Hello fellow Jaguar Enthusiasts,

What are your thoughts on putting negative offset wheels/configuration for improved looks/handling? (basically wider wheel spacing from the car center)
Not too much to the point that it's classless and ugly, but sticking out very slightly (a few mm).
I understand one potential con is that it decreases effective body clearance (distance between the tires and the fender/body).
That being said, it is my understanding that many higher performance car models intentionally widen the car wheel placement ("wide track" models) for improve handling and stability, and for a more aggressive look.
What are your thoughts?

 

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The naysayers will say that you’re messing with what the Jaguar engineers designed into the car, and will add stress to suspension components.
But it’s your car, and if you like the look, go for it.
If you want to push beyond those limits with even wider tires, read this informative and entertaining thread by Ridicrick:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...dition-196122/

 

Different offset wheels will merely do what spacers do for many members in here, without the spacers.
Lots of people put 15mm aluminum chunks on the rears and 20mm aluminum chunks on the front. The rears only mess with the axle bearings a tiny bit, but the fronts mess up the scrub radius of the front steering geometry.
Going to wider wheels with the same offset will do close to the same as what you want. I want that also, but can't buy a set of rear Nevis wheels to put on the front as they are either ridiculously expensive or for the XF, which has the wrong offset.
The OEM rear wheels on a 2010-11 fit on the front perfectly with a 5mm spacer.

 

I have spacers on mine, 15mm rear and 20mm front! Makes the car look so much better! :-)
There will always those that apose making changes to your car, don't let them decide what you want to do to your car.

BTW, car runs great with spacers, I've lowered my car too and no scuffing or uneven wear on tires.

 

@peterv8 Did you do it purely for cosmetic reasons, or anything else?
In bumpy areas, the wheels don't touch the fenders? This is what I fear the most.

 

Peter has a 4.2 so no e-diff therefore I wouldn't use his as a example in terms of scraping / rubbing

​​​​​i put a link in the other thread you created its about someone attempting to put on Senta wheels from a 4.2 onto a 5.0 , he ended up selling the wheels as they stuck out a further 5 mm and he did have issues with the top of the fender rubbing with the tyre .

If you really have your heart set on the wheels maybe you could get someone to remove a few mm off the wheel mounting point with a lathe which would potentially alter the offset , whilst there's no way I'm recommending this practise with the fact of the wheel losing its integrity It could be a option