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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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soooo i put these volswagen gti wheels on my tc for shi*ts and giggles, and it reallllllllly grew on me and aloooot of poeple like it also,, im confused should i paint them black or stay with the clean silver look... pleaseee tell mee thanks















Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:49 AM
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I think they look nice silver.
keep them that way.
looks good on a FM
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SILVERredLIPtC
I think they look nice silver.
keep them that way.
looks good on a FM


thanks bro
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:21 AM
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They look pretty dam good.
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Originally Posted by dqlostsoulz
They look pretty dam good.
why thanks bro!!! you think i should keep em silver or paint them black> ill get better pics up tomrow
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Originally Posted by boostedtc1215
Originally Posted by SILVERredLIPtC
I think they look nice silver.
keep them that way.
looks good on a FM


thanks bro
Yeah that is certainly different... looks good... Its personal preference to stay silver or go black.... I think they would look good like they are or black/dark metallic gray. Only thing is if you go black....they might look a little like the TRD wheels that Toyota offers.


Did you have to do anything special in the mounting process of the wheels? or was it a direct bolt on fit to the tC hubs?
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haha yeah thats what i was thinking they might look like the trds, and fitment man they are just direct bolt on, the volkswagen gti has the same lug pattern and hub size, i know the newer gtis are different tho
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I think they look good the way they are.
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Originally Posted by dqlostsoulz
I think they look good the way they are.

im confused lol ahh ill prolly keep em silver for a while its diff for me atleast i havnt had silver wheels for over a year now haha
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Hmmm, surprisingly not bad looking!
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Originally Posted by boostedtc1215
haha yeah thats what i was thinking they might look like the trds, and fitment man they are just direct bolt on, the volkswagen gti has the same lug pattern and hub size, i know the newer gtis are different tho
oh is that so?.....so what year are the gti wheels that you have on it or what years have direct fitment if you know?
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Originally Posted by Metro273
Hmmm, surprisingly not bad looking!

thanks bro =D
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they were off a 2002 volkswagen gti
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^^ cool thanks bro.... good to know.
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no probem bro!!!
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so is the gti wheel a 17,18" ?
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17" brother i wish they were 18s lol
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well the good thing about 17's is that you dont have to buy tires at least once a year for it...18s may look a bit nicer...but to me its not worth forkin' out that kinda cash for a new set of tires ever 15-20K miles.
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hell yeah man tires are exspensive
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thats why I still run 17's...so not too bad of a trade off.



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