Painted or Plasti-dipped 18" stock Sierra Z71 rims

sundj15 · July 31, 2015

I have done a bit of searching with no luck. I am looking to see if anyone has painted or plastidipped their 18" rims that come not the z71 Sierras. I am looking to put a gloss black coat on mine but would like to see what it would look like before spending the money and time. Hopefully there isn't a post on this already. if so please link it.

Mike1220 · July 31, 2015

several plastidipping threads, I dipped my rims but they arent the ones you are looking at. Try dipping them. It'll cost you around 2-3 hours and $20-25. If you don't like it, peel it off and go back to the drawing board. Thats the beauty of plastidip

Asells · July 31, 2015

Heres my wheels I just dipped. 5 coats and one of clear or glossifier I dont remember which one I used.

sundj15 · July 31, 2015

Awesome. I just couldn't find one with the rims. Would you happen to have a picture with them on yet? I've seen plenty of Plasti-dip threads and have used it on rims before but have seen one with same rims, wasn't sure if it would look good or if it would just blend the spokes in the rim together.

Asells · July 31, 2015

I havent mounted them yet since I got my other set on. I will be putting these on for winter.

DirtyMarcus · July 31, 2015

Plastidip just released a "topcoat" which is a high gloss final coating. Its pricey and not easy for a beginner to use. It only comes in quarts and gallons and you will need a prevail sprayer to apply it (if you dont have a spray gun). But if you are set on having a higher gloss its the way to go and still way cheaper than painting, plus its removable when you get tired of it. If applied correctly it looks good but its not easy to apply correctly, ive worked with it some. This pic doesnt really do it justice.

sundj15 · July 31, 2015

Thanks for that. I'll look into it. I don't have a sprayer or have any experience with them but may have a couple friends that could do it.

I really want the gloss finish. Not a big fan of matte finish much anymore.

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DirtyMarcus · July 31, 2015

You pay want to look into protek and raail coats also. If you have someone who can spray it for you. Those are just like plastidip but have higher gloss without and extra coating needed.

milligan · August 1, 2015

Curious about this too. Let us know what you end up doing.

sundj15 · August 3, 2015

I'll let you know. I'm thinking I may just do the regular black plastidip with the glossifier. I kinda like how Asells looks and with all the black on my summit white truck being more of a matte finish it would probably look just fine without being high gloss. What do you guys think?

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Asells · August 3, 2015

I'll let you know. I'm thinking I may just do the regular black plastidip with the glossifier. I kinda like how Asells looks and with all the black on my summit white truck being more of a matte finish it would probably look just fine without being high gloss. What do you guys think?

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i think it would look great. I was surprised how well my turned out. And if you dont like it peel it off.

Chadwilliam1 · August 3, 2015

I really want to do this. My question is how hard is to clean the rims with the dip on it? I have used plasti dip a few times before but never done rims.