoundelM3]

Wheel refinishing is cheaper than new wheels and much better looking than plasti-dip (or doing it yourself with any type of paint). There are places you can take your wheels to and others that are mobile and will do them wherever is convenient for you. The refinishers will remove and refinish each wheel without having to remove the tire.

[roll_the_dice]

Are you doing it to change color or hide imperfections? If you like your wheels, I say plasti dip them. If you don't like your wheels, plasti dipping them or powder coating them won't change how they look and you still won't like them. If you want to change color, I say do it...it is inexpensive to do..under $50 to do all 4 wheels. If you have a lot of curb rash, I would get them repaired..but to change color...I say plasti dip them. It is changeable and when you sell your car, you can take it back to stock and not worry if someone will like the dark rims you had painted/powder coated.

[badbread]

I'm a huge fan of plastidip, I used it on my kidney grill and rear reflectors. Buddy of mine used it on his rims, didn't even prep them except for washing and they lasted over 2 years of heavy highway driving (sales guy, 1000's of miles)

best part is, if you don't like how they look, it just peels right off.

[NitroLX]

This is what im saying,

I want to change them to black i think the car would look alot nice with black rims. but i dont know if i want to spend for new rims ro just coat mine.. it would be just to change color.. on top of that.. i want to be able to change it back to stock if i dont like how it will look or get bored of it.. realistically i want new gunmetal rims.. but dont wanna shell out the money right now..

So i guess its a cheap fix for now?
just dont know if it will look good or look too.. "ghetto"

[roll_the_dice]

Originally Posted by badbread

I'm a huge fan of plastidip, I used it on my kidney grill and rear reflectors. Buddy of mine used it on his rims, didn't even prep them except for washing and they lasted over 2 years of heavy highway driving (sales guy, 1000's of miles)

best part is, if you don't like how they look, it just peels right off.

I forgot I did my grilles also...I also did them on my e90. They are so much ingrained into the car now, I forgot I did them I had it on my e90 for 4 years and I redid them right before I sold it, just to freshen it up a little. Plasti dip holds up really well if you use the right amount of coats. I am about to do the wheels on my wifes Ford Focus ST with plasti dip.

[roll_the_dice]

Originally Posted by NitroLX

This is what im saying,

I want to change them to black i think the car would look alot nice with black rims. but i dont know if i want to spend for new rims ro just coat mine.. it would be just to change color.. on top of that.. i want to be able to change it back to stock if i dont like how it will look or get bored of it.. realistically i want new gunmetal rims.. but dont wanna shell out the money right now..

So i guess its a cheap fix for now?
just dont know if it will look good or look too.. "ghetto"

If done well, they don't look ghetto IMO. I like anthracite better than gunmetal or black plasti dip. Here is a before and after pic of some wheels I found in anthracite.



Before I bought my new wheels for my F30, I plasti dipped the OEM ones...I think they look much better than OEM silver. This was gunmetal...

[NitroLX]

Originally Posted by roll_the_dice

If done well, they don't look ghetto IMO. I like anthracite better than gunmetal or black plasti dip. Here is a before and after pic of some wheels I found in anthracite.



Before I bought my new wheels for my F30, I plasti dipped the OEM ones...I think they look much better than OEM silver. This was gunmetal...

yea i got the OEM ones on now.. and i like them there not bad.. but i want to change the color to something ... i just think since its BSM gunmetal would look nice.. any suggestions..

then again. the black looks nice too.. just got to decide i guess.. i like how yours came out.

[NitroLX]

This is how she sits right now..

Ordering a lip (wish i got the m sport but thats besides the point)
so just need something.. for the shoes.

[goj]

I would never plastidip, especially on a BMW

[roll_the_dice]

Originally Posted by NitroLX

yea i got the OEM ones on now.. and i like them there not bad.. but i want to change the color to something ... i just think since its BSM gunmetal would look nice.. any suggestions..

then again. the black looks nice too.. just got to decide i guess.. i like how yours came out.

If you want gunmetal do Anthracite...it is a truer gray than the gunmetal. The gunmetal has a slight bluish tint to it in certain light. The anthracite which is pictured on the comparison to OEM wheel is what I am going to do with my wifes wheels...If I ever redo my OEM wheels, I will do anthracite. They are currently off the car since I put new wheels on the car. The ones pictured on my EBII F30 is gunmetal...it will take about 1 can per wheel...you want to do 3-4 coats in total. I take the wheels off when I do them...and put index cards around the wheel to separate the wheel and tire so non gets on the tires. Go to plastidipyourcar.com and they have tons of videos with how to get the best results.

Black is on my grilles pictured here...

[NitroLX]

i was going to get it done somewhere, i was not going to do it myself.. but now thinking about it i might.

just still deciding on plastic dig.. plus what will look good. hate the factory oem look

[NitroLX]

Just saw this car and the black on black looks really nice..
i know its different rims and his are not dipped.. but this is just a comparison on what the black on black looks like.

[soarhigh]

Hey man, I just auto dipped my dads f30. It's way better than plasti dip! I had plasti dip on my e90 and it was rubbish. Auto dip is glossy and thicker, and overall looks way better. Check er out

[NitroLX]

Originally Posted by soarhigh

Hey man, I just auto dipped my dads f30. It's way better than plasti dip! I had plasti dip on my e90 and it was rubbish. Auto dip is glossy and thicker, and overall looks way better. Check er out

looks really good!
now the question would be, can you remove them as easy as you can with the plastic dip?

[soarhigh]

Originally Posted by NitroLX

looks really good!
now the question would be, can you remove them as easy as you can with the plastic dip?

Now that I'm not sure , I'd say if so it would be harder to remove than plasti dip