All right so this is probably the cheapest and the easiest mod for any car
I can think of plastic tip is by far the easiest way to take your old boring rims
to a whole new level and the best part is you can go back to
the original wheels whenever you like so without any further delays here's how
the plastic tip your rims for the best result possible!
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starting off the most
important part is cleaning your rims before you start spraying most people
pass it without taking the rims off and if you go that route make sure to cover
all your brake discs and everything like that with a garbage bag or something
like that but in this case I decided to take my wheels off so I can properly
clean them and get a good even spray and if you do decide to take the wheels off
this is probably gonna be the hardest part especially if you don't have any
power tools but anyways once you have your wheels off if your doing that or
either ways clean your rims as good as you can and use some brake dust cleaner
or some multi-purpose cleaner both work fine and once you've done that rinse
them with soap and water and make sure the wheels are 100% dry before we do
anything else next up I'll be masking off and covering any places I don't want
to get deep on so for the most part if you're doing this with the wheels on the
car you can just pull the plastic from the tires when it's still wet and it
does come off pretty easy or if you want to be extra safe use some wd-40 or some
kind of oil on a towel and just rub that on the tires so the plastic it won't
stick directly on the tires but make sure you don't get any oil on your rims
so once you're all set we're ready for a first base coat now I'm going for a
copper finish but I can't just start spraying copper on silver rims so first
of all I'll paint it all black and then add the copper layer on top so let's
start with the first base coat of black now this cooling needs to be very very
light it's supposed to be semi-transparent and this is where you
might mess out especially if you're using positive for the first time so
again this is my first black base coat and later on once I have it all black
I'll be adding my copper metalizer to give it a finishing color now this is
also my very first time and soon enough I realize taking the wheels off was a
better choice for me but I'll put this out there if you have some experience
with plastidip and how the spray can work so you can pretty much get an even
coat without actually wheels off but if it's your very first
time I recommend taking at least two wheels off get a hang of it and then you
can try to spray the rest of them with the wheel still on the most important
part here is not having any overspray and having the rims flat on the ground
definitely helps with any run overs has the pro tip start spraying outside the
rims and then move in and out because you might get a little bit of overspray
every time you press the spray bottle so spray in and out so press let go press
let go now you can kind of see at some overspray on my first base coat but
since I had the wheels pad on the ground I didn't really have plastic dripping
and the end result were pretty good so by the time I came to my total wheel I
got pretty comfortable with the spray cast - it really just takes you to base
coats to get a feel of the spray can and how it works now once you're done your
base coat let it dry for at least 10 minutes naturally and if you had any
overspray like I did it'll get better with the second coat
and in fact by the time you're done you won't be able to see any imperfections
as long as you don't have the paint dripping all right so about ten minutes
later I started with my second coat and this is where everything falls into
place a lot nicely and by this time you should have a solid hang on the spray
can and make sure you get all the hard-to-reach places and hit a bit every
angle possible once you've done your second coat let that dry for another
10-15 minutes and then we can move on to our third coat all right so my second
coat dried up and now I'm starting with my third one now if you're just bring
black this might be our last coat till you start seeing finishing results and I
do recommend adding a fourth course just to make the layers a little bit thicker
so it can take some small scuffs and scratches and I'll also be a lot more
easier to peel off when you need to now for the most part if you're doing this
right doing your fourth chord is where you
should start using your third camp so if you just want to do three coats two
kinds of plastidip should be enough to get four wheels done but it's important
adding a fourth coil otherwise they'll be a pain taking it off when it starts
coming out in little small pieces so for me I did my four coats of black and by
this time I've used two and a half cans of plastidip and now to get my finishing
result I'll be using my copper metalizer and the number of course you use really
depends on the type of color you want more the coats the brighter the color is
gonna look so for me I dev to Coast and it kind of gave me a dark shade kind of
in a brown look but later on I decided to add two more layers and I gave me a
pretty bright color and it looks really good so in total and they're four coats
of black four coats of copper now the only
problem with plastidip is it gets pretty dirty really fast and it's really hard
to clean so you'll have to use some type of brake dust cleaner or some type of
multi-purpose cleaner that doesn't melt away the plastidip so whatever type of
chemical you're using make sure you try it on a small sample area before you
ruin your rims and after a week or two up notice plastic does lose a shine so
you constantly need to clean your rims otherwise you'll start seeing the color
getting darker and darker until you clean them now fresh positive I've
noticed takes about two to three days to fully dry up but I will recommend using
any type of pressure washer oh and anything to clean your rims at least
till a week after you've done your plastidip by that time it should be rock
solid and properly stick to your rims and it shouldn't go anywhere and for
most part it does take up small scuffs and scratches pretty good and yeah if
you did take off your rims make sure you don't put them back on or touch them for
at least 24 hours let it dry let it settle up otherwise you can have the
plastic peel off while you're installing the rims because it happened to me and
yet guys that's how you plastidip your rims it's actually pretty easy and
pretty simple and it's a very cheap way to change the color of your rims now if
you liked this video let me know in a comment down below if you need any help
you can ask a question I'll try to answer all questions I can and I'll have
prod links to everything abused in this video in the description box down below
and as always thanks for watching!