 Plasti Dip vs Powdercoating |
 Aug 8, 2013 - 6:26 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 3, '13 From Auckland, New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
The clear coat on my wheels have started to fad on the inside and I want to clean them up. I have seen all the videos of plasti coat and it looks good and I can replicate the colours I might want (either dark bronze or gunmetal) pretty easily and I can remove it if I dont like it but I want to see if anyone has experience with it. People have suggested to powder coat them but thats about 300-400 nzd (250-350 usd roughly). I have also heard peoples stories about powder coated wheels getting weaker in the baking process. Has anyone done either and could offer their experience with either or even suggest a better option.
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Aug 8, 2013 - 8:33 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Oct 24, '09 From Appleton, Wisconsin 54915 Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
If you want to stay with a color, powder coat them once and be done. If you want to test the looks, then you should plasti dip until you find a color you like and then powder coat. I've never heard of a rim weakening due to the powder coating process, they don't heat the wheels enough to change the molecules of the alloy.
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Aug 8, 2013 - 8:35 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE (cyberblader1130 @ Aug 8, 2013 - 9:33 PM)  If you want to stay with a color, powder coat them once and be done. If you want to test the looks, then you should plasti dip until you find a color you like and then powder coat. I've never heard of a rim weakening due to the powder coating process, they don't heat the wheels enough to change the molecules of the alloy. The few cases I have heard of would of been manufacturing defects in the actual wheel. There is a shop around me that refuses to powdercoat wheels because this happened to them and the owner of the wheels tried to sue them for damages. They won the battle in the end, but now they will not powdercoat rims... as a shame since they did a great job too... --------------------  ------------------------------| White '94 Celica | Bought 11/05/12 | Sold 12/05/15 |------------------------------ |
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