Plasti Dip Rims Durability Myth - Peel Off Plasti Dip - Lug Nut Test - 1 Year Later

We plastidipped four rims of a car and I've been getting a lot of questions over the year.
How durable is it? Is it easy to peel back off?...etc.
This video is going to be exactly about that. We're going peel it off after being on the car for about a year and talk about durability and a couple of other things.
As far as durability, it holds up amazing. Rocks, chips...never had any. It never peeled off. I just started peeling it for this video so I can have a piece to grab.
We gave it a good 3-4 coats, covered it beautifully as you can see. When I sprayed the Plasti Dip on, I didn't take off the lug nuts, the rim...all I did was covered the rear disc brake with a plastic bag and you know people gave me heat...
All I wanted to do was just to get the black look outside, you know. It looked great! Never had a problem with it. Nobody even knew it was just Plasti Dip.
So now I will peel it off. And yes, it may be harder to peel off on the inner side of the rim where it's kind of more like an overspray. But we'll see how that comes out right now.
As far as the lug nuts, I snapped the lug nuts off once to take the tire off and it didn't peel the Plasti Dip within the lug nut area. I just basically pulled it out and just took the Plasti Dip off the lug nuts. You can't even tell that they were tampered with. Maybe on one, a little bit from the impact wrench but overall, this thing held up for a year with no problems.
So let's go ahead and start peeling it off and see what happens.
This is about a year of being on my rim and it held up beautifully. When I wash the car, I scrub it with a brush, but there's been no scratches...no nothing.
It held up really nice and I think it comes off pretty easily, too. You can see it's still peeling off nicely after being on the rim for a year.
Part of the trick is to just put it on thick. This way it's easy to peel off. You know if you put it on thin, you will have a problem.
It's pretty cool because it preserved the rim.
In some areas where it was thin, it was a little harder to take off so I just had to rub it with my fingers to come off. But not a big deal.
So my #1 recommendation is: when you put Plasti Dip on, put it on thick! The thicker you put it on, the easier your job will be when you're ready to take it off to put a new color on it or leave as is.
Considering this has been on 105 degree heat to 15 degree ice, we put up probably 5,000 miles on this car within the year (We don't drive it all around, it's just a side vehicle)...I'll say the Plasti Dip is pretty cool stuff, super durable!
Yes, it's durable.
Yes, it peels off.
Yes, you could spray it with the lug nuts on and then take the lug nuts off later and not have a problem.
You know if you want, you can take the whole rim off, clean the back sides, spray all of it.
I'll see you around!
- Tony
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[@courier11sec]

No surprise on the durability. Seems like a lot of folks forget or maybe even never knew that this product want created to be a coating on the handles of tools, so it has to be extremely tough, even in the thinned out state used for coating vehicles. Good stuff, Tony. As to the guy that said the product sucks, are you saying the thousand upon thousands of other people that have used this successfully just got lucky somehow?

[@scottystiffchicken]

That photo bomb was priceless!

[@DontWorryUllDie]

3-4 coats is a little thin but I'm really surprised at the pealability you got with it! I've had my rims dipped for 2 years (i just dipped over the previous colors) and used a whole can per rim. :] good video.

[@tomduncan1970]

Nice follow-up Tony. This video covered all my questions about Plasti-Dip.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Great! Yeah I was getting a TON of questions about this stuff lol. Glad it cleared it up for ya. Overall I like the product.

[@MrFurmark]

dunno if he mentioned this but its been on for a year .

[@lynnt3964]

Great... thx I just bought a couple cans and feel secure about putting it on.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

awesome!! If you guys want to learn a whole lot more about DIY auto body and paint to customize your cars and get the women checking yo shit out, go to: www.learnautobodyandpaint.com :)

[@mynewhaircut]

Yeah this stuff works great. I put it on my grille and it is hooding up awesome

[@halifax5309]

That was amazing bro, thanks for the a such an informative video that covered a whole aspect of the paint

[@j232613j]

great video... reading through some comments wondering if half the people even watched it.

[@pagadqs]

I hand wash my car, and I live in FL, so good weather year around and no stress on the dip in carwashes - my plastic dip lasted 3.5 years...

[@miguelfragoso7023]

Easy peel?

