Plasti Dipped My Wheels
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TreyP
2018 Soul Red AWD Touring CX-5
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That's just a first layer of Plastidip.
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- Mazda 6 iTouring 6MT
next step you should plastidip your emblems, they would look great on white
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- Mazda 6 iTouring 6MT
uh what?
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Perfect way to cheapen the look of a new car lel. The majority of cars I see dipped like that are beaters, cars with hubcaps, wheels with road rash, cars with tape on air vent on front (or like a mustang I saw on the rear left bumper side).
NinjaNoises
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- CX-5 Sport MT
Uhmmm... -1
How is it any different then a set of aftermarket wheels? I've seen way worse looking aftermarket wheels on a lot of cars posted here. I almost always prefer black versions of the OEM wheels as opposed to a set of chintzy aftermarket ones.
I think don't think this looks close to cheap:
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Even Steven
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Don't worry too much about haters. You know what they say about opinions, right? If you like it, that's all that really matters. Personally, I'm on the fence. I don't usually like dark wheels, but for some reason it looks decent on the CX-5, probably because it seems to match well with the unpainted black trim on the vehicle.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
To me, it looks cheap because in person it looks like plastic. When I see plastic on a wheel, I think hubcaps. What what I see on forum posts, or dip your car websites (when the dip was just done pretty much, or done by some pro shop) it almost NEVER is the case when I see a car IRL that has dipped wheels. They almost always look bad, probably because it takes more to keep dip looking new than a bare/painted wheel.
TreyP
2018 Soul Red AWD Touring CX-5
Other than the zombie car, I have yet to see an aftermarket wheel that makes the CX-5 look better than with stock. So in that sense, the plasti-dipped wheels look at least as good as any aftermarket wheel to me. I think the plastic thing is all in your head based on the name of the product.
All that being said, I'm not a fan of the plasti-dip on wheels either, but using the glossifier is a huge step up from bare plasti-dip. In general, I love plasti-dip though. Its great for covering up ugly chrome bumpers and such on other vehicles.
All that being said, I'm not a fan of the plasti-dip on wheels either, but using the glossifier is a huge step up from bare plasti-dip. In general, I love plasti-dip though. Its great for covering up ugly chrome bumpers and such on other vehicles.
Even Steven
Member
I don't remember which thread I saw it, but someone on the forum has a black CX-5 with the 19" wheels plasti-dipped and it looks great because it matches the look & texture of the unpainted plastic on the car. In the picture, it matches perfectly. Does anyone remember seeing that picture on the forum recently?
