So I'm gonna get new tires for the golf before winter. Since the tires'll be off I'm going to powder coat my wheels. What color do you think would look good? Stock? Mild? Wild?
Here's the only picture I can find of the car.
So I'm gonna get new tires for the golf before winter. Since the tires'll be off I'm going to powder coat my wheels. What color do you think would look good? Stock? Mild? Wild?
Here's the only picture I can find of the car.
White.
FSP_ZX2 wrote: White.
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In reply to DrBoost:
Are you powder coating the wheels in the photo? If so I'd go with something low key, dark bronze or gunmetal. If you've got racier rims in mind then I say white is the answer. White is going to be to flashy for OEM wheels IMHO.
Florescent "monster energy" green.
ShadowSix wrote: In reply to DrBoost: Are you powder coating the wheels in the photo? If so I'd go with something low key, dark bronze or gunmetal. If you've got racier rims in mind then I say white is the answer. White is going to be to flashy for OEM wheels IMHO.
Yeah, those factory wheels. I agree, white would look silly on those wheels I think. On thin, multi-spoke wheels it looks pretty stinking sweet.
I'm liking dark bronze, or even better, gunmetal.......
Any other suggestions...besides monster energy green
White
Gunmetal
Gumetal on similar rim:
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/285726-Blacked-Out-Cleared-Headlights-Powder-Coated-Wheels-Other-Stuff
Here is gunmetal on red:
Your rims have caps. Are the center caps metal or plastic? If plastic, they will need to be painted or run w/o
More goggle image search:
white wheels tend to look flashy against most colors....
except maybe white on white....
JohnRW1621 wrote: Your rims have caps. Are the center caps metal or plastic? If plastic, they will need to be painted or run w/o More goggle image search:
Ahh, good point. There are plastic center caps. I wonder if they'd be able to take 400°F? I doubt it.
They look fine as is, keep them silver. Trendy colors will just go out of fashion, and then you're stuck with them.
I'm gonna say it again because I lost the last time- GOLD. Gold and red is the winning combo. And you can probably sell em to some stancetard for a profit later.
DrBoost wrote: So I'm gonna get new tires for the golf before winter. Since the tires'll be off I'm going to powder coat my wheels. What color do you think would look good? Stock? Mild? Wild? Here's the only picture I can find of the car.
Is that a picture of your actual car? If it's stock and at stock ride height, I'd avoid ridiculous colors. I'm a big fan or orange, green and pink, but not on stock ride height.
I think mndsm might be right with gold.
Yeah Alan, that's the car. Stock in every way. It's a TDI so it's my eco-commuter. I figure since I've got the sand blaster and powder coat kit, might as well powder coat them. I'm leaning towards redoing them silver, or a light gun metal.
Car is stock, leave the wheels stock unless the paint is really nasty or curbrashed bad. Modified wheels will stick out like a sore thumb if you don't do anything else to complement the modification.
Bryce
Can you powder coat them clear so they will look like those sweet plexiglass like 30 inch wheels?
If I had any computer skills I'd Photoshop a soft brown wheel on there. Not really a beige, and less yellow than caramel. A medium tan? I've seen Mercedes from the early 80's that are about the color I'm thinking. It would be understated but immediately noticeable at the same time and I think it would go well with the red. In fact, I'd even do a red pin stripe right around the outside edge.
gunmetal or some orther darker silver/gray ("graphite"). Looks good on most wheels, plus it doesn't show brake dust, etc if you're lazy cleaning.
Also better than black since when black wheels are in motion it just looks like you have steelies sometimes, lol.
so jealous that you got that car. still looking still nothing comes up. 
How about body color wheels like the old lumina and cavalier Euros?
Mazdeuce, I p-shopped a few colors earlier. White didn't look good. Looked like those gay (no offense to any gay, near gay, not gay, been gay, or might be gay people here), like the daisy wheels. Gold looked ghetto-fab (no offense to anyone who lives, might live, used to live, or soon to live in a ghetto). The light gunmetal looked pretty stinking sweet.
CarKid: I looked for a few months for this one. And I had to fly 750 miles to get it. Let me tell you, the seller was a PITA to deal with, but I got the car I wanted. I'll keep my eyes open.
You know what color I'm going to recommend.
Eastwood Smoke Chrome naturally. 
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