# Old VW beetle with shiny rims

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785 "2009-11-21T02:58:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Scrabbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Scrabbler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrabbler)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785/1 "2009-11-21T02:58:37Z")

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Not a question, a comment.  
  
  
  
 Saw an old VW beetle with what appeared to be splotchy gray primer paint for a paint job and an ugly luggage rack on top. But it did have what appeared to be low profile tires and shiny rims. Couldn’t help but think if all I could afford was an old VW, I sure wouldn’t be splurging on fancy rims.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785/2 "2009-11-21T04:41:35Z")

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I seriously doubt anyone (in this country anyways) is currently driving an air-cooled VW because that’s all they can afford. They’re enthusiast cars now plain and simple-- for just cheap transportation there’s much better cars that are much cheaper.

Actually, though after I sold my (also beat up) '69 Beetle a few years back, I was suprised to see it driving around on a set of fancy new wheels a few weeks later. The guy I sold it to has about a half-acre of air-cooled VW’s (some nice, some not so), and my old bug had needed tires and the ones he had lying around happened to be on fancy new aluminum rims.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785/3 "2009-11-21T14:05:28Z")

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How Do You Know That The Splotchy Gray Primer Won’t Soon Be covered By A Shiny New Paint Job ? Could Be The Mechanicals Were Taken Care Of First  
CSA

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**Author:** ![Scrabbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Scrabbler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrabbler)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785/4 "2009-11-21T16:03:12Z")

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Okay, I stand corrected. I still think a) it was the ugliest automotive sight I’ve seen in a while and b) I would never put the low profile tires and shiny rims on a VW bug, no matter its condition. And I sincerely hope a paint job is in the works sometime soon.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785/5 "2009-11-21T16:27:09Z")

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I Don’t Like Those Tires On Any Car, Unless It’s On A Race Track.  
CSA

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**Author:** ![Scrabbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Scrabbler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrabbler)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-vw-beetle-with-shiny-rims/39785/6 "2009-11-21T17:25:56Z")

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Agreed