This is our 2012 Tornado Red Beetle, Ruby.
My wife and I bought it "previously loved" and it came with 16's on it. I'm not of these wheels so I'm going to try and find some 17's; possibly something in a 5 spoke. Let's see what you guys have on yours.
Search out some colored plasti dip. Try out some variations first and then paint or powder coat. If you don't like the plasti, just peel it off. If you do you may just leave it that way.
We headed over to the eastern side of the state to Steve Hahn VW in Yakima, WA. They had 2 pallets of 17" take offs for $695 per set (wheels and tires).
They have less than 10 miles on them and for that price it was way too good to pass up. So, not the ultimate set of wheels for our Beetle, but too darn good of a deal to pass up.
On Hwy 12 (White Pass) overlooking Mt Rainier
At the Vintiques Car Show in Yakima, Wa at the SunDome.
Compared to the 16's we had, this was a nice upgrade.
Wow @archiebug, I love those wheels! I wanted to have mine with them but my Beetle was built to someone elses order...
...with these:
They are better than some other wheels, but definitely not my first choice for a Beetle. Or second. Or even third. Maybe fourth.
I'll have to find a way to get me a set of those retros.
RedLeader, those new 17" alloys look great! What a nice upgrade and quite the score for the price (and from the dealer, no less!). Awesome. I like the look of those 5-spoke wheels, not sure what model they were originally on - maybe a Jetta?
My new Sport, with 19" Tornado's in White. I didn't order the car like this, it was a brand new pre reg dealer car. Would of prefered the black wheels, but the white ones look real nice on the white car.
Chris, the wheels are actually silver/white Tornados (white in place of black), it's an option. The car isn't actually a Turbo model per say, it a Tdi Sport in the UK, but it does come as standard with the chrome strip under the windows and front and rear park assist. The twin exhaust is a diesel thing and I have added the chrome tips myself.
If you all please, post your pics directly to the org and not through your photobucket/picasa, etc. When you remove your pics from your photobucket, we lose your nice pics here as well. The org has plenty of bandwidth to support your pics.
Thanks.
Im sure this is like the umpteenth time the old 'show us your wheels' has been posted on here, but here goes anyway.
My 2013. Some cheapo wheels I got off Tirerack.