MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Marticus on June 14, 2023, 12:00:57 pm
Playing with photoshop trying some different wheel colors, let me know what you think and if you have any other ideas.

the purple was my daughters idea  :P

As it stands now:
(https://i.postimg.cc/tgyTNgph/standard.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/brMrxHwJ/black.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/jqkDYK4b/bronze.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/PrpPtcS8/gold.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/bN7ddT5V/purple.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/Jzj0XXVr/white.png) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Clarky on June 14, 2023, 12:53:16 pm
Top ones and white are all done to death...i'd either go factory colour or go for the purple. It would make your daughter very happy and you'd probably be the only one you'd see with purple wheels. I just had my 18" Monzas redone back to factory grey middles and diamond cut and had a few comments about how good they look...now looking at tyres for the 17" set i bought to go on in the winter!
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Marticus on June 14, 2023, 05:27:09 pm
Top ones and white are all done to death...i'd either go factory colour or go for the purple. It would make your daughter very happy and you'd probably be the only one you'd see with purple wheels. I just had my 18" Monzas redone back to factory grey middles and diamond cut and had a few comments about how good they look...now looking at tyres for the 17" set i bought to go on in the winter!

I was leaning towards white or black, but will admit that they're overdone.

If the car was white, black, or silver more colorful wheels would be an easier choose.

Now my younger daughter wants lime green, and my wife wants turquoise haha. So I may be add a few different option in a bit.
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Marticus on June 14, 2023, 07:21:47 pm
more options my daughter made :D


(https://i.postimg.cc/qRLGwsQc/blue.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/gcgD6Kxm/green.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/NMY4RJ8f/magenta.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/BnrNnQXF/orange-orange.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/qqvx5NZP/red.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/T1NJMTzp/turquise.png) (https://postimages.org/)

(https://i.postimg.cc/fbYCtn9r/umbrige-pink.png) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: gj124 on June 15, 2023, 12:09:48 pm
Anthracite, a bright Silver or gold looks best on Tornado Red imo. Did you have the standard front splitter painted in red or is that an aftermarket one? Looks good.
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Marticus on June 15, 2023, 02:13:47 pm
Anthracite, a bright Silver or gold looks best on Tornado Red imo. Did you have the standard front splitter painted in red or is that an aftermarket one? Looks good.

Thanks, it's a replica Ed30 lip, that I painted with the center section black. Looks OK in the pics, but the color match isn't great. At some point I'll be getting it repainted professionally when I do the sideskirts and rear.
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: pudding on June 16, 2023, 09:06:05 pm
Lime green or blue, 100%  :happy2:

Silver, yeah, dull but it's classic, understated and those wheels are nice, so an easy win there.

Gold on a red car, trying to look like a Ferrari.

Black, boring as fook, every damn car has black wheels now and they just look bland.

Purple, well you could I suppose, it is Pride month after all  :happy2:

White, yeah, I could live with that.  Could you live with the obvious brake dust though?  :grin:
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Birchy on June 17, 2023, 09:49:11 am
Have you considered a dark anthracite / shadow chrome(if that’s what it’s called) with some red bbs centre caps?
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Marticus on June 17, 2023, 01:43:52 pm
Lime green or blue, 100%  :happy2:

Silver, yeah, dull but it's classic, understated and those wheels are nice, so an easy win there.

Gold on a red car, trying to look like a Ferrari.

Black, boring as fook, every damn car has black wheels now and they just look bland.

Purple, well you could I suppose, it is Pride month after all  :happy2:

White, yeah, I could live with that.  Could you live with the obvious brake dust though?  :grin:

Im still kind of leaning towards white, but the thought of cleaning them is putting me ofg for sure, at least theyre not bbs lm’s or the like. That would be painfull to deal with.
Title: Re: Opinions please, and suggestions.
Post by: Marticus on June 17, 2023, 01:48:18 pm
Have you considered a dark anthracite / shadow chrome(if that’s what it’s called) with some red bbs centre caps?

Thats not a bad idea, im not good enough in photoshop to get a glossy finish on the colors, so i cant really test it.

The red centercaps is a good idea too, i was also considering red wherl bolts, or even filling in the text on the wheels in a different color to make it pop a bit. Not sure if thats overkill though.

Something like this:


(https://i.postimg.cc/JzXJR8xg/IMG-0553.png) (https://postimg.cc/DS2mcttd)