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Who here has upgraded their wheels to f-type or other style?

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Old Jan 1, 2022 | 10:57 PM
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Good god those look good....thanks Steve.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2023 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JoeLanger
I have I think the Vulcan ones from and XKRS, wider on the rear, 5mm spacer rear and 25mm spacer front.
There's not a lot of room behind if you go for wider wheels, just make sure the offset is close enough to OEM, can always use spacers remember.
That looks great, are you on stock suspension/ride height?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2023 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedmaster

Used forged wheels
these are my favorite Rims by far. Mine came with the 19 chrome arturas, and I’m not a big fan of modifying cars. If I could get back in time, I would get those.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2023 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedmaster
I am looking at wheels and am curious if anyone here has made the leap to another series. Post up your photos if you don't mind. Am looking for ideas.
Had to go with putting my stocks back on cause i have a lot of curb rash and wanted my custom Lexani 22s painted a different color and they fit everything OEM with the bigger 22 size.I wanted this size for racing a 2021 Audi RS6 and it was the only car that inspired me to want the same size wheels the RS6 have that i had a tie with cause I beaten every sports car there is with my XKR when my XKR bone stock.Getting these rims changed from red to yellow.I'll post them here when i get them out the shop and put back on
 
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Old Feb 4, 2023 | 02:18 PM
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Barry, Black vert with a red roof and you're adding yellow rims? You're an original brother!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2023 | 05:17 PM
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I had a 2008 XK with 19" wheels and loved the ride. Now I have a 2013 XK with 20' wheels and the ride is noticeably harsher. Thinking seriously of replacing the 20's with 19's. Is there anything I should be looking out for?

Paul
 
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Old Feb 4, 2023 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by pstahl
I had a 2008 XK with 19" wheels and loved the ride. Now I have a 2013 XK with 20' wheels and the ride is noticeably harsher. Thinking seriously of replacing the 20's with 19's. Is there anything I should be looking out for?

Paul
Yes, the size of your front brake calipers.
If they are the 380 mm front brakes then 19" wheels (other than OEM F-Type wheels) won't fit over the calipers.
If your XK is an XKR then it has the 380 mm front brakes for sure and I understand the cooking XK came with 355 mm front brakes but could be optioned up to the 380 mm front brakes but rarely was.
Three ways to tell/check:
1. Just by looking at the front brake calipers, they are similar but different, I can pick them from a mile away (OK, call it 20 feet).
2. Simply grab a rule and measure the diameter of a brake disc/rotor, no need to take the wheel off as ball park will be enough to tell.
3. Check down the side of a front caliper holder/bracket, it will have either 355 or 380 stamped into it, but you may need to clean off some road crud before you can see it.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2023 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Sean W
Barry, Black vert with a red roof and you're adding yellow rims? You're an original brother!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 lmao but nah i traded that 1 in with the red top cause some how i bent the gas tank on a hump in the road or something where it was reading the fuel incorrectly where it said i either had a half of tank or on E the whole time i'm driving and the dealership told me $4,200 to fix it and i said Nope!Traded it in for 2013 XKR stratus grey 1 even tho i went down a year but the paint more expensive on this 1😎I think going with the repainted Yellow rims will look better than having them red, cause if i still had the red top,i'll keep them red to keep it looking good with matching colors💯
 

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Old Feb 6, 2023 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by BagelConsultant
That looks great, are you on stock suspension/ride height?
I fitted XKR-S suspension struts, the yellow Bilstein ones, so they're supposedly 10mm lower
probably would've liked it a bit lower but it looks good yeah, much better than OEM IMO
 
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Old Feb 6, 2023 | 03:07 PM
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Really have not seen any that I would trade for over what came on my 2010 XK. There are some that look nice and there are others shown here that look darn right awful.
To each his own.
Who here has upgraded their wheels to f-type or other style?-r41kx5k.jpg
 
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