Airmapper
First Fill-Up (of many)
- Location
- Bowling Green, KY
No, not on my X. But it's something I always wanted to try, and I found the perfect candidate.
My Mom had been complaining about her Toyota Tundra's alloy's being very corroded, a black moldy looking splotches on them. I thought about it, and remembered that Plastidip came out with the new Aluminum Metallic color. It sounded like a good solution, no labor intensive prep needed, and it would look good for a while, if not I could either patch it up or re-coat.
I think it turned out pretty good. I was amazed that the colors are very similar. I ordered a wheel kit from dipyourcar.com and it included a can of glossifier, I put about 2 good coats of that on each wheel and still have some in the can. I ended up doing them on the truck, still was a lot of work, but nothing like paint.
Yet to see how it will hold up to wheel maintenance. I reluctantly went over the wheel weights. I could have replaced them but forgot to make a list of weights needed and get some.
Anyway, pics below, before/after.
My Mom had been complaining about her Toyota Tundra's alloy's being very corroded, a black moldy looking splotches on them. I thought about it, and remembered that Plastidip came out with the new Aluminum Metallic color. It sounded like a good solution, no labor intensive prep needed, and it would look good for a while, if not I could either patch it up or re-coat.
I think it turned out pretty good. I was amazed that the colors are very similar. I ordered a wheel kit from dipyourcar.com and it included a can of glossifier, I put about 2 good coats of that on each wheel and still have some in the can. I ended up doing them on the truck, still was a lot of work, but nothing like paint.
Yet to see how it will hold up to wheel maintenance. I reluctantly went over the wheel weights. I could have replaced them but forgot to make a list of weights needed and get some.
Anyway, pics below, before/after.