vinyl wrapping wheels
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So i was looking around the this site and others trying to find some information on wrapping wheels but in the end found nothing other than a few threads with no real traction....
In the end i took a leap of faith and went for it, i was never happy with the end result of plasti dip after many time using it i found within a month or two the finish became very rubbery and just wasn't the end result i wanted. Total cost was $70 for 3M high gloss metallic vinyl wrap. i got a 60x72 inch section to make sure i had enough incase i needed to redo a wheel. I will say i'm pretty experienced with wrapping snowmobiles which came in handy but all in all it was a four hour job including time to remove the wheels from the car. We'll see how it holds up but straight off the bat the end result is what i had always been hoping to achieve with plasti dip but could just never seem to pull off. Attachment 801366 Attachment 801367 Attachment 801368 Excuse the finger prints |
I think that looks good. I dig the progress pics
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How did you cut it so perfectly? That looks pretty awesome. Also did you heat it with a heat gun or just press/roll on?
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That's impressive and looks great. Good job! Wish you lived local!
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i used a hair dryer as it stretched easily with just a little heat and i figured the heat gun would be overkill. stretched between each spoke until it was stretched and completely covering each one then cut out the inner triangle portion with a little extra vinyl to tuck behind each spoke. |
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More power to you. Tried wrapping a pre-2013 SS wheel recently, and rage-quit after about 2 hours of trying to get it to play nice. Just can't stretch 3M's 1080 vinyl that much I suppose
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But will it last .. One good chip can potentially slice that would open . I'd be curious to see what it looked like in a year
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Like i said i wrap snowmobiles and those get pelted with ice chunks, rocks, hit branches, all in sub zero temps and those don't peel if properly installed. |
Very cool. I tried to 'dip the spokes on a set of wheels this past weekend and I had problems with it, so I pulled it all off.
I am going to try wrapping the spokes in vinyl at some point, a friend has done it. |
http://youtu.be/pKuXyeAGzEU Is this the same thing?
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I hoped you used Primer 94 and did a post heat. Vinyl on rims in the summer can be a disaster.
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