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    Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jayfro View Post
    Who in the heck told Mother Nature that it was alright to rain today?
    I’ve come to realize that I prefer heavy downpours, or solid rain on several consecutive days, rather than a light shower once or twice a week.

    With the heavy showers everything washes away and does not adhere to the surface of the car. With light showers the water on the road remains dirty and covers the car, especially the trunk area, with a fine mist of dirty water that sticks to the surface. I’ve been getting really annoyed these last couple of weeks in Palm Beach.





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    Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    I picked up some 18 inch wheels for my 04 silverado. It has 16s now.

    Cleaning them now
    Eagle one black and plasticoat is a great over the counter option for a bleeding brake dust remover.

    I rarely need to use this on my own vehicles but these barrels have rarely been cleaned.

    Also used brake buster on the wheel faces and applied a coat of Collinite 915 as well

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    Installed the wheels. Love the nice upgrade

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    After photo

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    Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Took my stock wheels off and bought a wheel dip kit from dyc. Under $100 invested for a wheel color swap.

    5 coats of black
    5-6 coats of metallic flake bronze

    A few hours of work

    I plan to let it all dry for a few more hrs. Then I may tape off the face and do full barrels too in black.

    Process
    Cleaned wheels thoroughly
    Wax and grease remover
    Warmed all spray cans in warm water for a while
    Shook them forever
    Then started spraying

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    Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Do you have to re-balance the wheels after doing that?

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    Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Daviddear30 View Post
    Took my stock wheels off and bought a wheel dip kit from dyc. Under $100 invested for a wheel color swap.

    5 coats of black
    5-6 coats of metallic flake bronze

    A few hours of work

    I plan to let it all dry for a few more hrs. Then I may tape off the face and do full barrels too in black.

    Process
    Cleaned wheels thoroughly
    Wax and grease remover
    Warmed all spray cans in warm water for a while
    Shook them forever
    Then started spraying

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    That looks good and you def have it thick enough so removal will be cake. And itll be durable as could be. Nice choice. Did u use glosifier? That would be my only suggestion it helps dirt come off easier and last longer in the sun with out fading.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bofh View Post
    Do you have to re-balance the wheels after doing that?
    And no its just a rubber coating so like paint no no rebalancing needed


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mdjas View Post
    That looks good and you def have it thick enough so removal will be cake. And itll be durable as could be. Nice choice. Did u use glosifier? That would be my only suggestion it helps dirt come off easier and last longer in the sun with out fading.


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    Nope but the top layers are basically gloss metallic paint. These top layers now aren't even plastidip but a paint used to top it. It's slick and glossy.

    Plastidip and dipyourcar.com have improved a ton over the years.

    Just ordered a few gallons to do my truck :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daviddear30 View Post
    Nope but the top layers are basically gloss metallic paint. These top layers now aren't even plastidip but a paint used to top it. It's slick and glossy.

    Plastidip and dipyourcar.com have improved a ton over the years.

    Just ordered a few gallons to do my truck :-)

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    Nice yeh i havent used the gallons in a long time. Last one i did with gun and gallons was a ladys car in pink. I mainly lately use black and then glossifier on top like my wheels on my envoy. But very nice what color on your truck you going with??


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