I hear ya on the silver - the only 'modified' look I'd go for was if I had a black dub I'd black everything out - wheels, remove model badges, black VW badges, black wheels.
Any other colour car I like the shiny clean oem look.
BTW if anyone's interested I'm posting those pearlescent black VR6 wheels in the classifieds now, they're surplus to my requirements... £150 ono Carbon fibre BBS centre caps possibly included if price is right.