Brescia or Parker

[skippy]

Have a look at Atlantic blue in lots of different lights I was mad keen on it  but opted for indium grey  have to say glad I did

Thank you Toeman, that is interesting, I must admit indium grey is also a favourite colour of mine. I think today the setting sun (yes, there was about 5 mins of sun today) made the Atlantic blue look superb, but others have said it can look flat when the light is poor.

[Exonian]

The Parkers look fine in the flesh but the Brescias are that bit nicer.

I’m not a huge fan of Atlantic Blue personally and would go Indium (a Scirocco colour!).
Atlantic is one of those colours you’d really have to stay on top of and will show up swirls big time.

[skippy]

The Parkers look fine in the flesh but the Brescias are that bit nicer.

I’m not a huge fan of Atlantic Blue personally and would go Indium (a Scirocco colour!).
Atlantic is one of those colours you’d really have to stay on top of and will show up swirls big time.

Thank you Exonian, yes - the Atlantic Blue car I test drove, that was one of the things I noticed, the dreaded swirl marks! It would take a lot of maintenance and probably any stone chips etc would really show up.

As you say, Indium is a Scirocco colour! So Brescias and Indium? 

[Mutley75]

Indium, Tungsten or Isaac Blue. I have the latter, and it’s great for nor showing dirt/swirls (not that mine is ever dirty for longer than a week) and looks great too.

[Zermatt]

I went for Bresicas with Isaac Blue and 1 year in I’m delighted with colour and wheel- I’m currently running 18 inch Austin with winter tyres- and to be honest have not noticed A huge difference in ride quality.

[Marv]

I have the Parkers on mine and I do love them and they are very easy to clean, however when I see another golf on Brescias I do find myself wanting a set. But with a family home being on a farm and down a very rough track, I'll just keep the Parkers.

[Jim_mk7.5]

The Parkers look fine in the flesh but the Brescias are that bit nicer.

I’m not a huge fan of Atlantic Blue personally and would go Indium (a Scirocco colour!).
Atlantic is one of those colours you’d really have to stay on top of and will show up swirls big time.

Thank you Exonian, yes - the Atlantic Blue car I test drove, that was one of the things I noticed, the dreaded swirl marks! It would take a lot of maintenance and probably any stone chips etc would really show up.

As you say, Indium is a Scirocco colour! So Brescias and Indium? 

Atlantic blue looks really good but as above suspect it will take a lot of careful washing as that type of colour shows every mark, just like black.

I’ve had indium and it’s a great colour to keep clean and my Tungsten is brilliant. Stays clean for ages and really sets off the red GTI details.

Brescias look good but personally if I wasn’t having the Parkers I’d have a nice set of aftermarkets instead as there are much nicer wheels out there than the 2 options that VW offer.

[skippy]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

[Toeman]

Wish I could post pics so you could see my indium grey with Brescia  and the arts velours interior. Think you would go for the grey

[Andy198]

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

I was the same as you and went Isaac Blue with Brescias in the end. Have a look at Kmpowells photos as they do justice to the colour. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=284513.10
It doesn’t always photograph well and can look a little flat in dull light, but it’s a really nice blue/grey shade that can look stunning. I like Indium Grey too, it’s a good problem to have. You can’t go wrong with the wheels, both styles are really good.
All the best.