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Originally Posted by SaraJewell looks awesome. i am thinking about going the plastidip route on my wheels temporarily to see what i think before possibly powder coating them black....my biggest

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Old 11-30-2012, 12:00 AM   #16 (permalink)
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looks awesome. i am thinking about going the plastidip route on my wheels temporarily to see what i think before possibly powder coating them black....my biggest concern is making sure this will actually peel COMPLETELY OFF without a problem. are u sure the heat from the brakes, etc doesnt melt the plastidip on the wheel in ANY WAY?? as long as im promised a clean removal i will try this out
The Plastidip will come off completely and pretty easily as long as you do enough coats

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I've plastidip my wheels before i had them powder coated. The one thing i ran into was the tire shine eating into the plastidip. I don't know if anyone else ran into that problem. But if you are worried that it won't peel completely off it will. I've also plastidip the rear valanc and the front bumper where the fangs are. It has held up since i plastidip it in January of this year.
And yes, tire shine eats into plastidip, you instead have to use tire gel and an applicator carefully
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The Plastidip will come off completely and pretty easily as long as you do enough coats



And yes, tire shine eats into plastidip, you instead have to use tire gel and an applicator carefully
I finally figured that out after the fact lol.
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I finally figured that out after the fact lol.
LOL, sorry, I figured it must have a real weakness, and I fortunately googled it before I did my friend's
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LOL, sorry, I figured it must have a real weakness, and I fortunately googled it before I did my friend's
Oh man, you should of seen the look on my face as i wiped the shine off the plastidip.... i was like followed by
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