Hey,

I saw this Silver Metalizer plastidip kit from dipyourcar.com and thought I'd give it a go. I was pretty happy with it at first, but had no experience. This is how it turned out.



As you can see it looks more black than gunmetal, but if you look close you could tell it isn't black.

So I got some more black (which was cheaper at Homedepot than the website) and I had 2 cans of silver left from the kit I bought and tried it again.

This is how it turned out the second go around and what it is currently









As you can tell it looks a lot more gunmetal. For me this works better, there's been a few friends of mine that thought the darker gun metal looked cooler in person, than the photo and looks cooler than what it is currently.

I however prefer the current look.

What do you guys think?

 

Did you put black down then the gunmetal? I wasn't following you on that lol...but it looks good man!

 

I actually really like it man! I've been looking to do my wheels gunmetal for quite a while now too (although I might go a little darker than that) so I'd be curious about some more info as well. I'm particularly curious about this metalizer stuff.

 

unfortunately plastidip just peels off the lip of the rims after a week or 2.

 

Those look really good.

 

Yes you do you base coat which is just the flat black everyone uses or has, then on top of that you add the silver metalizer. They have Gold Metalizer too. They also have a white base to make it more silver-ish like stock silver or more bright gold. I thought about using the gold to make a deep dark bronze color, but I opted for gunmetal.

My experience has been different. I had my first attempt on for a few weeks and it still looked a ok.

I'll do a follow up in a few weeks with photos to show how well it's holding up.

 

Ive had my wheels painted gunmetal since like january and have absolutely no peeling so not sure where you got your info from..stay away from curbs maybe?

 

I wanted to do somethin like this, black w/ the silver metalizer.. How many coats did you put down?? I like the first one better 2 bra...

 

Yeah there's a few of my friends that thought the darker gun metal looked cooler.

I did several coats of black not sure the amount, but a little less than a can a wheel. Then I did 2 cans of silver for my current, but for the darker I added about 2 coats of silver. One can for all 4 wheels.

 

that looks really good man!

 

looks great

 

looks great

 

I keep hearin stuff like this, do yall put it on really thick or what? I used 3 cans for all 4 wheels an my rear lip

 

yeah I did. I heard it's better when it's thick, more resilient.

 

I dig it.. I want my rims a lil darker than your last pic

 

Damn that looks great!