[@dwightbueno5563]

Did it peel with tire rotations? Did you spray lug nuts?

[@Wildirishmanbiker]

Great vid and agree 100% my brother. Looks great, I did this to my motorcycle windshield. Amazing how well it looks a year later

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Thanks for watching! Hey don't forget to grab your FREE 85-Page Auto Body And Paint Manual if you haven't: learnautobodyandpaint.com/free-autobody-manual

[@radiomandelbrot5868]

I did it to my car's windshield too, it's very effective.

[@mr.fredsaid1894]

Spray dipped my rims a year ago. 03' impala stock rims still look great. I touched up with spray dip gloss. 😎👍

[@christopherjefferson3561]

I’m glad to see this so I can see the durability!

[@cyclone3999]

as long as you do it right, plasti dip is basically like vinyl wrap but in spray. not as durable as vinyl, but its really close

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

yup

[@CreagerX]

Daughter cameo was awesome.

[@ccapehart1980]

you must paint the front and the back or it itll start to peel around any sharp edges of the spokes of the rims

[@zerocal76]

Thanks for the video man. This is great for someone who wants to keep their stock rims but spruce em up a bit while keeping them completely stock!

[@Sayzfilmz]

Respect all ur videos man !!

[@charlesstevenson6122]

I'm intrigued. My '97 GMC 3500 dually has American Eagle polished 058's but they have some deep scratches. Only option I have been able to find being cost effective is just a new set which is around $2K. I figure since my truck is white, to fill the scratches with body filler then coat with black. Thing was I wasn't to sure about the durability but this vid changes that prospective.

[@nhrafan335]

Great vid you answered some questions that I had. Wasn't sure how many coats to put on but know I know. Doing my wheels on my 4x4 Tacoma this wknd

[@okaythen001]

good video. 10/10. also 10/10 for the cute little girl that appeared out of nowhere.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Thanks haha

[@packbadge]

+Okaythen001 Lol she was cute.

[@bigwilly661]

How do yall think those wheels would look in gold?

[@drewj5764]

gahh watching you peel that stuff brings back painful memories😓. that stuff was so hard to get off my focus ST wheels. eventually ended up paying 160 to get my rims powder coated grey and worth every penny imo

[@packbadge]

+Drew J You didn't put on enough coats then.

[@grimcity]

Glad I saw this vid and this comment... I'm in a Focus ST as well. Tinting next week, but been thinking about getting my rims blacked out. Really like the look. Cheers, fellas.

[@rrrjjj1503]

Was going back & forth deciding if I wanted to do my rims. This video has me really excited to do it now. I have a red Benz with shiny rims & I hate them! Going to get rid of all the ugly silver on this car :-D

[@kevinquintanilla6872]

+Rosalie Coleman how did it come out? i have a red benz too and planning to do my rims and grill and maybe even the emblem

[@580Dipped]

I’ve only seen a 1:25 where he said 3-4 coats and I know right away that wasn’t enough coats. A can a wheel is general rule of thumb.

[@Zer0nv]

I dipped mine and had to peel it off after having to get my tires patched by a tire place. I didn't lay it down thick enough when I painted it, b/c I had a HELL of a time getting it all off. I still have some that I can't get out of the lug ports too, lol.

[@DjDestinyChicago]

I bought a car with this All over the whole car. It was put on very thin and took about 12 hours to get it off. Good thing you put it on thick.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

for sure.

[@myemail2005]

Thanks for the Plasti Dip durability follow up. Your daughter stole the show at 4:47! I know she wanted to say "Daddy, I'm ready to paint the flames on your Mini Cooper!!!"

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

She's a doll!

[@lextacy2008]

Remember that movie Taxi with the high end BMWs? They used Plasti Dip to change the color of their cars 5 minutes after the bank robbery. The possibilities are endless with Plasti Dip :D

[@nicholassanjayowo8955]

Plasti Dip supports bank robberies.

[@josezuniga2540]

It was vinyl wrap

[@frankb7449]

Good videos bro... now i feel confident that my rims will turn out nice... thanks

[@bigdeal4147]

i like the lug nuts dipped. gives it added dimension

[@NoxHypnotic]

outro song?

