Wheel Well Coating

Nickc0844

Nickc0844

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This is going to be my new Wheel Well coating. I used a similar product that I bought at Pepboy's that was close to $7 for the same size can as I mentioned in another thread earlier in the week.

Premium Auto Care sells this for $4.75 a can. It is a rubberized coating. For one, this will stay in tact better than spray paint. It will also protect better and longer than spraypaint. This is less expensive than continuously spraying your wells with a tire spray or something of the like.

Here is the link to it:
http://www.detailcity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3345&highlight=ferrari
 
Nick - I think your link needs to be reviewed. It leads to a thread about a Ferrari, and I didn't see anything in there about wheel wells. :)
 
Nick is just proud of that Ferrari :D


Also, Nick, do you have any pics of how some of the wheel wells look after you applied this product on them?


Thanks.
 
Wheel Wells

I still use Megs EK for the wells. Dries hard and looks good.

Interesting product, I know of several like that from other mfgs. Mostly used at body shops and dealers.

Regards,
Deanski
 
Wait a minute,

Are you guys talking about like a rubber undercoating you want to put on your wells or a dressing? If you mean a dressing then yep, Engine Kote/ floor shine works very well and is durable/weather resistant. . I would spread it with a sponge to avoid wasting it and having it drip all over the ground.
 
I have tryed RBU before, i didn't really like it. It leave very dull looking brown color. Another option it to put black paint on it , but after a week or so when I washed the car the paint came right off with hose nozzle.
What colour it this one?
Does anyone knows what CAR-MAX uses on their vehicles, their wheel wells look awesome?
Thanks.
 
Unfortuantely, I do not have any before/afters of this yet. I am talking about an actual coating spray, not a dressing like Megs Kote. This product is similar to what they put in spray on truck bed liners, so it is very durable and tough. All I know is that is looks a heck of a lot better than browning plastic, will not chip off like spray paint, and is more durable than dressings, and in the long run, it is less expensive.
 
Nickc0844 said:
Sorry about that, I guess the copy/paste didn't take. That was from ...
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Yeh right. You just like showing off the Ferrari detail ... We're on to you, Carberry ... :D

By the way, I use somethng similar on the leading edge of the Saab's air dam holds up well. I got mine at Ace Hardware it was designed to spray on tool handles to provide a gripper surface. seemed to hold up well on my tools so I tried on the air dam.
 
Nickc0844 said:
This product is similar to what they put in spray on truck bed liners, so it is very durable and tough. All I know is that is looks a heck of a lot better than browning plastic, will not chip off like spray paint, and is more durable than dressings, and in the long run, it is less expensive.
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Does this product look textured or otherwise different than perfectly clean and shiny when dry? The truck bedliner stuff I know of looks textured when its dry. For me, I would want something that leaves the existing wheel well looking brand new like the day it was built. Looking forward to seeing the pics.
 
Bill, that depends on the type of vehicle. I know on most of the SUV's I do, the undercoating is textured and/or smooth plastic. It looks exactly like a truck bed lining, because it is truck bed lining. In your case, you could try spray paint, but after the first wash, it'll start chipping off.
 
Yeah, SUV wheel wells can be textured, I've sprayed degreaser and power washed them with success. My wheel wells have Engine Kote after cleaned. Would you have to try chip away some of the old truck liner material first to get the new to bond or can it just spray over the old?
 
I use Greezed Lightning and a tire brush to clean them first. Well, I do that all the time. I have not had to chip away at any of the liner, I just made sure that it was completely dry, and haven't had a problem since!
 
Do you add undercoating material to your wheel wells everytime you clean them :eek: or is it a sort of occaasional use, touch up product?
 
I did mine about 3 months ago and haven't had to do it yet. I don't even use a dressing on them anymore.
 
Nickc0844 you sold me on this!! I have been reading this thread all along and Bill D has been asking the questions for me (now how did you know what I be thinking:beat ).

Try to get a pic, that would be great.
 
Maybe for SUV wheel wells that undercoating could be ok but for typical plastic paneled wheel wells I would be very shakey
 
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