What colour to paint my steelies...

[Golf Houso]

Here are the wheels in questions(I have another two without tires):



And here is the car:

[madglf3]

I will give a vote for leaving them black, and another one for widening them to similar proportions as Ray's steelies. I'm not too sure how good coloured ones would look on a VR like yours, maybe gunmetal would look ok?

[Water Boy]

Maybe a creamy white colour but only if you are rocking wide shizz set-up... Probably best mount 2 wheels on one side of the car get a side on photo then work some photo shop magic

[Preen59]

Hot pink with whale skin hub caps....

[RhysQ]

they are way too thin to look good on any car.....widen the hell out of them! and then paint them ivory with a maroon pinstripe around just inside the edge.

that would look fo' schnitzel ma pretzel!

[Golf Houso]

Keep in mind the budget factor guys, $60 for paint VS. $900 for widened steelies and powder coating

[jayjay]

what diameter are they?

you could white wall em...? but sell your gl and widen them

[rayray086]

Keep in mind the budget factor guys, $60 for paint VS. $900 for widened steelies and powder coating

Or $560 + paint yourself @ Neales Wheels, South Strathfield!

[Golf Houso]

what diameter are they?

you could white wall em...? but sell your gl and widen them

15x6 ET38, I agree somebody buy my GL lol...

Or $560 + paint yourself @ Neales Wheels, South Strathfield!

Hmnn intriguing, but I'm still unwilling to modify the guards since the paint on this car is quite good, bar the bumpers.

I wonder whats the max I could go on them without touching the guards? 15x8 ET 45 and what 15x7.5 ET38?

[rayray086]

All wheel specialists I've seen don't band steelies, only re-barrel them. In that case, there's not a lot of sizes to go for - I know you can go 8", but the next step up will be 10". Not sure about the sizes under 8"!

For conservative, you'll be fine with 8" ET30-35 for the fronts and ET 20-25 for the rears. Flush at best, and still won't foul suspension.