I have been looking at these since they came out last month. A fellow forum member beat me to them (Shep) so now we have two on the forum now. I wish the offset on the front were more aggressive, so I plan on adding at the least 5mm spacers to the front. The front wheels are still to sunk in for my liking.

My guess is since I'm lowered on H&R's it is more noticeable. Big thanks to Shep, Carlos was awesome to deal with over at AudioCity. Next is painting Calipers and custom S BADGE DECALS. And now for the pics, I hope everyone enjoys. 20x9 40 offset and 20x10 42 offset. Tires are Hankook Evo2 255/35/20 and 285/30/20

 

Very nice!

 

Looks great! Will be three on the Forum soon - mine came about a week ago but lug nuts and hub rings got lost in the mail so am waiting for replacements to arrive!

Any tips on caliper painting - and likely cost? I'm looking at going red (2010 XF Supercharged) - but not sure what approach to painting looks best / is resilient. Would like a Jaguar lettering in white on them too perhaps?

Also wondering about drilled (or drilled/slotted) rotors - but seems to be mixed reviews on whether they and perhaps lower dust pads work as well (I saw forum mentions of reduced braking, of vibration issues etc) - has anyone got recommendations for the supercharged model with large front calipers?

 

Thanks! I'm going with red and having this guy in the UK make me some custom S badge decals to go on the Caliper clips. I will post a pic of what they will look like, but in the pic it is the R but he is gonna replace with a S for me.

I have drilled and slotted rotors and and Ceramic Pads. Would not have it any other way, over 5,000 miles and no vibration, you lose a little bite, but brake dust is non existent.

 

Just had mine done ... Had them powdered coated...process is expensive but worth it ... Replaced all four routers with ceramic pads ....brakes are much lower but function properly...dust is reduced big time. Total cost with labor 2500 that also included a brake fluid flush..

 

I painted mine myself using this kit: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...jsp?techid=276
If I remember correctly I did 2 coats and haven't had any real issues other than one time when I hit one of the calipers with tip of the wheel brush trying to clean the barrel of the wheels and chipped the paint. Maybe a 3rd coat would have and being more careful would have helped prevent that. I haven't had any problems at all with the hi-heat vinyl lettering peeling off.

 

I have to say that your car looks awesome! I live near Asia where they take their high end cars seriously and do lots of mods to them. In Japan, there is a class of cars called VIP. These are the Jags, Mercedes, Lexus, BMWs and Audis that are modified and most are lowered with wheels that are what they call 'hella flush" because they stick out all the way to the lip of the wheel well.

 

Looking very nice!!

 

Installed my Rohana RF2 wheels on my 2010 XF SC a couple of months ago and loving them. I've just switched out the rotors and pads for R1 Concepts Premium drill/slotted rotors and PosiQuiet ceramic pads. And had the calipers painted red with an 'S' decal on them from SupergraphicsF1. Only done a few dozen miles so far, so still bedding in. I think they look great - see a quick before and after snapshot below.

 

Those drilled rotors with red calipers look great!!!!

 

Looking great!

 

Nice job! You're making me think I'm going to have to do something as well. But it will have to wait until I need new pads, so could be a while.

 

Thanks - I'm very pleased with how it all turned out. Pads and rotors weren't too expensive - ~$800 for all four wheels. Given two needed replacing anyway, it seemed like a good deal.

Brakes still bedding in as I haven't done much mileage on them yet - will report back once they have. So far it's completely silent (I was worried about talk of noise on these). Braking power is definitely reduced - but some of that should come back as the pads shape to the rotors and increase the contact area

 

How much to install pads and rotors?

 

A local specialist wheel and tuning shop did the install for me - and painted the calipers too. I was going to do it, but a bit put off by the rear ebrake...

They charged $300 in total to fit all the pads / rotors on all four wheels and for painting the calipers. Seemed like a terrific price to me - and they did a nice job. That's less than the dealer charges for a pair...