Got bored so i plasti-dipped my rims on the touring> [Archive] - Bimmerforums

snosk8luke

11-28-2009, 06:29 PM

Just wanted to try something different. So I plast-dipped my rims black, but only on one side. If I don't like it then I'll just peel it off back to silver. Was thinking about going gold also. What do you guys think? I think I like the silver better but if I go black I'm gonna have to shadowline the windows./http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/e39paint1.jpg/http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/e39paint6.jpghttp://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/e39paint2.jpg/http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/e39paint3.jpghttp://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/e39paint4.jpg/http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/e39paint5.jpg

nineball12

11-28-2009, 06:33 PM

how did you do that?

newton22

11-28-2009, 06:33 PM

Not bad, but you could have just disassembled the wheels or at least taken them off. :confused

M3Alpine99

11-28-2009, 06:36 PM

Silver. Stay Silver.

snosk8luke

11-28-2009, 06:37 PM

how did you do that?Tape and spray. That's it.

Not bad, but you could have just disassembled the wheels or at least taken them off. :confusedTo lazy today. Prep took about 20 minutes and plast-dip sprays on in 10. It's just a temp way of seeing a different look on the car. No need to take them off. Just put some newspaper behind the wheel so I didn't get any on the brakes.

Silver. Stay Silver.
bbs gold maybe?

shiftingspeeds

11-28-2009, 06:47 PM

I like both... nice car all the way around!

berti00

11-28-2009, 06:51 PM

black looks way sicker than silver.... nice job :D

vdubkid

11-28-2009, 06:55 PM

Not a fan of the black. But gold on blue is usually a good combination.

Edev

11-28-2009, 06:58 PM

Not a fan of the black. But gold on blue is usually a good combination.

This this this this thissssssss. :D

Madtown

11-28-2009, 06:59 PM

Stay silver & do the shadowline anyway.

snosk8luke

11-28-2009, 07:23 PM

This this this this thissssssss. :DI wanna try it bad. Maybe just buy the mix your own color plasti-dip and try it on in gold.

Stay silver & do the shadowline anyway.I actually like the chrome trim with the silver rims though. kinda flows

IRUNEDM

11-28-2009, 07:43 PM

i say stay silver.

pomps325i

11-28-2009, 07:54 PM

Nice work. I like the black.

Looks like it came out very good for leaving the wheels on the car. How did you go about not getting paint on the lips?

snosk8luke

11-28-2009, 08:00 PM

Nice work. I like the black.

Looks like it came out very good for leaving the wheels on the car. How did you go about not getting paint on the lips?masked them off. see pics

zero60

11-28-2009, 08:01 PM

black looks way sicker than silver.... nice job :D

^this, but I'm sure they'll look good in almost any color as long as its done right.

Caz-01

11-28-2009, 08:06 PM

black looks way sicker than silver.... nice job

kelevra

11-28-2009, 08:23 PM

savage217

11-28-2009, 08:24 PM

I'm a fan of silver but you did a nice job on the black.

cmybimmer

11-28-2009, 08:28 PM

I have never seen anyone paint rims like that :lol. Both silver and black look sick, but ima have to go with black on this and do the shadowline. Itll look :drool:

raveadelic

11-28-2009, 08:33 PM

i say stay silver.

snosk8luke

11-28-2009, 08:35 PM

were did you get this stuff??

you say you can just peel it off? really? so you can do anything and just peel it off if you dont like it? sounds too good to be true. i've been wanting to try a few colors for the E36.

i gotta try this..search for plasti-dip on the forum. You will probably see many threads of people trying this stuff on different parts of thier car. Also google multi-color plasti-dip. There are places on the web you can order different colors of the stuff. I bought my cans at home-depot btw in the paint dept.

I have never seen anyone paint rims like that :lol. Both silver and black look sick, but ima have to go with black on this and do the shadowline. Itll look :drool:Thanks mang. I've never painted like this either but I just didn't feel like taking the wheels off today. Wanted a quick new look I guess. Like I said, I only did one side. So going down the highway, depending on what side you're on, you get a different looking car. Shadowline is next btw.

I'm a fan of silver but you did a nice job on the black.I love the silver to but I get bored sooooo easily. Gotta be doing something to the wag.

