[Patrick]

Has anyone painted the OEM 20 inch wheels black on a x2 M35i? I saw one post with Plastidip but was hard to see.

Keen to see some photos, the attached photo is my car with factory wheels

[mrpingu]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Has anyone painted the OEM 20 inch wheels black on a x2 M35i? I saw one post with Plastidip but was hard to see.

Keen to see some photos, the attached photo is my car with factory wheels

Sorry to steal your thread but how is the drive on 20’s?

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by mrpingu

Sorry to steal your thread but how is the drive on 20’s?

Drives good but I only know it with 20s 🤷🏼*♂️

[rice_rocket88]

I'm pretty sure some models had them OEM black which was pretty cool I have the 19's and was thinking of doing a change of color as they'll eventually be rotated to winter tire duty by next season.

[mrpingu]

Maybe just try to plastidip them? I mean if you don’t like it you can remove it again.

I did with my winter wheels 1 season and know I am convinced I will let them powder coat after next winter.

[johns_sp]

Search for senja.f39 on Instagram. He had his resprayed black last year.

(He’s on here as havenzhiv but hasn’t posted updated pics as far as I know)

[johns_sp]

And one in Mineral Grey from Autotrader for comparison.

[mrpingu]

I like the gunmetal original better on that color, actually

[Patrick]

Thanks guys, exactly what I asked for. Now I just need to decide to change the colour or change the wheels

[rice_rocket88]

I finally just did some brass monkey on my stock 19's.. looks pretty nice.

[mrpingu]

Originally Posted by rice_rocket88

I finally just did some brass monkey on my stock 19's.. looks pretty nice.

That looks really Nice 😍

[chowser51]

Looks nice. Wonder if I should get mine done before my next tire purchase. It'd be nice to clean up all the curb rash from my daughter who's no longer allowed to drive my car. lol

[rice_rocket88]

Haha.. you know what? The beauty of the plastidip is that it slowly fills up those blemishes.. so you could just hit it with some sandpaper to get the initial texture down and plastidip it over it. Honestly it is easier to do the plastidip after the tires are on so that the poor tire guy doesn't have to worry about scuffing the plastidip off.

This is the third time I have done plastidip on wheels and the first time I ordered the "kit" and followed all the rules. I don't like that method, as I'm sure I screwed that up... Here's my tips: 1) it's way easier to deal with overspray by simply using some fat painters tape and taping off the rubber to the wheels vs rubbing the "anti stick" stuff on the tires which I did.. it helped, but it wasn't that great. 2)when they tell you to start with dusting coats.. this is really important, I basically kept on dusting the wheels as my thick coats I tended to get a little bit of running. Easily remedied by the next round to go lighter on the running areas.
3) It really is better/easier to prop the wheels up against the wall (and I used a tarp with some large cardboard). I had done a set of wheels on the ground and although it also came out pretty good.. not as well as the 45 degree angle for sure.

I also only used barely 2 out of the 5 cans that I was supplied. I know that if I layed the outer edge way more thick on the overspray it would have been easier to take off.. but that's a whack ton of paint and purposely overspraying it! If you're going flat black you can go to home depot and the paint is really cheap. This brass monkey stuff is like 3X more expensive. You can also apply the "glossifier" and other things to the classic plastidip, but you CANNOT use those with these specialty hyperdip paints for the wheels. Oh .. and a $10 paint gun attachment is definitely great. I've had these little plastic things kicking around forever and it helps when you're doing so much spray can painting.