jsygrovehpi

Just posting before and after pictures of my hard work. They are going to be installed on a 2000 White Firebird Trans Am WS-6.

What do you think?

camaro1185

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Looks good jon!

Arctic_Z

Looks good! I remember when I had my stock wheels and there was beggining to be a lot of black on my car, so I decided to try out the plastidip. The flat black looked odd and dirty as hell, I ended up redoing it thicker and then sprayed some clear over it, didn't look like brake dust anymore and almost everyone thought they were painted!

StuntmanMike

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Are you not sure you're going to like them?

If not, I don't understand why you wouldn't just paint them. Isn't plasti-dip temporary?

WS6-Bird99

Plasti dip isn't as temporary as you would think. Haha I plasti dipped my stock WS6 rims after I stripped them. I had to restrip them twice and it's still not all the way off:/ just haven't had time to finish them. They looked awesome with the dip though. Not bad for 8 bucks. Haha

jsygrovehpi

I wasn't sure if I would like how flat black powder coating would look so before I spend $300 on that (and not being able to reverse it) I figured that I'd give something that looks the same and is completely reversible a try.

Problem is that I want to plastidip all the wheels now and in order to try them out I need to mount the tires. If I decide to go through with the powercoating I would need to take the tires back off and then remount them post powder coating costing me extra $100 in mounting and balancing.

Plastidip is temporary but if I don't touch it it can stay on indefinitely! Touch up on scratches is as easy as pulling out the can for a quick spray.

Do I know you?

silverWS.6

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That's gonna look damn good! What size wheels?

jsygrovehpi

I have an actual set of Z06 wheels so 17x9.5 fronts and 18x10.5 rears, but I am selling the rears in favor for 2 more fronts because of fitment issues. (would need to run a pretty large spacer and tire still might rub inside of wheel well without a BFH mod.)

desertLS1

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Hard work? Does your finger hurt? Lol

Plasti dip is a nice option to see if you'll like the look.
If you do, ditch it in a hurry....

jsygrovehpi

How come?

Donohue96M6Z28

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X2, that was my thought as well.

jsygrovehpi

Kinda. Thanks for your concern.

(I'd talk some smack but I don't know what the rules are on the forum. )

thunderstruck507

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Just FYI you can also paint over plastidip and still peel it off when you're tired of the look

01SuperSport

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Looks good!!! Never heard of plastidip before. Was going to tell you a flat black ceta mod on your car would look good with the wheels to match but that stuff is only temporary???

Cape T/A

I think they looked better before you sprayed them. Black wheels on light colored cars look horroible IMO.

desertLS1

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It collects dust and dirt really fast, and after a couple of weeks, it just looks cheap and tacky.
Not to mention the texture starts looking rough.

jsygrovehpi

Yeah. Technically it is. But if you dont touch it I dont see why it couldnt be used long term.

Anyhow, I will make my decision to powder coat once I can get these rear Z06 wheels sold or traded for 2 more fronts.

Sail Hatan

This is what I did. Plasti dip, than gloss black. Comes right off.
Looks good.

South

I like it! I'm trying to deside between silver and black myself, right now:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...otos-poll.html

94'BLKBRD

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They look good.