[@marim4478]

This video was very informative. Thank you.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Thanks! Don't forget to grab your FREE 85-Page Auto Body And Paint Manual if you still haven't: learnautobodyandpaint.com/free-autobody-manual

[@Scott.Mariani]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing your experience

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

You bet!

[@Rangband1]

If you do a proper coating of 6+ coats it peels of much easier.

[@MrsDrinnon]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@ElderCOD5292]

great video, thanks, thumbs up!

[@joejones2847]

Did you ever hit it with a pressure washer in that year it was on there? I want mine done but didn’t want to do it and not like it. But seeing you peel it swayed me to get the dip and do it

[@Kickdrum00]

Hey bro can I go through car wash weekly with this stuff on my rims?? Will that make it come off?

[@thehighestlove]

Is it easy to spot fix if you get a scratch/ chip? Just spray more Plasti Dip over the scratch? Thanks.

[@chrissagredo7129]

I wanna dip my rims black and keep the lugs silver, but I don’t have lug nut holes, they push right up against the rim. Will the plastidip break or peel when I go to tighten the undipped lugs back on the wheels?

[@ironjunkie4u2]

Great video man! Thanks for sharing

[@TheYoungerSemiOldMan]

I bought a truck with it on Monday. Today after a rain its peeling off my rims, bumpers, etc. can I get the flakes off and paint plastidip over it?

[@kaistreckfuss8409]

very instructive!! great job

[@sk8rfiero]

What about break dust? Was it(the dust )easy to wash off? I'm thinking of doing gloss white paint because i fear stains/discoloring on the dip. What do you think?

[@thetraindriver01]

Nice, thanks for the upload

[@RichardTheGreat210]

Have you changed your tires since you Plasti dipped them? I'm wondering if it would peel when they change your tire

[@CarlosGarcia-ij4yg]

I assumed you shot it with a spray gun. do the cans work just as well? thanks

[@thatguy-uw5oi]

I've plasti diped the emblems on my truck but never tried to take it off yet. But what I'm curious about is how well would it come off on the actual paint of the vehicle (like the hood for example) after being on it for a year or two? Everyone is doing there rims but nothing much on spraying it on the actual vehicle and how it comes off after a year or two!

[@initial_will514]

I had dip on a '05 Altima for nearly 2 years. Peeled off perfectly fine and I'm in texas where we experience about the same weather as Tony described. However, I bought a kit from DYC. You can't properly cover a car with cans unless you buy a 💩 ton of them....and at that cost you may as well buy the DYC car kits and their sprayer 💁‍♂ I tried lol For a small bumper you'd need atleast 10 cans for proper coverage to retain peelability. Otherwise you'll make the same mistake I did and have alot of problems removing it.

[@DA-zh9gi]

Excellent video!

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Thanks Doug!

[@18BravoMOS]

Good video and it answered many of my questions. Your cute little daughter there might just make a model for your car videos one day.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Awesome!

[@mareksbb4201]

How long did u have it on the wheel for?

[@RichardBronosky]

4:50 Peek-a-Boo!

[@sIpoolguy]

She's like, "who's he talking to?"

[@mikewilson8594]

Compressed air helps a lot!

[@jpluera]

That tune sounds killer on my PC lol...what is it?

[@JRCoronado24]

"as you can seeee" it is a good product

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

👌

[@philliple288]

Yes sir

[@skyisdlimit6125]

Plstidip from performix is awesome. The rustoleum is pretty bad don't get those

[@soonersdevil]

dipped rims on my blue Avalanche..love it..No more chrome for me

[@Damjan25]

which spray did you use ?

[@ecentertainment7653]

what brand of plasti dip did you used?

[@Zaberdutton]

Only 5,000 miles in one year... I wouldnt go by these results. The average mileage in a year for driving is 12k - 15k miles. The plasti dip may look worse after 15k in extreme weather over a year.

[@on4acres]

What state was this used in?

[@trevorbonney]

I like the very little sheen it has. What color/type of dip did you use exactly? Matte black only for all coats or matte black with a final metalizer coat???

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

+Trevor Bonney nothing special! Juts a can of black dip :)

[@enriqueymartha0408]

Good video. Can you recommend one paint brand?

