White car, white wheels?

[panzer 2.3]

I have a 79 rabbit in alpine white. I'm thinking of powder coating my current wheels ronal r10 turbo's completely white. Including lips, windows and faces, while leaving the center caps black. I'm not a huge fan of color matched wheels, but something about white on white looks clean with a low profile tire I'll be running a 165/45 on a 15x7 wheel. It'll also be something a bit different for me until I can find the right splits. Thoughts?

[ATL_Av8r]

Sounds too tasteful. You'll never get accepted into H20 or WaterFest or any of those cluster****s without outrageously clashing wheels.

[kwik!gti]

^lol

White on white =

[DKGRNVR6]

pic of car?

[PsyberVW]

Sounds good to me.
It's also somewhat period-correct..

[patrickvr6]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...lished-lip-%29

[panzer 2.3]

pic of car?

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...lished-lip-%29

Thanks that helps, I should've searched more

[crisvr6]

why not ?

[panzer 2.3]

Why not

Wow that looks really good thanks for that pic! FTcl

[DKGRNVR6]

yes do it!

[panzer 2.3]

yes do it!

I def will. I'll have the boys at 4 ever kustoms pc them. That looks so clean I may even forget about buying splits to concentrate on other areas of the car. Something about keeping it simple/clean on a MKI that I like.

Now painted white center cap, leave the r10 cap as is or paint it black?

[IdontOwnAVW]

I def will. I'll have the boys at 4 ever kustoms pc them. That looks so clean I may even forget about buying splits to concentrate on other areas of the car. Something about keeping it simple/clean on a MKI that I like.

Now painted white center cap, leave the r10 cap as is or paint it black?

Leave the cap as is, as to break up the colors.

[crannky]

Sounds too tasteful. You'll never get accepted into H20 or WaterFest or any of those cluster****s without outrageously clashing wheels.

Not usually clashing. Complimentary. Big difference... That said, I rarely see cars that pull it off well. Fittment and wheel choice is, IMO, the key.

[izzo]

Do it. Will be tits. I am putting white snowflakes on my white MK2 next year.

[BRealistic]

Does somebody sell those old turbo style wheels new now?

Checking tire rack, the closest thing I could find in a quick search is this:

[C4 A6]

why not ?

The color isn't matched perfectly, and that's what is so hard about white on white.

OP, I personally wouldn't do it with Turbos. If you can find another set of wheels with spokes to do it, they'd look much better. But make sure the color is 99% perfectly matched.

Also, don't get really large wheels. One of the key things with white on white is the black of the tire contrasting. In that pic that I quoted, there's not enough tire to balance out all the white.

[SuperGroove]

I have a 79 rabbit in alpine white. I'm thinking of powder coating my current wheels ronal r10 turbo's completely white. Including lips, windows and faces, while leaving the center caps black. I'm not a huge fan of color matched wheels, but something about white on white looks clean with a low profile tire I'll be running a 165/45 on a 15x7 wheel. It'll also be something a bit different for me until I can find the right splits. Thoughts?

so classy:

[panzer 2.3]

The color isn't matched perfectly, and that's what is so hard about white on white.

OP, I personally wouldn't do it with Turbos. If you can find another set of wheels with spokes to do it, they'd look much better. But make sure the color is 99% perfectly matched.

Also, don't get really large wheels. One of the key things with white on white is the black of the tire contrasting. In that pic that I quoted, there's not enough tire to balance out all the white.

It will be on a 15x7 wheel with 165/45 rubber. I plan to get a color sample for the powdercoater, but I def feel what your saying. I don't want a alpine white car with a creme colored wheel it'll have to be the right shade or not at all

so classy:

LOL, I thought the same with color matching my wheels, but I'm sold on it now.

[1985Jetta]

My 85 Jetta is Alpine white with just some 85 GTI bottlecaps. I like the white wheels on the mk1 but not a mk2.

[Jerry_HEAVEN]

yes to white on white.

[Son]

something about white on white looks clean with a low profile tire

It won't look clean for long!

[DKGRNVR6]

Does somebody sell those old turbo style wheels new now?

Checking tire rack, the closest thing I could find in a quick search is this:

esm makes these now

[Aonarch]

why not ?

[KARMANN_20V]

I don't have anything to add other than the OP's car is hot!

[panzer 2.3]

I don't have anything to add other than the OP's car is hot!

Thank you sir. I want to change it up over the winter with some pc work and some small bits, but I appreciate the compliment

[IdontOwnAVW]

Totally missed the VR the first time I saw the pic. I was too mesmerized by the R10s...those and the R15s are my fav wheels ever.

[18thHole]

[bob570]

Do it!

[Iroczgirl]

I prefer the current polished wheels.

That said, as mentioned, a color matched white wheel (not the ronals) would look good too.

[Chris16vRocco]

I'm in favor of the white on white, but not sure I'd do it with the Ronals. I'm thinking Compomotive TH Mono in white.

[delrio]

Just plasti-dip them white

[Geechie_Suede]

GM was good at this

[IdontOwnAVW]

1996 SLP SS.

[SoCalDubber]

Does this count?

[nm+]

White wheels on a white VW

Always classy