Came across this XJ6 Jag with the strangest wheels I have ever seen. There is something painted on the wheels or there are cut outs. Has any one seen anything like this?


Jaguar : Other XJ6 L | eBay

 

IMHO they look like standard XJ6 wheels that have been chromed. I think this is the "Kiwi" wheel but I always get the names mixed up


Cheers
DD

 

I dunno what it is, but I like it. I like shiny wheels.

 

They look the same as mine.....except for the chrome...

 

These are 'dimple's. Kiwis are the flat faced ones with 14 slots.

 

I think it's a reflection that you are seeing.

 

looks like the hood/bonnet struts are upside down

 

The 8x16" Dimple alloy is my favourite. I've got a set on my Sovereign and I just love them.



But in chrome? Bleugh. Chrome wheels are one of the reasons I didn't seek out a Daimler Century.

 

Now I feel kinda stupid. No, not kinda stupid. Really stupid.

Yes, what I was seeing was a reflection in the shinny wheels.

Just wasn't my day.

 

I agree with Ziggy and JPster.
It's not a reflection, it's real and it is the chrome plated Dimple, available here:
JAGUAR CHROME PLATED WHEELS
Jaguar XJ6 "Dimple" 16 inch Chrome Wheel Exchange XJ 6 | eBay

 

I like the big faced chrome rims, just like the 90's AMG mono blocks on mercedes. I think chrome blends in nicely with our cars due to the chrome window trim, handles, grill, leaper..etc.

 

As a Kiwi, I've never heard of Kiwi wheels! What are they?

My Daimler 6 X300 has chromed wheels, but I think it was imported near-new from Japan in the late 1990s, rather than sold new in NZ

It's not relevant to the original post, but I cleaned my wheels up in the weekend and got several years' caked on brake dust out of the slots - took about 6 applications of the nasty alkaline cleaner - and now the wheels are a bit blingy for an old 44 yr old like me!
But I really like'em

 

Quick image with a camera phone but enough to show the pattern:



KIWI is No 7 on the left. DIMPLE (the subject of this thread is No 6 on the right.

Graham