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

House of Kolor! :)

[@enriqueymartha0408]

Thanks. Man

[@CassFan5150]

I just bought a 2006 Hummer H3, and it has chrome rims. It came from the beach, so the chrome is horribly corroded and chipping off. Any recommendations as to prepping the rims (all five of them) without taking the tires off of the rims? I don't mind taking them off of the vehicle. I plan to use Plasti Dip, but I need to know how I can prep the rims, so the Plasti Dip will stick. Thanks!!

[@AereLite]

+Dylan Sparks Clean them really well, put index cards in a circle around the wheel. Put the index cards in that space between the tires and the wheel. After that just plasti dip 4-5 coats, 10 minutes in between each coat. Make sure to go from a different angle each coat so you can get full coverage. Good luck!

[@Djsatile]

I got on my rims it works great

[@Statimtek]

Will it work on plastic wheel covers?

[@Statimtek]

***** Cheers! : )

[@theELiTEboarder]

Was there a protective coat over the plasti dip? And also was this driven in a Winfrey climate at all?

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

No. It's durable as is. And yes it has been in extremely heat and snow!

[@anchuelo24]

We have been doing alot of plastidip with our friends wheels and lets say 3 out of 5 cars we will have an issue regarding the plastidip pulling off with the lugnuts when we try to put the lugnuts back. We do take the wheels off coz some of my friends wanted to paint their callipers with g2 then wheels with plasti dip. So we do 3 coats of black and 1 coat of glossifier, we try not to plasti dip the hole (lugnut hole) too much so it wont pull off when we try to putback yhe the lugnuts with the wrench. But still no matter how carefully we do it 1 or 2 out of 20 lugnuts, the plasti dip will be pulled off. Is there something we can do or a technique? And also since thats the problem. Tire rotation will be take that dip off wont it? Looking forward for your advice please email me since i still have alot of. Wheels to do. Thanks

[@P71Ryan]

You need to put on more then 3 coats first off. Secondly, to stop the lugs from ripping you need to clean off a little bit of the area with goo gone where the lugnut would touch the dip.

[@MrScoutdog]

Thanks for the reply how about when I get new tires will their tire changing machines take it off?

[@fishmantas]

+MrScoutdog Ive had the plastidip on my wheels for 4 years and had 2 sets of tires put on and only on one rim was the was the pastidip slightly damaged.

[@playtimetreasure3009]

was this really just from 3-4 coats????

[@MattFortier73]

Nice rims! How many cans and coats did it take?

[@skyisdlimit6125]

He said 4 but the guy from plastidip recommends 6 so it's easier to remove in the future and it stays there better.

[@Ryvo]

How about when you wash the car? Will the water pressure potentially cause peeling?

[@initial_will514]

You need to make sure not to catch an edge...if you do that, then any dip will start to peel. They have a reccomendation on the DYC site and Fonzie did a video on NOT using anything over 3000 psi. Personally, I never went over 2000 and didn't use any tip below 30 degrees. Definitely avoid automatic car washes as they can have more potential to grab a edge and cause problems. Above all, just don't have the pressure washer too close.

[@69ChevyGarage]

Did you use the release for the tire walls, or tape off the edges?

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

No...

[@questmoneymurda3848]

Is that flat black or gloss black

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

flat black

[@techzonetzuk]

how does it handle cleaning such as pressure washers ?

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Never had a problem.

[@ThePurpleMushroom]

It has been a couple of weeks and I have noticed that in some parts of the rims around the curves and turns, an air bubble has formed somehow and the coat can be seen lifted from the surface of the rim. It looks okay now but Imma probably gonna have to fix that at some point in the future when the air bubble begins to grow... what do you recommend for this not to happen? I actually took off the whole wheel so I can put it at chest level to spray it horizontally. I don't know what I did wrong :(

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Maybe the spray was bad... Make sure you lay it in thick in layers.

[@ThePurpleMushroom]

Ok thick layers, gotcha. Thanks c:

[@eloyrodriguez6460]

Thank you👍👍

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

No problem 👍

[@eddie-g2143]

It's been a year that i've dipped my wheels and absolutely nothing has happened......the product is still on.....i've washed the car several times ever since.....the dip is still on the wheels....

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

awesome!

[@cadalacmills1361]

Do you Plastidip the inside as well ?

[@philcarmichael6090]

Tony, Oh god, the shmegs that were giving you heat for leaving the wheel and lug nuts on..to hell with them!, life is too short to spend 100s of hours doing prep work.

