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Old 03 May 2011, 05:29 PM
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Default WHEELS... help me decide ? ? ?
Im currently refurbing a set of turini's






primered and ready for paint

just one more to go


This is the colour i had decided on



Im still not sure .... heres a current pic of my car...



What do you think..... ? ? ?.......... stay with gold or go dark ?
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Old 03 May 2011, 05:32 PM
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go dark fella

anthricite or black

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Old 03 May 2011, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ethanrob
go dark fella

anthricite or black

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ok.... mudflaps........ red, black or none at all ?
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Old 03 May 2011, 05:50 PM
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grey or dark look good on silver.

loose the mudflaps, dont think they suit silver cars personally.

no doubt whatever colour wheel you choose it will look nice, always liked them rims.
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Old 03 May 2011, 05:55 PM
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I reckon dark rims as well. Mudflaps are not really for looks, they save you the cost of resprayed sides after they are pebble sprayed ! I'd go for black flaps and keep them "blacked" - rather than the "light" black (dark grey) they go.
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Anthracite wheels with black flaps
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Old 03 May 2011, 05:59 PM
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Look at my Profile pics M8. Gotta be Anthracite on a silver STi
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Look at my Profile pics M8. Gotta be Anthracite on a silver STi

What do you think to ford graphite grey ?



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Originally Posted by sivo
What do you think to ford graphite grey ?



I like that colour
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I think grey looks good on a silver car but not to dark though.
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If the wheels are too dark it always makes the tyres look brown / dirty IMHO.......then they need dressing. A nice colour is "Bright Flitter", the PFF7 colour. Not too dark but definately not silver.

How about white.........is it the Rig or moley that has white / silver ?. Surprisingly nice and different

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White will look good,get them powdercoated white.


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Black/Anthracite - lose the flaps
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Anthracite fella, with either black or no flaps

Oh Ford polaris grey is a good colour choice btw, not a million miles away from the inovite grey.

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not sure about white...... think i would be cleaning them everyday !

can anyone photo shop grey and white turinis on to this pic plz ?

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Blu scoob......... are those prodrive Pff7's ?

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Blu scoob - looking at your last pic, if that is pebble damage, are you sure no flaps is a good idea ?

My classic (no flaps) was like that down the passenger side
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
If the wheels are too dark it always makes the tyres look brown / dirty IMHO.......then they need dressing. A nice colour is "Bright Flitter", the PFF7 colour. Not too dark but definately not silver.

How about white.........is it the Rig or moley that has white / silver ?. Surprisingly nice and different

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I agree with White. Moley's is Silver with White wheels and it looks the bollox.
Here you go.

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Originally Posted by Midlife......
If the wheels are too dark it always makes the tyres look brown / dirty IMHO.......then they need dressing. A nice colour is "Bright Flitter", the PFF7 colour. Not too dark but definately not silver.

How about white.........is it the Rig or moley that has white / silver ?. Surprisingly nice and different

Shaun
I agree, I went from bright flitter to black and have regretted it ever since:



Should look even better with the turinis
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Go with the original anthracite colour, looks lovely on the speedlines (I have the same wheels, 18's).
I have to agree on the mudflaps though, don't suit your car.
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Go with the grey/anthracite mate will look
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Loving the white, even on a light coloured car. All down to personal choice tho.
I'll go for white if I ever get rims re powdercoated
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Originally Posted by Anger
Anthracite wheels with black flaps
+1
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Blu scoob......... are those prodrive Pff7's ?
No, Inovite redlines (prodrive replicas).

Originally Posted by StanS
Blu scoob - looking at your last pic, if that is pebble damage, are you sure no flaps is a good idea ?
No its just dirt, the car was filthy when that pic was taken.
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I know its a hatch and I'm biased but Antharcite Turinis do look good on a silver scoob!!
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Nice contrast with the paint without making it dull.
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what do you think to this colour ?

http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/vw-go...hs-fitted.html
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Sorry, I've never liked bronze.

In some light it looks OK on Volk TE37's and that's about it !

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Not a huge fan of the bronze look on anything other than white cars
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