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Old May 8, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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I used it on my wheels and trim on my toyota 4runner. Trust me it doesn't last more than a couple months.
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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minor update for those wondering about painting on top of plasti-dip. unfortunately I slightly curbed my rear-right wheel yesterday and from the looks of it, the paint/plasti-dip protected my wheel since the metal looks fine. but another thing I noticed was that instead of the paint chipping off, it looked more like it peeled off. it still seems to retain the rubbery texture and "peel-ability" even with the paint on top. just a small observation for others who are looking to do a temp wheel color using plasti-dip as a primer.
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 11:59 PM
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donsun, so do you not recommend using plasti-dip for painting the rims?
Old Jun 21, 2011 | 01:45 AM
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plasti-dip and paint has held up fine so far for the 2 months i've had it. I expected it to start peeling a bit where I curbed it, but for the past month even with the heat in atlanta, the plasti-dip hasn't peeled at all and hasn't shown much wear around the rest of the wheel besides small rock chips which obviously happen to any wheel.
Old Jul 18, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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Alright another update. Since the dealership curbed one of my wheels and replaced it, I have my painted wheel sitting in my living room (as mentioned in another thread), so I decided to see how difficult it would be to peel off the plasti-dip/paint. One issue I found was that the paint is harder than the plasti-dip's ability to hold itself together, so there is no nice 'peeling' effect but rather it comes off in very [very] small pieces. Given I obtain a plastic scraper tool that won't scratch the wheel, but get under the plasti dip, it should work pretty well. I also thought of possibly using a pressure washer, but I don't have access to one so not too sure about whether or not it'll work. Under the plasti-dip the wheel retains its oem stock clear/paint and there is no residue left over which shows that the plasti-dip serves its purpose as a temporary 'primer'
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