Golf GTI wheels painted grey

[Johnbu]

Hello,

As my wheels need repainting anything, I was thinking of painting my GTI wheels that shiny grey colour, i.e. similar to the clio sport 182 cup wheel colour.

I've seen the OEM wheels painted black, but not a big fan, but has anyone here painted their GTI wheels grey?

If so, do you mind putting up a photo?

I'm still not 100% sure should I repaint them to the original finish or do something different.

[poyta]

Don't clean the car for a few weeks and they will naturally go grey. That will give you a pretty good indication of what they will look like.

[limmy]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/...543dcd.jpg?v=0

[kaoticice]

or do you mean gunmetal color??

[Johnbu]

yeah metallic gunmetal.

limmy- thanks, that sorta colour.

would like to see the mkv GTI (oem wheels) with that colour.

[Big Yellow]

man just get some plastidip and paint the wheels and if u dont like it peel it off.

byza has done this and i think it looks great. gonna do mine when i get some time.

[Cam]

I'm sure someone with photoshop skills could do something for you


I would but I'm not very good with photoshop.
MS Paint + stick figures is about as good as I go....lol

[bwen]

I gave it a try in photoshop, I'm not very good I guess that would give you a rough idea what it might look like (without the shine of course)

[chrisgti]

like what has already been said.. it will just look like dirty wheels

[kaoticice]

dat is sexy IMO.. I;ve always wanted to do that..

THeres gonna be a lil more shine then that.. i think it'll great a lil lighter colored

[tinto]

Gunmetal Denvers will look great - don't go for full black IMO.
I had a set of gunmetal wheels and they didn't look dirty at all.
The upside is they don't look dirty as often as the bright silver OEM ones do, so you can go a bit longer between cleans...
Brake dust from my OEM pads was pretty brown so it was quite obvious when they were actually dirty.

[Greg Roles]

I think it's a great way to look unique, and not be "yet another GTI".

I'm thinking of painting my stocko GT wheels just to be different.

[Johnbu]

well, I just bought a 2nd set of GTI Wheels.

Will clean it up, putty and sand it up.

I'll take it to a panel beater friend to spray in some sort of bright metallic grey colour- hopefully with lots of metallic specks.

If i do like it, the originals will go on sale, if not, the painted ones will go back to ebay.

I actually like the Denvers, i think they suit the car very well.

plus, I personally think, 17s have the performance/handling (not to mention price) advantage over the 18s. having said that, 235/245s would help the GTI off the line.

I must admit I was thinking of some rep RS4s, but decided to stay with the BBS'.

Not a fan of full black, unless it was super glossy, otherwise it would just look dirty.

[tinto]

this was my GT on 17" gunmetal wheels.


and on my 'everyday' 18s (car getting tinted)

[kaoticice]

Those pic looks great...
Im really wondering how the color will look on the standard monza wheels.