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Old 04-10-2012, 06:07 PM
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Default Re: Plasti-Dip Project Finished w/Pics

Originally Posted by uknowhim21
To clean the wheels all you need to do is hose them down with water, spray some simple green on them to help break up the grime, let it sit for a minute or so, wash it off and then take a towel and wipe off all the remaining dirt.
When you put the wheels back on, the back wheels lug nuts will go in with no damage to the plasti dip. But since the front wheels lugs sit out further, they will cause the plasti dip to come up when your tightening the lug nuts. But nothing to worry about since we have the center caps that cover the lugs.
If you let the guy knows that changes the tires that its a plasti dipped wheel and to be as careful as possible, you might be able to change the tires with no harm to the plasti dip since its very durable stuff and only comes up if you really try to pry it up
I'm sure this stuff sticks pretty well; but any type of coating would stick better with a little scuff sanding. I know this would be a lot of work to do, but the adhesion would be much stronger than just laid over the existing clear coat. Needswings first media blasts all their teflon and ceramic coated parts for this precise reason; adhesion.