Hello all,

I am an auto enthusiast. I have always owned fun "quick" cars. In my garage now is a 2002 Honda S2000 as well as a 2005 WRX STI for fun. There is also a Honda Odyssey and CRV for boring commuter/kid hauling duties.

Well, my wife's grandmother just gave us her old car. A 2004 4.2 S-Type original owner with only 64,xxx miles on it. Mostly garage-maintained and pretty nice overall. Being the car guy I am, I have already started looking at some changes to it. One of the first things to do is to get rid of the 17-inch wheels for something a bit more aggressive, as well as slightly lower. I noticed H&R makes a nice spring for these.

What is a good "flush: offset for these cars? Would 19x85 and 19x10 + 15 be too much?

 

Probably don't go lower as they can scrape on things already. And you'd alter the good handling unless you can do major suspension redesign beyond what Jaguar already did.

 

on the lowered v6 i have, i run 235 35 19, 8.5J all around, (kinda stock overall diameter, which is recommended obviously)
ET 30 on the front, and im still running et 45 on the rear as i need spacers,
on the STR you could definitely run the same on the front, and on the rear et45 but with 9.5j wheels and 275 or 265 tires, with the correct sidewall %, i think 25 or 30, do the maths.

 

STR with rears also on front - will they fit when cornering?

I suspect not a chance.

Also: why the heck would you???

 

Look into the OEM 18" BBS original wheels. I have them, I think they are 18x8, they fit 245 40 18 tires which is nice. I am building a sport version of the car, with custom Ceika Motorsports coilovers, poly bushings, camber kit and more. I have the manual too. But I am not very familiar with wheels and offsets.

I saw the H&R springs too, but could not find adequate shocks.