before

after

next up drop springs to get rid of some of that gap.
Also gonna black out the side markers and rears.
at some point paint the calipers, when I get the decals.

 

They look good and it will look better when you drop it a little bit. Black it out!

 

Unfortunately I have to admit that she looks ugly. Either before or after.

Jaguar makes great looking cars and nobody, I mean NOBODY except Arden tries to make any changes to jaguars.

Thought you may know this guy...he also "loves" his Jag.




P.S. Paint on the calipers? WTF?! It's a Jaguar not an old Pontiac!

 

What size are those wheels? 18 x 8.5? Looks like they are the coventry wheels. Was thinking about buying the same wheels on my black x sport. I think they look nice!

 

Yeah they look very nice and sporty! Can you give us the wheel specs and description?

 

I like both but I think I like before better. Sorry....

Are the wheels painted to match the car or is it just a black rim? Can't tell from the pics.

I really like the blacked out trim, I think I'm going to do that this summer.

 

Eh... not to bash but I liked the original wheels better too.

I'm thinking the biggest possible thing that can help your car is at least a set of springs.

 

>not to bash but I liked the original wheels better too.

But, at least, the new ones will let people know when his wheels are dirty... ;-)
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theyer the coventry witney 17". I do tend to agree that I like the stocks a little better too. Just because they were all balck. Oh well, I needed tires.

 

the orginals were pained to match.
I'll get some drop springs on in the next couple of weeks or so.

 

Not a lot of people go smaller than stock diameter on aftermarket wheels - unless they use smaller tires and go mega low with the suspension drop. You broke the mold here.

 

Exexpat...The factory wheels on his car are 17s... so he went with the same size. I personally would have gone with 18s.

 

They look OK to me.

Be interested in your report about the drop springs and ride characteristic changes.

Presuming that you have good road surfaces in your part of the planet.

 

Hey if you like the way your car looks - More power to you!

What % tint you have on the windows?

 

I think you of all people knows that there really is no mold...

As for the OP's wheels, the Coventrys are cool wheels but they would have looked far better in 19"+. Anything with that many spokes just looks odd if it's too small, and these remind me of DTM style wheels, which are always massive.

 

I don't necessarily agree. Mine are 18" and I think they look ok with the spokes.