Also removed side moldings. I own Acme Wheels & Tires and We just got on board with Verde and I fell in Love with the Axis V99. I went with stagger 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 with Lionhart LH Five in 275/40 at all 4 corners. Finally got to install our caliper restoration decals too. LOVE this look and ride.



The center caps are aluminum.

 

sweet looking

 

Thank you Sir.

 

Wow, looks great!

 

Very nice. Same color car as mine. The door rub strips seem to come and go in the pics lol,,,,,,did you keep them or take em off?
Steve

 

There gone now. For sale too if anyone can use them.


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Your Jag looks fantastic - the newer style rims really update the look and the color matches the car perfectly.

It's amazing to me how much cleaner and different the car appears without the side moulding.

Question - The Lionhart Brand is a less expensive Chinese made tire yes? Do you have extensive experience with this brand and how they perform short and longer term?

I have a 2005 Super V8 and have been on almost a year now without posting pics. I have several sets of OEM wheels and your car looks so good I really need to share mine. It's irritating when people don't have pics I find.

Anyway - nice job.

 

Yes I own Acme Wheels & Tires and we use Lionharts for over a year, they are amazing.

 

Nice rims but Lionhart tires?

 

Yes, amazing rubber. Why? you have experience with them? We sell more of these then anything else.

 

My stock wheels are now available too located in South jersey.

 

I'm inbetween Lionhart tires and achilles atr sport 2's.

Which ones should I get?

I just daily drive.

Car looks great!

 

Lionharts for sure. They are awesome. Smooth quiet, handle great etc.

 

Just a quick update. Over a year and almost 12k miles on the Lionharts and they are AMAZING! Best tire for the $ out there.

 

My brother got Lionharts on his Audi. He loves them and when I drove his car they felt great. Good performance, quiet, and very reasonable price.

 

Hi OnebadassXJR,
Awesome looking car, great wheels, the color of them match the car so well.
I assume that Lionhart tires are Chinese, and it sounds like they are good performers.
I recently had my badly kerbed Callisto 20 inch wheels repaired and have fitted Triangle tires, again Chinese.
I will be interested to see how the tires perform in the long term. Are Triangle tires available in the USA?


Assymetric tread

Triangle brand

Correct size and load rating

Fitted to the car

 

Question to the PO: why did you choose to have a staggered rim set with same tires' width front and rear?
Also 8.5" for a 275 looks to me to be on the low side...

 

I got a good deal on the 4 in same size and I love the staggered look, the back is more concave. They also didnt have a larger size for the rears in the LH5 that had the same sidewall.

 

It's not uncommon to have staggered rim sets with same tires' sizes (wider rims on the rear).
It may have a slight impact on the handling, wider rims procuring a sharper response of the tires, thinner rims a more sluggish one.
But in your case the quite wider tires (275 compared to the 255 original fitting) also will modify the handling.
Overall did you notice a difference in handling?

 

Car handles fine, 0 issues.