[dsgti]

I saw the pic of the new concept R32 and I was wondering if anybody knew of a way to paint the rims (with accent coloring, not the whole rim)?

I saw some guy on here talking about chroming out the whole rim, which would be really cool no doubt, but im gonna imagine it will be waaaaaay to expensive for me.

 

[Gunny]

I have had chroming the 18"'s quoted. Not bad at $550 and 3 weeks turnaround.

 

[dsgti]

really? that's not that bad, let me know if you go for it and i might just follow...maybe

 

[Thalo]

If you do it, I wanna see pics. We're talking about chrome Huffeisens, right?

 

[Gunny]

Yeah. I love the wheel. I have looked for something already chromed that I like, but nothing compares. Seem like all of the wheels out there are spoked, and show too much of the rotors.

Sure. If I get it done, I'l post some shots.

 

[UnitedGrayGTi06]

I saw a tornado red GTi with painted black Huffs. They looked sick.

 

[kryptonkid07]

I've gained interest in this. I want my Huffs too be a dark gray/gunmetal. Kinda the way they are on the insides. Where would I go to get this done? A paint shop?

 

[GTI guy]

you can have the rims powder coated black. that would be tight.

 

[scans007]

you can have the rims powder coated black. that would be tight.

Yeah painting is a bad idea........Powder coating is the only way to go for rims.......and would look good. 8)

 

[Ecoterragaia]

I've often thought of painting the Huffs dark too, I think the darker gray or black would look great on my Tornado Red. Scans, why is it a bad idea to paint the rims?

 

[scans007]

I've often thought of painting the Huffs dark too, I think the darker gray or black would look great on my Tornado Red. Scans, why is it a bad idea to paint the rims?

Paint chips super easy, doesn't hold up over time, ect (I've only seen neg results from people I have seen do it)........for rims the only sure way to get a quality job is powder coating.

 

[mattabaziou]

How about a gunmetal grey on a CW GTI? what do you think?
I found this place right next to my house that makes custom wheels for bikes, and paints/powders/chromes...etc. wheels
The turn around right now would be 3 days!! dont have a price yet though

 

[kryptonkid07]

That would look sick, man. I love candy whites, especially with 18's... now GRAY/GUNMETAL that would look awesome in my opinion.

 

[hypnotica003]

i actually was just looking for a place to paint my 18"s...i want to paint them all black, either do powder coating (got a good price)...but i was thinking black chrome??? i know that would be much more expensive but really whats the differnce in look?

 

[pacokd]

man u should powder coat rims in gold or brownish i saw a CW gti with gold huffs IT IS SICK

 

[Dragon]

man u should powder coat rims in gold or brownish i saw a CW gti with gold huffs IT IS SICK

This is about the only MkV that I like w/ gold wheels.

 

[Jaws2000GTi]

Those are some sick rims. too bad my cars blacked out. I'd throw some of those on my car next time I got rims.

 

[lumns]

that set up is sick

 

[Dragon]

that set up is sick

And it's not even a GTI...

That's the ThunderBunny II >

 

[mattabaziou]

you should check out the pictures I posted in this other thread...there is a shot of powder coated wheels, and a set of painted wheels...it looks really good although I think I would go with the powder coated Hufs > O0

The ultimate issue is the price tag on this mod

http://myfastgti.com/vw-gti/my-gti/baller-ass-rims!-lmk-what-u-think/0/