New rims (update: colour choices on page 3)

way_z · Post by **way_z** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:28 am

oh yea those satin black wheels above, from the lupo gti on ebay are the ones i was talking about in the what colour poll in the mkV section... they look slick! im seriously considering that finish too

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:15 am

CymruPolo wrote:
dubpolo wrote:very nice mate! not going for the gloss black???

look and the trend me and ian (bstardchild) started, lol
Any idea where he went? Haven't seen him online in ages! Did he sell his Polo?

He's still around

joshdub · Post by **joshdub** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:36 pm

hey all (im a noob hah

)

just wanted to drag this thread up to ask what the best prices on 16" rx11s are?? best places to buy with tyres?

im looking and looking for a polo gti, hopfully wont be long now!

thanks - josh

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:29 pm

4 or 5 stud? big difference in price

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:34 pm

joshdub wrote:just wanted to drag this thread up to ask what the best prices on 16" rx11s are?? best places to buy with tyres?

thanks - josh

If you mean new, I should imagine price wise you're looking at near on Â£2000.

The best bet is to keep an eye out on e-bay

.

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:23 pm

Well rather than starting a new topic just thought i'd post an update!

After a quick start to refurbing the wheels i then got lazy!

But now the centres are at the powder coaters just awaiting me to give them my choice of colour! So here's some pics of sample bits of metal they sprayed to give me an idea of the colour!

What do you guys and girls reckon? The dark colour with slight silver fleck in or the silver which has a slight reflective quality to it!

Please help me choose a colour! Then i can order my tyres and get these alloys finally fitted!

Thankyou please.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:26 pm

Both would look pretty good I reckon, black seems to be a real popular colour though (maybe a little too popular, although it does look good)

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:56 pm

The colours are Manganese and Chromium!

I agree that the Manganese does look rather black but close up it has a slight metallic look too it! And i don't want people to look at my car and think "oh look another car with black alloys and polished lips"

The only problem i have with the silver is that it is very OEM. People will look at that colour and not realise that they've been refurbished!

Ahhhhhh, i hate making these decisions!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:32 pm

That's what I'm thinking about mine now, I'm considering getting them done again but different to anything I've seen before.

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:26 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:That's what I'm thinking about mine now, I'm considering getting them done again but different to anything I've seen before.

will that be another trip down to sunny thanet mate?

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:28 pm

Nah, that was a bit too far Dan. Worked out about the same price as it would have done for me to get them done up here after Petrol.

way_z · Post by **way_z** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:42 pm

manganese black... wateva it is, it looks good!

yea it is common but i reckon it'll look sh*t-hot against your silver car... plus us fella's here on uk-polos will appreciate it rather than think of it common! looking forward to seeing the finished article!

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:52 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote: Nah, that was a bit too far Dan. Worked out about the same price as it would have done for me to get them done up here after Petrol.

well thanet is not very sunny at the moment anyways lol

New B · Post by **New B** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:56 pm

Manganese Black looks great but if you had the money you could get the centres Mirror Polished never seen a set of RX2 with that finish