evil.soup

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Ok, as some of you might know, i had a bit of damage done to my wheels by an un-named garage last year. The guy that did it was very helpful and had all 4 wheels repaired and re-sprayed in light grey instead of the silver, but it seems the job wasnt done very well and the paint has started to chip here and there.

So what do you think? Should i have them renovated properly and stick with the grey or should i join the white wheel club. I think it could look good with white wheels but i would like someone to do their magic on the below picture so i can see how it could look with white wheels. Or, do i go back to silver like in the picture?????

Thanks in advance gents,
Ian

KJD Mk1

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I'm not sure that White would suit your colour car Ian. I'd want to try a set first before I committed.

You got to think about the cleaning factor as well they require a lot of maint and I know you like to keep your car looking at it's best.

I wonder if bronze would be an option

ryan33hks

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Here you go mate, not the best but should give you an idea

Or even

KJD Mk1

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Actually the White looks quite nice.

STI Glenn

White wheels look nice ,but are imposible to keep clean

matscooby

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As much as I like white wheels, I agree with Glenn, they are a sod to keep clean.

Rally fan 555

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White not bad looking on your car - but like the darker look more

my06 ppp silver

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i have a set of 5x114 06 sti (brand spankers) in white for sale £200. be quick though with a pm if you want them as they are gonna be sprayed black by my mate any day now

wrx287

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I like the white Just wouldnt fancy cleaning them

Cannon Fodder

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The only trouble being that the Hawkeye WRX has a PCD of 5x100.

They will be a bargain for someone though at £200.

Cannon Fodder

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I agree that white wheels can look good but I think that with your car colour that gun metal grey would look a lot better besides being easier to keep clean.

my06 ppp silver

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goddammit assumed this was an sti cos of the splitter badge same as mine

jpscoobster

will these fit my sti ?with or without tyres?

RED2

white does look good ian but are alot of work. mine are off now and im looking for something else but not white

evil.soup

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Thanks Ryan

I really do like the white, but keeping them clean is something i would be concerned with. Are they really that much work then??
The trouble with wheels is the entire car can be clean but if the wheels are dirty the car looks grubby. I have in the past just cleaned the wheels when in a rush and it makes the car look 100% better so maybe white wheels would **** me off after a few days of trying to keep them clean.
I guess i will stick with metallic grey then, dont fancy the gunmetal again, the shape of the alloy is lost in the darkness, if you know what i mean?

evil.soup

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Pretty sure yours is the same fittment Jas.

evil.soup

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Are you getting rid of yours then mate??

RED2

well i was going to have them refurbed black or gunmetal but decided to sell in favour of some 9" rims with quite an aggressive offset........ i think

evil.soup

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9", will they clear then?
Let me know if you are thinking of selling, i may be interested if i can get the pennies together

RED2

ian they are on piston heads for £600. someone called today from birmingham and wanted to travel straight down. not sure if ive underpriced them they are £1200 new. what do you reckon on the price. still not 100% sure i want to get rid of them.

evil.soup

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I would keep them mate, they are very rare and look the nuts. I couldnt stretch to that anyway

ryan33hks

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i don't find my wheels that hard to keep clean, but you do have to keep on top of them. Yours would be alot harder though due to the amount of spokes you have its a pain getting your hands between them

evil.soup

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Ye, the spokes are a real pain, and they are even worse since i swapped to M1144 pads. The brake dust sticks like poo to my boys ****, almost has to be scraped off!

The Trooper 1815

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I think I can comment on the "white wheel club" having had set's on the Foggy and the Wagon.

Cleaning is a big pain in the arris, but if your a low mileage kind of bloke then do it!

Design is a pain, the Inovites had 12 spokes and where a nightmare to get behind. The inner surface was not 100% smooth so was difficult to keep clean.

The PFF 7's where a piece of wee wee, as you could get your hands behind the wheels and even with BREMBO's there was space. These had been refurbed and the surface of the inner wheel was very smooth and very little stuck to it.

BUT, I don't think you car suits white

Nolan_WRX

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I have the mintex 1144 pads on mine and my white wheels are caked in dust, and turning them yellow in places, that was just after a month of not being cleaned. When they were new they would be hard work to clean after just a week.
But The white does look nice tho

DannyBoy007

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I don't mind saying it as I see it, but the white looks pants on your colour car, The dark colour looks so much better.

As said by Kev the bronze would look very nice.

evil.soup

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Its a bit of a marmite combination really. Bronze looks awful against the blue though. VC was good enough to lend me his old wheels when mine went in for paint, looked really pants!
Grey seems to be the way forward.

The Trooper 1815

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Ian,

My Superleg's are a charcoal grey (in my pictures). I think they would look nice. But, get them done properly and avoid the "re-spray" route and get them beaded, spun for wobbles, colour coded and then loads of lacquer. Once bitten twice shy

evil.soup

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Ye mate, i will this time. I cant complain too much i guess, i was going to get them done anyway before this happened and it didnt cost me anything so i have had a 12 month for free. Just a shame the guy that did them must have rushed it, didnt even give the surface a key before spraying!!

All that said though, they still look good and only i would notice right now, but im a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to the car and its just starting to bug me a little.

DannyBoy007

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VC old wheels are very pink in the bronze, the Bronze ~I have on my Work Emotion wheels is a lot different, it's a very dark bronze, almost a very very dark gold. Have a look at Daones car on here, he's got the same wheels