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Has anyone plasti-dipped their 2014 Sierra with factory SLE 20's?

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Just trying to see if any one has done this, and if it turned out decent. If not, looks like i will have to be the guinea pig!

f8l vnm Senior Enthusiast

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Been thinking about this myself. I have stealth grey , so I was thinking about trying plasti dip grey. Wonder if we can wrap these wheels ?

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Dang Crooks! that looks way better than i thought it would! might have to copy your idea of leaving the lugs shiny! my truck is black, I'll be sure to post after its done!. @ f8l vnm, i was just getting my truck tinted today, and the shop also does vinyl and i inquired on wrapping the wheels. The guy there strongly advised not getting wheels wrapped unless you want to spend a lot of money for nothing on a daily driver, due to reliability. he actually told me to go experiment with plastidip instead because it is much cheaper and more reliable.

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Dang Crooks! that looks way better than i thought it would! might have to copy your idea of leaving the lugs shiny! my truck is black, I'll be sure to post after its done!. @ f8l vnm, i was just getting my truck tinted today, and the shop also does vinyl and i inquired on wrapping the wheels. The guy there strongly advised not getting wheels wrapped unless you want to spend a lot of money for nothing on a daily driver, due to reliability. he actually told me to go experiment with plastidip instead because it is much cheaper and more reliable.

 

I hear ya ..might be the way to go. The gf helped me plasti dip the emblems on my other car and she's good at it. So it might be time to start being nice for the month :)

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If the tire shop or alignment shop not sure who wouldn't of scuffed up the center gmc logo. I would of left them chrome also.

Crooks Enthusiast

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I redid two of the rims and didn't take them off this time. Spray the first coat heavy but don't get it to run. It's not spray paint and if you go to light first coat they have a textured look. If you do it right it's smooth like paint.

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Those are index cards between the the rim and tires. I didn't use them the first time and the over spray was uneven and easy to pull off in some areas and hard to rub off in others.

I will get pics tomorrow. I hope.

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