2002 Snowflakes - PlastiDip black before and after

packfan88 · Post by **packfan88** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:16 pm

So i was looking to go with white rims but the local places only sell black plastidip. Thats what I did and think its ok looking. Not as cool as the black rims on my black truck but meh.

I have no idea what the previous owner did to the rims in order to get them to flake off and corrode the way they did, but a piece of 220 grit wouldnt do it. I just took a wire brush on a drill to them and cleaned it all off. Then I scuffed the other areas. If you plan on removing the plastidip obviously this isnt the route foryou to take but my rims were pretty much garbage (sans spending hours to refinish them or sending them out).

A it was more of a test of plastdip since i think i want white and
B I would think any real refinishing would require rubber off the rims and since im not doing that why go entirely crazy on them.

before

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after

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akirony · Post by **akirony** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:02 pm

Nice Job on the Dip. Looks way better than my firebird wheels I dipped.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:29 pm

packfan88 wrote: I have no idea what the previous owner did to the rims in order to get them to flake off and corrode the way they did,

Neglect, wheel weights on the outer lip. Coated or not, they still scratch the paint, and it corrodes under them. Especially in states that salt the roads. Any weak point in the paint will let corrosion start under the paint. Then it spreads like cancer.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:02 am

Quite an improvement!

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:41 pm

wow I am going to have todo this. Not sure on the color tho. Hmm with plastidip tho you can get pretty creative.

did you use the glossifier or just the plain black?

packfan88 · Post by **packfan88** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:41 pm

thats just black.

Im thinking going with white and the pearlizer.

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:50 am

Looks good, my snowflakes look even worse than yours, I should make em black toooooooooooooooooo

Logan2315 · Post by **Logan2315** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:31 pm

What size wheel and tire is on your neon?

packfan88 · Post by **packfan88** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:03 pm

Logan2315 wrote:What size wheel and tire is on your neon?

factory size

I think 185/60/15?

2GN.ORG

2002 Snowflakes - PlastiDip black before and after

2002 Snowflakes - PlastiDip black before and after

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