Turbo ///M50

11-28-2009, 09:09 PM

photoshop is a lot quicker and far less work :)

I prefer gold over black.. but the silver looks nice as well

snosk8luke

11-28-2009, 09:12 PM

photoshop is a lot quicker and far less work :)
I prefer gold over black.. but the silver looks nice as welllol, u r so right

j0sh866

11-28-2009, 09:28 PM

Could you get close ups? No primer I assume? Will that stuff actually hold up on wheels?

tabasco

11-28-2009, 10:09 PM

Not bad. I say keep two silver and two black...just like you have it!

Jason

WhatsBFc

11-28-2009, 10:26 PM

:rofl2

wtfck... ahah ive never seen anyone paint wheels while it was on the car still. Looks good but it looks better silver

ducky328i

11-28-2009, 10:34 PM

gold>silver>black in this case...

espguitarist

11-28-2009, 10:49 PM

Now I know what to do with that spare can of plasti-dip!!! Let me know how easily it peels off, I'd like to experiment with my wheels...

I think silver looks best on blue.

Xmr9barbarianX

11-28-2009, 10:57 PM

I'd like to see how gold looks, i like the silver over the black though

NONN37

11-28-2009, 11:26 PM

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i197/beatles45rpm/wagongld.jpg

5mall5nail5

11-28-2009, 11:45 PM

So you spray painted them ;)

Plasti-dip

This term has lost its meaning lately.

87shark

11-29-2009, 12:41 AM

Go gold.

dustyice

11-29-2009, 12:52 AM

i like em the way they are over gold :shifty

adamnur

11-29-2009, 02:10 AM

Interesting...how hard is this stuff to peel off? If it's not peeled off, does it actually hold up?

Looks pretty good for a rubber coating.

snosk8luke

11-29-2009, 02:58 AM

Could you get close ups? No primer I assume? Will that stuff actually hold up on wheels?I'll shoot some close ups tomorrow and post em. No primer but I did spray a clear coat over the latex to give em a little shine.It'll hold up till I peel it off.

Not bad. I say keep two silver and two black...just like you have it!

JasonThanks Jasson. I kinda like the two different colors on each side also. Think I'll leave it for a while.

Now I know what to do with that spare can of plasti-dip!!! Let me know how easily it peels off, I'd like to experiment with my wheels...

I think silver looks best on blue.Silver does look better on blue imo also. But having the black on oneside gives me the best of both. I get bored with my car so easily anyway. If noone likes black, I don't care. btw it will stay on till you peel off and it's not to hard to do so. Just grab a corner and pull slowly. I would love to see someone else do this.

540iboy

11-29-2009, 03:06 AM

if you painted the trim black i think it would really set them off.

unless you eventually go with gold :)

snosk8luke

11-29-2009, 03:07 AM

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i197/beatles45rpm/wagongld.jpg
haha, that's awesome. Thanks man! Now that I've seen the gold I gotta say I still think silver looks better.

if you painted the trim black i think it would really set them off.

unless you eventually go with gold :)True, shadowline is a must.Prep is a bitch though. Takes forever to mask and tape the car up. I've done it on several cars.

Rose City

11-29-2009, 03:14 AM

Most definitely stay silver

Tatalalicious

11-29-2009, 03:18 AM

stay silver but shadow line the trim still. Would look clean in my opinion

jhstealth

11-29-2009, 03:55 AM

haha that is pretty sweet! I love how it just peels off.

adamnur

11-29-2009, 04:17 AM

Did a bit of googling, seems like it's fairly common practice. Might be cool just to see how you like a different look, as the OP did.

Let us know how easy it peels off.

Bahnstorming335

11-29-2009, 04:24 AM

You car pulls it off very well.. innovative yet lazy at the same time haha good work dude.

ps.. black out your trim!!

MaxSteel

11-29-2009, 05:01 AM

Gold. Always gold.

Almandino

11-29-2009, 07:21 AM

Black looks also hot but whatzefuck how do you put the paper backside on ur wheels? :eek:

slimsojar

11-29-2009, 07:38 AM

the black is clean. i think it brings out the wheels more. regardless, they both look good.

Dat Aus

11-29-2009, 09:04 AM

please, please, please don't leave them black. gold will look amazing but silver also looks great.

can i have your car?

Bulletproof_E82

11-29-2009, 09:18 AM

How well does this stuff hold up? How much did you use to do 2 wheels?

