Powder coat or plasti dip?

[candy_wagon]

I have mentioned here before that I will (eventually) be turning all my silver bits black on my white VRS wagon including wheels, grille, roof rails and even my mirrors.

I have always thought I would powder coat the rims and vinyl wrap the rest, but recently I have been researching plasti dipping everything instead.

Has anyone had any hands on experience with plasti dipping? I guess I am concerned about durability - particularly with high impact areas such as the grille.

The upshot is I can buy a kit with 4 cans of matte black and a 'glossifier' from the USA landed for under $100. This would be about a quarter of the price of the powder coat and vinyl route.

[Tim]

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.

[team_v]

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.

[mitch750]

my friend did 1 and a half wheels with 1 can.. so itd be about 200 of all your wheels..

[bluefrog]

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

[The Speedfighter]

I have mentioned here before that I will (eventually) be turning all my silver bits black on my white VRS wagon including wheels, grille, roof rails and even my mirrors.

I have always thought I would powder coat the rims and vinyl wrap the rest, but recently I have been researching plasti dipping everything instead.

Has anyone had any hands on experience with plasti dipping? I guess I am concerned about durability - particularly with high impact areas such as the grille.

The upshot is I can buy a kit with 4 cans of matte black and a 'glossifier' from the USA landed for under $100. This would be about a quarter of the price of the powder coat and vinyl route.

I've got mine done with Plasti-Dip, and I've also got a friend in Holland who's done it on his Lupo. His wheels lasted for almost 2 years

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.

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

my friend did 1 and a half wheels with 1 can.. so itd be about 200 of all your wheels..

1 can is enough for roughly 1 rim (standard Neptunes)

[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