I'm not sure if these are photoshopped or not because they look a little too big for the car, but this is from a well-known wire wheel manufacturer's web page. This is something I'd like to do for my car if the size was proportionally correct.

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They look a good size, maybe 18 inch. I think the white line on the tyres give the illusion of a bigger wheel.

 

That's probably it. With my normal 17" they would probably look pretty good.

 

I'm not a fan of wire wheels on such a modern car. You also need to make sure the spokes can handle the engine torque.

 

Now that's a real British car problem. Upgrade the power until a wheel collapses and back off a little bit.

Have to agree about about wire wheels on so modern a car. Maybe it is just that I come from a different era, where wire wheels are most often associated with something other than classic British motoring.

 

I think it looks pretty good on this silver car.

I do not like them on 70-87 +/- XJ6's ..but again, w/silver ..not too bad

 

Love the look. pia to take care of.

 

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These look a bit more correct in size for an early XK8.

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I love wires on an E-Type.....
XK8????
Nope!
Sorry but it looks all wrong.
I had been vaguely toying with the idea myself so I'm really glad I've seen this picture.
Hideous.
Looking at it the other way round, can you imagine modern alloys on an old Merc Uhlenhault????
Horrible.
Maybe I'm a bit old school too, but there are just some things you don't do.......
Roy.

 

I'm of the opinion that the 96-06 xk8 is just a far better looking E type and the wire wheels enhance that. I think they look excellent. If I could afford them.......

 

I've been wrestling with this thread. Have long considered wire wheels never mind white walls old fashioned looking, but then my charm with my new old baby Jag is its "timeless" look, and yeah, a freshening of the E-type is not a bad way to see the style of the 97-06 XK. Looking at these images, wire and white wall pulls the "E" buried in the letters XKR out into the open. I do find it appealing. Not sure why. But... it works. Not sure of any other car the last 20 years for which I could say that.

 

Well, here's our "foundation". I, too, think the XK8 is a graceful refinement of the XKE.

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bet they are a pain to clean..my paris wheels only have 5 bars and that enough for me

 

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There was no need to post those pictures, I'd appreciate it if you would stay away from my garage in the future.

 

you dreaming again..me to

 

What's etiquette here? Pics posted are not supposed to be shown in other posts?

regards

d

 

No I was being "funny" as in that was MY garage (it really is not).

Poor attempt at humor...but heck I thought it was witty

 

All good. Didn't want to accidentally offend if I posted someone else's image in a thread.

 

These wire wheels will not collapse.
Take a Ferrari Daytona for example, wire wheels and about the same power from the engine.

 

I think they'd be strong enough, but they are pricey. The ones on the silver coupe are Dayton direct bolt-ons at about $560-600 each. They also make a "Triple-Cross Well Lace" that run about $690+ each. The Truespoke versions run about $2300-2400 a set. Dunno about others.