97 Ex/SiR

11-29-2009, 09:45 AM

cool. the silver is boring as crap, and the black looks much better. MUCH better. gold would be ok, but the black is the best, IMO.

snosk8luke

11-29-2009, 11:54 AM

Gold. Always gold.I figured you would say that, lol. I love your car.

Black looks also hot but whatzefuck how do you put the paper backside on ur wheels? :eek:haha, just stuffed it through the spokes and pulled it around. I used that thick paper that you put down on the floors when you are painting the walls in your house. Easy peezy japaneezy.

Did a bit of googling, seems like it's fairly common practice. Might be cool just to see how you like a different look, as the OP did.

Let us know how easy it peels off.Ah yes the almighty google search. That's where I got the idea also. I saw a guy do his wheels on his audi and then he took picks of him pulling it off.

please, please, please don't leave them black. gold will look amazing but silver also looks great.

can i have your car?no

How well does this stuff hold up? How much did you use to do 2 wheels?I used 1 and a half cans. Did about 3 coats and it cost me 10 bucks.

cool. the silver is boring as crap, and the black looks much better. MUCH better. gold would be ok, but the black is the best, IMO.Mixed opinions in this thread. I really think I like having both colors. Maybe I'll shadowline just the side that has black wheels,lol. Hell, you can only look at one side at a time anyway. It'll be like having two diff cars,haha.

Boogieboy

11-29-2009, 01:06 PM

Ahhhhh boredom......i have been there...lol.

It looks good with the black i think.......the gold would be the ish though for sure! :D

EDIT: How can you not like this color combo? This is still one of my favorite bimmers on the forums and one of the inspirations for getting my gold DPE's for my E39.
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt190/djrockit01/mcoupe10.jpg

BMW525i

11-29-2009, 01:10 PM

silver looks so much better

whoshaunq

11-29-2009, 02:05 PM

i like it black but i like it silver,:dunno but where do you get plasti- dip?

snosk8luke

11-29-2009, 02:17 PM

i like it black but i like it silver,:dunno but where do you get plasti- dip?home depot mang. In the paint dept.

Ahhhhh boredom......i have been there...lol.

It looks good with the black i think.......the gold would be the ish though for sure! :D

EDIT: How can you not like this color combo? This is still one of my favorite bimmers on the forums and one of the inspirations for getting my gold DPE's for my E39.
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt190/djrockit01/mcoupe10.jpgwow that clown shoe does look amazing with that color combo.

EThirtySicks

11-29-2009, 02:52 PM

please, please, please don't leave them black. gold will look amazing but silver also looks great.

can i have your car?
This exactly. Black is so played, it almost never looks good :az

zero60

11-29-2009, 05:49 PM

blaaaacccckkkkkkkkkkkkk..the gold looks decent too but I always think suby when I see that combo.

silver looks good too though.

snosk8luke

11-29-2009, 05:51 PM

silver looks good too though.[/quote]

snosk8luke

11-30-2009, 10:27 PM

blaaaacccckkkkkkkkkkkkk..the gold looks decent too but I always think suby when I see that combo.

silver looks good too though.I'm gonna do the shadowline this weekend and I will post pics.

DeM3n

11-30-2009, 11:08 PM

Gold

/thread

Ianbiz

11-30-2009, 11:16 PM

silver looks sick

dophineh

11-30-2009, 11:38 PM

LOVE the black.

TC2

12-01-2009, 12:41 AM

I'd go with black.
Around here, you can get Plasti-dip at Wal-Mart.

e34 life

12-01-2009, 12:54 AM

:rofl i cant blv you just painted the wheel with it on the car?! couldnt you at least taken it off the car?!

gold, def. not black. black mesh is boring.

AndrewH

12-01-2009, 02:17 AM

back to silver please kthnx

snosk8luke

12-01-2009, 03:56 PM

:rofl i cant blv you just painted the wheel with it on the car?! couldnt you at least taken it off the car?!

gold, def. not black. black mesh is boring.Believe it! To lazy that day and I wasn't using real paint so I did both wheels fairly quick. It's plasti-dip so it's reversable mang.

LOVE the black.
Of course you do, you're car looks awesome with black. Thanks man.

Pic under the bridge. Doesn't go with this thread but I like it.http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/highway010.jpg

Zack01GC

12-01-2009, 06:04 PM

CoachJay

12-01-2009, 08:21 PM

Compared to the before and after, both look good. I like the before though better. Pretty cool stuff. How does the plasti dip resist to heat build up on hard drives and hot braking?

snosk8luke

12-01-2009, 10:34 PM

Black/polished wheels look like shit on a blue car.

