Plasti-Dip to help protect wheels ?

So I live in northeast pa , and they salt and brine the crap outta our roads in the winter . I WAS looking for a good used set of winter tires and steel rims but I’m not sure if that’s going to happen in time . I had the idea of using clear plasti-dip on my rims I have now to protect them from the salt and brine mix , anyone try this already ?

I have the sema wheels and BFGoodrich ko2’s (which are new) so they are great probably great for snow I would imagine .

 

I would say give it a shot!!! but add a thick layer? I've never dipped my rims.

 

I do it once every 2 years. I put on 5-6 light coats for an even coating. I live in MA and have zero pitting or rust on my TRD sport rims. It is one of the main reasons why I did it in the first place. 6 years old and look brand new. The great thing is, you can peel it right off afterwards if necessary.

 

Do you use the clear plasti-dip ? I believe it’s call glossifier I think

 

Nope, I used the black. I wanted to "murder" out my chrome TRD wheels since my truck was MGM color

 

It’s a flat black I think right ?

 

Yup.

 

That looks sweet ! Thanks for answering me , about how many cans did you use (for all four wheels) how many coats did you do ? how does it hold up in car washes ?

 

Car washes through golden nozzle is fine. I go through it at least once a week. I used four cans, but bought a fifth just in case. I did 5-6 light coats to make sure it was even and not runny. I would just take off all of my wheels, having the entire truck on jack stands, place them on the grass (knowing that I will mow up any overspray, ) and I put playing cards in between the outer rim and the tire (so it doesn't get on the tire and give it a clean edge). It is ok the get in on the tire put I just wanted to make it look clean.

 

Btw, wait able 30 minutes in between coats and make sure the temp is over 65 degrees.

 

did you leave the center cap on the rim and spray it or did you do your center cap separate ? Do those have center caps ?

 

Yes the do have center caps and I kept them on.

 

@crashngiggles so I did my rims and emblems to , they turned out great I think !





Thanks for your input and wisdom, I also sprayed over the center caps (I tried to get them off but wasn’t successful ) . I didn’t take the wheels off the truck, just taped and masked around them and wrapped newspaper around my drums and discs . I painted a few coats then rolled the truck forward a 1/2 wheel turn and sprayed. Few more coats then rolled the truck forward a 1/4 turn of the rim .

I ran out of time but I want to try to “trace” out and cut out the red trd in the center caps .

 

They look great! Super easy right? They will last about 2 years before you will start to see some peeling. Then when you are ready to redo them, take a very good pressure washer to them to get off as much as the old stuff as possible and them repeat the coating process again.

 

Yep it was easy , the plastidip is very forgiving and the nozzle on the can works good . I tried the playing card between the tire and rim but it didn’t slide in between. So I just used newspaper and masking tape .