LML Anyone running black plastdipped/painted OEM 17's?

[thunder550]

First off, I HATE the OEM 17's. I think they look terrible....but...I made the mistake of buying snow tires for them last year, so I'm stuck with them for a couple more years in the winter until I wear out this set of tires. I have no desire to buy aftermarket 17's...eventually I plan to run snow tires on my OEM 18's in the winter and run the OEM 20's in the summer.

That being said, I think I want to try to plasti-dip the recessed parts and the caps black, and leave the "top" surface as-is, which would be the lip all the way around and the 5 spokes. Anyone tried this with the OEM 17's and have pics to share? Or other paint jobs on these wheels?

 

[diesel53]

I did my bumper and I will not again. Comes off alot easier than anyone cares to say.

 

[duramax05blk]

I did the stock denali wheels on the wife's truck. Have held up great many car washes and a 1new England winter so fa with no touch ups. I did bake them and cleaned the wheel with a cleaner/prep material.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Excuse my grammar the iPhone makes me iStupid!

 

[Texas Chevy]

If you do it post pics. I want to do something with the wheels on my wife's suburban. But don't want them all black. Plasti dip has a gun metal color and you can add a clear coat to it which is what I'm leaning towards

 

[thunder550]

Well I had all day today with nothing to do, so I decided to give it a shot. I'm happy with the look of the wheels so far. The one thing I'm not super happy with is that in order to keep the plasti-dip from peeling off the wheel when I removed the masking tape, I had to cut it with my box cutter, so the edges are kinda rough. I'm going to run them like this for awhile, and if I decide I really like it I'll peel the plasti-dip off and actually paint them.

Anyway, what do you guys think? I was torn over whether or not I should do the center caps, decided to go ahead and do them, and if I want I can peel it off later.

Here's how the edges look:

 

[Texas Chevy]

Looks good man and no one will notice the edges unless they are looking hard at them

 

[Dozerboy]

I would only paint part of the center caps to break up the black a little more.

 

[DBUSHLB7]

I think you did a nice job and it looks good! I don't think anyone truly believes Plastidip is a long term decision or fix for that matter. It is a nice, easy option that allows one little consequence should he change his mind.

 

[dieselfan]

Great job! It made a huge difference. Thinking of plastdipping my rims as well but with vintage gold.

 

[IronDX]

Not bad.

 

[rickaveryjr]

a buddy of mine sold his 17's off his lmm to another buddy who has an lb7 and powdercoated them black. Ill take pictures and post, but they're not the same exact rims.

 

[thunder550]

 

[thunder550]

Here it is last winter without the paint. Looks much better now I think.

 

[TheBac]

You dont sleep much, do you? :rofl:

I have no idea what GM was thinking with the Chevy wheel design b/c nothing can make those 07+ Chevy wheels look good. Calling them bland is a compliment.
What you did at least makes them interesting.

 

[thunder550]

Not anymore, lol...had a baby girl Friday night last week I think my projects are going to slow down quite a bit now!

And yes, these are terrible wheels. Hoping to make them just different enough that they are tolerable in the winter.

 

[TheBac]

Congrats on the new daughter!!!! :woott: Mine's 14....you aint seen nothin' yet. :roflmao:

 

[countrycorey]

Congrats!!

 

[thunder550]

Thanks guys

 

[Tano]

Clean it clean it clean it and when you think it's clean clean it more. Also put like 9 or 10 coats