I take that back. Wheels with black centers and polished lips look like shit 90% of the time anyway, regardless of the model of wheel or color of car. No offense.

Silver or GoldYou're entitled bro but I disagree. See audihttp://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/audia4.jpg

Compared to the before and after, both look good. I like the before though better. Pretty cool stuff. How does the plasti dip resist to heat build up on hard drives and hot braking?It holds up well. I did put clear coat on top of the plasti-dip to help it hold up better though.

dophineh

12-01-2009, 11:20 PM

boser hood FTW!!!

also, that freeway overpass pic would be NASTY if it were sharp!

snosk8luke

12-02-2009, 12:23 AM

boser hood FTW!!!

also, that freeway overpass pic would be NASTY if it were sharp!
I know. We tried to blur out the bridge and get a sharp focus on the car but it didn't work out like I wanted.

SethuM

12-02-2009, 12:33 AM

:rofl2

wtfck... ahah ive never seen anyone paint wheels while it was on the car still. Looks good but it looks better silver

i painted my yellow stripes while the wheels were on the car haha

snosk8luke

12-02-2009, 03:41 PM

[QUOTE=SethuM;18055352]i painted my yellow stripes while the wheels were on the car haha[/QUOTE
pretty cool man. Did you just pin stripe w/a brush or tape off and spray?

Itsablurr

12-02-2009, 05:32 PM

PLASTI-DIP?!?!?! :confused

...on friggin wheels? You've got to be kidding me. :facepalm

This is the crap you use on a set of pliers to put a plastic coating on the handles.

Rides & styling has reached a whole new low. :( If you like it, great... but man oh man.

Not bad, but you could have just disassembled the wheels or at least taken them off. :confused

Well, they appear to be 1 piece cast replicas of 2 piece forged wheels. ;)

OP- keep the wheels silver. Black just looks bad on mesh-style wheels. It hides the finer spoke shapes and detailing that makes a mesh wheel look good.

adamnur

12-02-2009, 06:15 PM

Plasti-dip doesn't seem like a bad solution if you want to ride with a new look to see if you like it. Then do a more permanent solution after you peel it off, or stick with the old look.

Zack01GC

12-02-2009, 06:35 PM

You're entitled bro but I disagree. See audihttp://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/snosk8luke/audia4.jpg

Different strokes for different folks. I think it makes those wheels look cheap. There are always exceptions, but I still think it gives off a cheap look most of the time.

DJWhitebread

12-02-2009, 08:59 PM

Keep the black!

You know what they say, once you go black...

SethuM

12-02-2009, 11:17 PM

[QUOTE=SethuM;18055352]i painted my yellow stripes while the wheels were on the car haha[/QUOTE
pretty cool man. Did you just pin stripe w/a brush or tape off and spray?

tape and newspaper and spray ftw

snosk8luke

12-03-2009, 12:06 AM

PLASTI-DIP?!?!?! :confused

...on friggin wheels? You've got to be kidding me. :facepalm

This is the crap you use on a set of pliers to put a plastic coating on the handles.

Rides & styling has reached a whole new low. :( If you like it, great... but man oh man.

Well, they appear to be 1 piece cast replicas of 2 piece forged wheels. ;)

OP- keep the wheels silver. Black just looks bad on mesh-style wheels. It hides the finer spoke shapes and detailing that makes a mesh wheel look good.I'm glad I could contribute to taking this section to an all time low,LOL.Don't get to excited man. It's just a cheap quick way to see what it looks like. Will I ride it for a few weeks, yep. If I decide that's the look I want then peel, sand, and paint or powdercoat will be done the right way. I do kinda dig the left side black and right side silver for now though. And yes they are reps but I'm ok with that to. I'm not paid in the shade but on a budget like most. My little boy gets all my cash unlike the olden days when I had real lm's.

Plasti-dip doesn't seem like a bad solution if you want to ride with a new look to see if you like it. Then do a more permanent solution after you peel it off, or stick with the old look.
exactly.

Keep the black!

You know what they say, once you go black...haha, I have gone black but I might go back.

[quote=snosk8luke;18060757]

tape and newspaper and spray ftwNICE! You car looks good man. Different look and you're pulling it off well.