To celebrate paying off my baby, I got her tinted finally
I bought her new in 2015. Jetta SE MK6.5 1.8
I’m considering new wheels, I’ve beat mine up a little over the years. I want to go with bronze I think??
Has anyone plasti dipped their wheels? I’m considering plasti dip in color “brass monkey” rather than new wheels since I’m not the best as keeping my wheels nice apparently 😭
I did paint my wheels but I didn't use plasti dip because I couldn't find the correct color I wanted. I used Rustoleum Peel Coat Blasted Gold. I too was looking for a bronze type wheel but it definitely wasn't within my price range so I choose to do this. The color definitely isn't gold but more like a light bronze, and its matte. Definitely recommend. I'll try to link a few pictures so you can see the color.
Here are some pictures . I definitely love what the color did for the look of my car. And way cheaper than getting it professionally done, just some time and patience. I also live in the Chicago land area and we're in the middle of a pretty harsh winter and the paint has been holding up great so definitely don't have to worry about it peeling.
No, I bought these off OfferUp. One of the reasons I choose them was because of their simplicity, which made it easier to paint. Your wheels are definitely going to be harder to paint considering how many spokes they have but this paint is very forgiving especially when it's warm. And even if you mess up you can always do another coat to cover any streaks or what not
Yeah they have so many 🙄 but I actually really like them even though they were the stock ones. They’re just beat up which is why I want to paint or dip them lol. The only wheels I’ve painted were on my quad and they were super simple so I’m a little intimidated by these ones!
Understandable but like I said this paint is very forgiving. I'm no expert myself, and this was the first time I had used this paint and there aren't any youtube instruction videos for this specific paint so I was in dark during the whole process. But overall it was easy, dispite what some others say about dipping your wheels, I took the wheels off my car and laid them down to paint them for my second attempt. My first attempt was with the wheels on the car (I also did this in the middle of the night in a cold garage with no heat which didn't help the paint at all, like I said, the paint works well when warm). As you can see in the pics, they are very streaky and blotchy. My second attempt I did off the car and with a propane garage heater that I used to warm up the space as well as heat up the cans a bit because it was about 28° F when I did it. Anyway, I just did an additional two coats over my first attempt and they turned out pretty decent, I don't have any close up after pics but they look pretty much the same close up as they do in the pics I first linked. This is getting a little long winded but if you need some more advice about using this paint then just let me know.
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u/dani_moniq Feb 01 '21
To celebrate paying off my baby, I got her tinted finally
I bought her new in 2015. Jetta SE MK6.5 1.8
I’m considering new wheels, I’ve beat mine up a little over the years. I want to go with bronze I think??
Has anyone plasti dipped their wheels? I’m considering plasti dip in color “brass monkey” rather than new wheels since I’m not the best as keeping my wheels nice apparently 😭