Black or Silver Rims / Wheels on Golf R?

Just my 2c, but I hate black rims
they look... oil / grease covered
dirty

and from any distance it usually ends up looking like just an empty black hole where your wheels should be

I'm kind of intrigued by the proposed white Golf R - with all the black trim the wheels may not look out of place. And against a white body, you may actually still see some detail of the wheel so it doesn't look like a hole

Take a look for yourself....

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../mygolfr-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ewImage5-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by coreying

Take a look for yourself....

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../mygolfr-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ewImage5-1.jpg

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For me personally, I think that looks awesome! The colours just go together so well!


Off topic, thinking of putting the "HATE TAX" plates on the shelf for this car and going with "MY R"

Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by coreying

Take a look for yourself....

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It's OK, I guess, but still kinda getting that empty wheel well look

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Originally Posted by HATE TAX

...thinking of putting the "HATE TAX" plates on the shelf ... Thoughts?

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Without Tax, you'd have to pay $4.50 for every single bit of road you drive on

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Originally Posted by HATE TAX

going with "MY R"

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maybe "iR", since apple is more trendy these days

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Originally Posted by Karlosovic

It's OK, I guess, but still kinda getting that empty wheel well look


Without Tax, you'd have to pay $4.50 for every single bit of road you drive on

maybe "iR", since apple is more trendy these days

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Was under the impression that our rego and other car related fee's paid for our roads?

Either way, I hate tax :)

Just checked out a blue car with black rims today. I agree that blue is best with silver rims, but the black rims are just awesome in real life, sometimes on photos, they do look like black holes with little details showing, but in real life, simply awesome. Count me in as another person choosing white R with black rims.

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Originally Posted by Karlosovic

Just my 2c, but I hate black rims
they look... oil / grease covered
dirty

and from any distance it usually ends up looking like just an empty black hole where your wheels should be

I'm kind of intrigued by the proposed white Golf R - with all the black trim the wheels may not look out of place. And against a white body, you may actually still see some detail of the wheel so it doesn't look like a hole

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Know what you mean, can look like the car has no wheels. The black R wheels look better in real life though.

I think black wheels are a bit overrated myself, you cant see the detail and i personally think gun metal would be better (and silver on blue looks good for a contrast)..

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Originally Posted by Starlooker

Just checked out a blue car with black rims today. I agree that blue is best with silver rims, but the black rims are just awesome in real life, sometimes on photos, they do look like black holes with little details showing, but in real life, simply awesome. Count me in as another person choosing white R with black rims.

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What colour combo are you thinking of with black wheels?

:banana:

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Originally Posted by HATE TAX

For me personally, I think that looks awesome! The colours just go together so well!


Off topic, thinking of putting the "HATE TAX" plates on the shelf for this car and going with "MY R"

Thoughts?

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I'm very admiring of the R, and would love to own one. However, I really cant see $60k worth of car here to LOOK at. Lets dismiss all the engineering and performance enhancements, I just cant see $20k difference in LOOKS between the R and any other Golf. IMHO they (VWG) should have done some radical design changes to let the car say "Hey look at me, I'm a Golf R". As Golf owners, we'll know what it is, but nobody else will.

Brian

Thank god there isn't $20k of difference, and only $9500 (to as little as $4400 depending on what options you wanted on your GTI).