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Beetle and Rims

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I am busy planning the final design of my beetle. Has anyone seen a beetle wih VR6s rims, if so, whats your thoughts, good match or not?


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IceFire wrote:I am busy planning the final design of my beetle. Has anyone seen a beetle wih VR6s rims, if so, whats your thoughts, good match or not?
the old school beetles looks flippen great in the vr6 mags
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ne pics?
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IceFire wrote:ne pics?
i do not have pics but i have seen it before and it looks stunning
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Which VR6 rims?
I don't like the look of BBS mesh rims on a bug unless the bug is in race trim.

I'm going to use the 5 spoke ones like these on my bug.
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I love those BBS mesh wheels, going to use them on my new ride when I upgrade to disks :D

Those normal Golf VR6 wheels look stunning on a Beetle, 15 inch with a huge drop looks brilliant :mrgreen:

I can't find the any pics, but I do know that I have them somewhere :roll:
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That's the same rim I'm talking about, eben :D

Here's a modified one that I also like:

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I prefer the Golf rims, the BBS however dont look bad at all.
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a bud of mine used to have a blue '72 beetle with VR6 rims

didn't like it much
but it is a taste thing.

do a photoshop thing to see if you dig it

or just do it
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not a great pic, but still don't like the combo
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The color of the beetle does not suit the rims, I agree the match on this, is not gr8
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Those VR6 5-spoke Golf wheels suit a German-look late-model (air cooled) Beetle very well! Wonder if they were unique to SA VR6 Golfs?
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I prefer that rim from the last lot of VR6 Jetta's to the VR6 Golf rim. Also 5 spokes. Unfortunately I don't have any pics, but they are very nice. I am looking for a set to change the BBS's on my VR6.
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