[@MrScoutdog]

Will it hold up through the automatic car washes?

[@JurrasicTaco21]

Yes

[@NoBs48]

Did you ever go thru a car wash ?

[@peachypound6108]

How many coats? If I may ask

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

Three to four coats Man! I got free trainings and more tips on autobody and paint at www.learnautobodyandpaint.com/

[@Djsatile]

My bro bout to go back and dip it and got hella views

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

Did you have glossifier on the wheels also?

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

No, just plain plasti dip...

[@zhukie]

Plain "matte" black? Looks like a great slightly satiny finish

[@ShaunDYST]

It's the matte chrome rims underneath, same thing applies to painting let's say you start with a white background and spray blue on it, it will look brighter like a sky blue. If the background was black it would be much darker like a midnight blue. This is why when people paint stuff like their bedroom walls black if you want to paint them another color you first have to lay down a cover layer of something like white otherwise the black will dull down the color and most likely show through.

[@petermuniz9296]

It only last a year

[@GrandTheftAidan]

Will it chip or peel if you get the tyres changed? On them wheel machines?

[@zachlyons7960]

уєαн happened on my dipped rims

[@lady_cee_cee_v4096]

Definitely happened to mine!! Twice!!!

[@edwardrex6458]

GrandTheftAidan It will, but of course you can scratch paint during a tire change so the dip is protecting the paint. And you can just touch up the dip, or put the same or new color dip over the whole rim.

[@Megan-hf4fr]

I assume you work for the company right?

[@benstakowitz3034]

doubt it. I did my rims with plasti dip and love the 70$ results. I also didnt find any bad things about. if you can read directions its pretty great.

[@packbadge]

+Ms. Kisses Why would he be working for the company?...

[@packbadge]

+Ben Stakowitz How many cans did you go through!?

[@MrCastigueme]

+A True Wisconsinite i did my 22" works like a charm black on black had it for 8 months now. any stone chip i re spray it. but im thinking of upgrading to metalic plastidip :D

[@MrCastigueme]

+iTheGeek depends where you live. plastidip in Australia is $25 a can and he prob use glosifier

[@wesfields9322]

That car looks as clean as it probably was when shipped.

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

thanks for watching!

[@12121149]

Why would you want to peel it off????????

[@Ghotra121]

they really looked good in black

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

They do

[@utubemelsonricky]

just did my rims and put them back on the car and my lug nuts ripped the dip on every one , also it took me more than 1 can for every rim and i could still have used more coverage

[@JohnDoe-bk4ci]

Will plasti dip take my finish off I have black coated KMC slides and want to try for the winter

[@BigMoney23223]

in all seriousness how long has the dip been on your wheels??

[@P5YcHoM4N]

I think it has been on there for about a year, I am not sure though, I might need to rewatch the video to be sure.

[@Rapbando]

Can you say how long has been on again?!? 😂😂😂

[@HighTopMyers]

😂😂

[@calvinwalker8864]

what store can I get it at or can I order it online

[@CannibasSmoker]

You get get it at Home Depot or Amazon

[@edwardrex6458]

Calvin Walker Home Depot type stores even walmart will often have the basic colors, black white red. Many Autopart stores have 10-20 colors. Dip Your Car dot com is a great online retailer with the whole product line available.

[@texascowboy2687]

How many coats did you put on the rim for "proper thickness"?

[@HowToPaintYourCar]

texascowboy2687 3-4 heavy coats. The more the easier to peel off...

[@ErnieBoland]

Auto Body Secrets - Helping You Learn DIY Auto Body and Paint to Complete Any Project You Desire! how many coats did you use 3 or 4??? 3-4 is not a number.

[@bustex1]

+Ernie Boland really dude?

[@texascowboy2687]

+Auto Body Secrets - hey thanks. did about 4-5 on my rims. looks great. I appreciate the help

[@BillyPangaribuan]

Can you get the plastidip off the lug nuts without removing them?

[@edwardrex6458]

DEEZ NUTS Yes. The dip will peel off almost any surface if it is thick enough. I would not spray it on fabric... There is also a dip remover spray that will just melt it back to a liquid and it can be wiped off.

[@isabelambriz4488]

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