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Title: wheel colour...
Post by: jamie16v on 28 August 2008, 20:01
i have recently painted my wheels silver as the previous owner decided to paint them black.. to be honest it didnt look too bad but ii fancied something different..
now that i have painted them silver i find it looks too standard...
what do you guys suggest?.. heres a pic of how they look now...
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0638.jpg)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: kells on 28 August 2008, 20:19
looks real good but loose those terrible blue side indicators
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: jamie16v on 28 August 2008, 20:38
looks real good but loose those terrible blue side indicators
lol i know.. dont know wether to like them or dislike them..
didnt really fancy going for all this crystal stuff, that will go out of fashion in about a year or so anyway?...  :laugh:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: jamie16v on 28 August 2008, 20:40
oh, and here`s how she looks from the front....  :smiley:
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0637.jpg)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: kells on 28 August 2008, 20:52
crystal = chav

go OEM (which on my wings are a smoked)

or failing that just darkened ones, like boneybradley has on his
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: jamie16v on 28 August 2008, 21:13
i was thinking of darkening the blue ones to blend in with the bodywork better....
if you catch my drift.. 
i dont want to chav the car up by any means at all.. just wanna make it look mean...  :evil:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: boneybradley on 28 August 2008, 21:58
I have voted other.....get to halfrauds and pick a clour that you think will look ok (thats what id did and i think my wheels look good but different)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: davero on 28 August 2008, 22:06
I voted to leave them silver, I think the old 16v wheels are cool. Maybe just put some hubcentric spacers on.
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: Mikester on 28 August 2008, 22:31
i voted other, i think you should do them something like a darker silver, grey metal colour.
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: remapped on 28 August 2008, 22:37
light gunmetal , shadow look chrome  maybe

basically stay sliver but have the dark side to it ?
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: green-blood on 29 August 2008, 09:33
yep gunmetal grey, I'm refurbing a set of 16v wheels to put slicks on for track days - yes full slicks....  :laugh:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: jamie16v on 29 August 2008, 09:47
nice opinions peoples...
might just stay silver at the moment though, i dont see the point in going from one silver to another... :tongue:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: bored_Welsh_lad on 29 August 2008, 09:56
I Have awesome ideas for what i want from my dub... i just need to get saving and get it done :D
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: boneybradley on 29 August 2008, 10:02
Mine are painted Rover titanium grey or something like that....and I beleive it does make the wheels look very different  :undecided: (luckily I refurbed them while I was at it...)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: LazyLunatic on 29 August 2008, 19:35
leave the indicators, there different. But if you can darken them to blend with the paint work then that would look better. Tint then like you did the headlights and mayb they will look even better, but as kells said smoked OEM FTW.

As for my vote - black! but i guess you dont really want black as you changed them to silver from black! So if i had vote something else, then choose a unique color and go with it. A subtle color is best, but maybe something you dont see much on a mk3. Obviously not bright yellow, or anything chavvy like that, but a any dark color may look awesome!! but the safe option is the plain colors - black, grey, silver, white; always work well.


LL ;)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: Guy on 29 August 2008, 20:02
crystal = chav

go OEM (which on my wings are a smoked)

or failing that just darkened ones, like boneybradley has on his

goddam! again!!  :laugh:

(btw - for those that don't know I went down the crystal route)

keep your wheels silver or maybe a different slightly darker shade or silver

Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: LazyLunatic on 29 August 2008, 20:04
see guy you nothing working for you, a blue car and crystal lights, tsk, tsk. :laugh:  :lipsrsealed:

LL ;)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: Guy on 29 August 2008, 20:09
yeah.. i know... mine looks awful  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: LazyLunatic on 29 August 2008, 20:42
hahaha, i probs end up getting a blue mk3!!!!!

LL ;)
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: kells on 29 August 2008, 23:45
crystal = chav

go OEM (which on my wings are a smoked)

or failing that just darkened ones, like boneybradley has on his

goddam! again!!  :laugh:


lol sh!t, sorry about that, but i have always said, i think your car is the only one i have seen that pulls of the crystal light thing...i dont know why it works on yours but it does, and i really aint a fan of them as you well know, but i dont think anything else would work for you like the set up your running, so all is good, genuinly mean that, you know me by now i just say it how it is :wink: :cool:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: ady365d on 31 August 2008, 20:34
how about paintstripper and polish! :cool: not done it myself (yet!) , i know not all types of ally comes up good but if you painting them anyway, try a little bit c how you get on ??  any one know if standard gti wheels can polish up?? :cool:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: kells on 31 August 2008, 21:07
how about paintstripper and polish! :cool: not done it myself (yet!) , i know not all types of ally comes up good but if you painting them anyway, try a little bit c how you get on ??  any one know if standard gti wheels can polish up?? :cool:

i thought about doing this, got a second set of gti alloys coming, dunno yet if im gonna do it tho
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: ady365d on 31 August 2008, 21:10
do it man! how hard can it really be! get a cheap polishing kit off t bay n some nitromors and your off ! the gti rims would be quite good to do as they quite flat ! if you mess it up no biggie! just repaint it!
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: Guy on 31 August 2008, 21:14
crystal = chav

go OEM (which on my wings are a smoked)

or failing that just darkened ones, like boneybradley has on his

goddam! again!!  :laugh:


lol sh!t, sorry about that, but i have always said, i think your car is the only one i have seen that pulls of the crystal light thing...i dont know why it works on yours but it does, and i really aint a fan of them as you well know, but i dont think anything else would work for you like the set up your running, so all is good, genuinly mean that, you know me by now i just say it how it is :wink: :cool:

dude... only just seen this... i know, i was only pulling your leg as I knew you thought that about mine... it's all gravy  :grin:
Title: Re: wheel colour...
Post by: Mikester on 31 August 2008, 21:35
Chrome them?