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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #10 on: 01 December 2024, 21:42 »
Not the right car or style of wheels but I figured Nardo Grey was pretty similar to Moonstone and bronze is bronze, so a quick google for a reference of colour match:






I guess if you put in a side shot of a Moonstone GTI and an R360 into an AI thingy it would throw up an image. Unfortunately I’m more of an abacus and quill type of guy…
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #11 on: 01 December 2024, 22:46 »






Not the correct wheels or exact colour, but give a good idea.
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #12 on: 02 December 2024, 09:02 »
Not the right car or style of wheels but I figured Nardo Grey was pretty similar to Moonstone and bronze is bronze, so a quick google for a reference of colour match:






I guess if you put in a side shot of a Moonstone GTI and an R360 into an AI thingy it would throw up an image. Unfortunately I’m more of an abacus and quill type of guy…

Thanks for this, gives a good idea and I never thought of searching for an Audi in that grey  :whistle:

I reckon silver, dark grey or bronze would work on the grey, not sure about black but never been a fan of black wheels (apart from them hiding the brake dust!)
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #13 on: 02 December 2024, 09:03 »






Not the correct wheels or exact colour, but give a good idea.

Ok thanks for finding these, that looks pretty tasty! There are so many choices of wheels it's hard to decide what to go for.
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #14 on: 02 December 2024, 10:14 »
Mmm, not sure about that combo, but its all personal taste. Gold/bronze wheels are so synonymous with the Royal Blue Subaru Impreza that they somehow look out of place on anything else, especially a generally understated GTI. Just my two-penny worth.
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #15 on: 02 December 2024, 10:53 »
Mmm, not sure about that combo, but its all personal taste. Gold/bronze wheels are so synonymous with the Royal Blue Subaru Impreza that they somehow look out of place on anything else, especially a generally understated GTI. Just my two-penny worth.

I’m not sure on Moonstone Grey / Bronze alloys combination either.

IMHO bronze coloured alloys work best with dark paint colours - dark blues, black and dark greys. I’m also not a fan of the extreme lowered look in some of the pictures that’ve been posted in this discussion topic, particularly those cars that have been lowered to the point of being slammed. However, as you’ve said, it’s all a matter of personal taste and we all like different things.
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #16 on: 02 December 2024, 14:25 »
Mmm, not sure about that combo, but its all personal taste. Gold/bronze wheels are so synonymous with the Royal Blue Subaru Impreza that they somehow look out of place on anything else, especially a generally understated GTI. Just my two-penny worth.

Mmm, not sure about that combo, but its all personal taste. Gold/bronze wheels are so synonymous with the Royal Blue Subaru Impreza that they somehow look out of place on anything else, especially a generally understated GTI. Just my two-penny worth.

I’m not sure on Moonstone Grey / Bronze alloys combination either.

IMHO bronze coloured alloys work best with dark paint colours - dark blues, black and dark greys. I’m also not a fan of the extreme lowered look in some of the pictures that’ve been posted in this discussion topic, particularly those cars that have been lowered to the point of being slammed. However, as you’ve said, it’s all a matter of personal taste and we all like different things.

Thanks guys, I am 50/50 at the moment on the bronze, some cars look great but I think it has to be the right shade of bronze, there are lots of variants. I am also with you on the Subaru thing and darker colours having a better contrast. Hard decision that needs to be thought about...

I am keeping my car (for now anyway) factory height so won't be slammed or anything, just after some alloys that won't give me nightmares thinking about diamond cut and lacquer issues! I like the R360 alloys, they seem well made, no spacers or spigot rings needed and lighter / stronger than the VW rims.

So black is out, bronze 50/50, maybe it's a toss up between gunmetal and silver. Although plain old silver might be a bit of a safe choice, I am wondering if it's the right one now seeing the MK8 on silver R8 alloys earlier in the thread, it seemed to go well.
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #17 on: 02 December 2024, 15:56 »
Personally given how Mk8 OEM's that look good are black, I'd choose the gun metal...

You've got me thinking about these wheels now.... I wonder if they have the right stock offset (I don't want them hanging out like a racing dog's b0ll0x) and whether they take the standard VW centre hubs?
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #18 on: 02 December 2024, 16:29 »
The 19” R360’s are 8.5” wide and from memory I think are around ET45 so will fill sit further out in the arches. Probably a similar width and offset to those multi spoke things Volkswizard Andrew had fitted to his mk8 Clubsport if you want an idea of how they’ll sit.

Personally I think the bronze and Monnstone will look fab, and hide brake dust pretty well too. Black shows up brake dust badly, dark grey hides it well, silver is so so. I’ve owned a hell of a lot of different alloy wheels in my time but am old and boring now so would go for black as it looks really good on barronebirra’s car: https://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=290724.0

I get the Subaru blue and gold thing which will get car nerds twitching, but it’s ancient history now and the world keeps turning. I think bronze looks better on lighter coloured cars which seems contrary to everyone else. That possibly explains my bad dress sense… 😁
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Re: Bronze Racingline R360 Wheels
« Reply #19 on: 02 December 2024, 19:03 »
Volkswizard fitted the R360's to his Clubsport after the Vossens

https://youtu.be/a0z2RrHn2io?si=qiEs2G-8XdEr40Sn
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