Wheel Coatings: Plastic Specific vs Paint Specific

**AustrianOak82** · 03-17-2016, 06:13 AM

I am getting my summer wheels put back on tomorrow and am planning to coat them before they go back on. I have a bottle of Cquartz UK ceramic coating that I had originally planned on applying but then I remembered that I also have a syringe of the Opti-coat headlamp coating.

I have read about people applying the headlamp coating to wheels and having good results. I also know that the carpro delux is a wheel and plastic coating, so I was wondering if the car pro product is similar to the opti-coat product that I have. Any opinions on which of the two would be the best for the application? I have matte black wheels.

**Setec Astronomy** · 03-17-2016, 06:43 AM

I have never heard of anyone using Opti-Lens on wheels.

**FUNX650** · 03-17-2016, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by AustrianOak82

I have matte black wheels.

If I had matte black wheels, I would only
use matte-specific products on them.

Bob

**AustrianOak82** · 03-17-2016, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by FUNX650

If I had matte black wheels, I would only
use matte-specific products on them.

Bob

The wheels are still clear-coated. I don't see why I couldn't use a normal coating on them.

**Mike lambert** · 03-17-2016, 01:48 PM

You can use a paint coating on them, however paint coatings are not designed to hold up to the heat as well as wheel specific coatings.

**Setec Astronomy** · 03-17-2016, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Mike lambert

You can use a paint coating on them, however paint coatings are not designed to hold up to the heat as well as wheel specific coatings.

Do you have some evidence that your wheels get hotter than a black hood in the sun with a hot engine underneath? (unless you track your car and your rotors get red hot)

**The Guz** · 03-17-2016, 02:00 PM

Use the cquartz uk you have on the wheels.

**AustrianOak82** · 03-17-2016, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Do you have some evidence that your wheels get hotter than a black hood in the sun with a hot engine underneath? (unless you track your car and your rotors get red hot)

They obviously wouldn't make hood-specific coatings, so it would get lumped in with the paint coatings. I would guess they would be similar in temperature. Hood gets hot due to the sun beaming down on it, as well as the engine heat. It's dampened a little by the hood insulator and natural venting but is usually hot to the touch during the summer months. Wheel gets hot for similar reasons but also include heat from the calipers as well. Some cars are designed to route air across the brakes to cool them and if you spray water on them, it will usually steam up depending on the conditions. I can pretty much guarantee the radiating heat would increase the surface temp on the wheels. I bet somewhere, someone has tested this.

I am guessing your opinion is that it doesn't really matter. Noted.

**FUNX650** · 03-17-2016, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by AustrianOak82

The wheels are still clear-coated.

Good to know...thanks for the heads-up!

Originally Posted by AustrianOak82

I don't see why I couldn't use a normal coating on them.

Yea...but what if the "clear-coat", that's on the wheels,
happens to be a "matte clear-coat"?

Bob

**yg1829** · 03-17-2016, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Do you have some evidence that your wheels get hotter than a black hood in the sun with a hot engine underneath? (unless you track your car and your rotors get red hot)

That's a really good question. Maybe someone who has one of those laser infared temperature thingy ma bobs could take the temperature of a hood that been sitting in the sun all day and wheels after a long trip or city driving.

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