Powder coat or plasti dip?

[Tim]

I disagree, I've tested it out on my rims here, and couldn't crack it or chips out of it

Of course it doesnt crack or chip. Its a rubbery finish. Any impact with something mildly sharp tends to tear it though and once it does it can start to peel off. It is what it is. But a strong finish it is not.

[The Speedfighter]

Of course it doesnt crack or chip. Its a rubbery finish. Any impact with something mildly sharp tends to tear it though and once it does it can start to peel off. It is what it is. But a strong finish it is not.

Agreed on that point. But we've tried pointing a high pressure hose on it, nothing happened. I start going over it with sandpaper, nothing happened. Finally when I scraped a rock on it (and I put quite a bit of pressure on it) that's when it started going wrong.

[Stan]

I'm sure plasti dip has its purposes... Seems to work really well for trim, mirrors etc

I had my wheels powder coated for $45 each, which included having them blasted - hard to beat at that price and durability

[zei20t]

if you spend $100-150 to spray your wheels in plastic - and maybe do them every 2 years or $200-300 to have them powercoated, I know know ill be going powercoat.

$45 a pop is a good price IMO

[candy_wagon]

Wow - thanks for your input everyone. I wasn't expecting much on this topic!

plastidip is a bit of fun to have a tinker with but its not very hard wearing. Really it depends if you want the results to be long lasting or not.

Also plastidip is available locally for around $30/can if you shop about. You wont be able to import pressure packs via the post.

Thanks Tim. That was the sort of thing I wanted to hear. Also, I simply forgot about importing pressure packs!

I did my grill in plastidip and it probably needs redoing after 2 years.

I don't know how long it would last on wheels though.

I plan on having my car for more than 2 years and I will do approximately 40,000km per year. Maybe it won't be durable enough in my application.

I bought from the local distributor Australian Master Distributor Plasti Dip International-Performix (Plastidip) @ $25 per can incl. GST. Shipping is cheap and by fast courier ftw

They also sell a 'can gun' attachment for $10, which supposedly gives a more even coat and better results, but I haven't tried it out yet so can't confirm.

gonna be giving my flat fives a temporary new look pretty soon

Hmmm, what colour are you going Todd? Will be interested to see the pics and how they come up...

I'm sure plasti dip has its purposes... Seems to work really well for trim, mirrors etc

I had my wheels powder coated for $45 each, which included having them blasted - hard to beat at that price and durability

I can see you're in Gellong Stan, but who did you use to get the powder coating done? I am in Melbourne.

if you spend $100-150 to spray your wheels in plastic - and maybe do them every 2 years or $200-300 to have them powercoated, I know know ill be going powercoat.

$45 a pop is a good price IMO

Agreed. For the wheels at least, powdercoating seems to be the solution. I may still consider plasti dip for the other bits though.