Group Buy: VS Forged Wheels
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Tires arriving on Wednesday, so probably on Thursday next week. Too much cord showing on the front PSSs, but was holding out for the new wheels to arrive before I mounted a new set of PS4Ss.
I figured out how to fabricate growler center caps.
I figured out how to fabricate growler center caps.
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These forged wheels are works of art. The lightweight is due to the precisely machined extremely thin walls. These thin walls of the rim challenged my tire guy since the thread of the valve stem ended well before the valve “nut” abutted with my VS02 rim, so he had to obtain a special vavle nut to get the vavles secured. Was all worth it, light and great looking! I also have the PS4S on them, fantastic tire, better grip and much better rolling comfort than the stone walled Pirellis. Congrats with the VS03’s!
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dwmilton (05-31-2020)
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Going up in wheel diameter is never a means to lower unsprung weight... and although transient response is improved, most all other aspects are worse. Tire costs, availability, ride, traction, road noise... but I love the look of the larger rims, and upgrading to Michelins will hopefully offset the performance drawbacks.
Now, how can I persuade you to build me a set of Growler center caps?
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Tork Monster (01-03-2019)
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Although I like the VS-Forged center caps, the Growler caps match the red calipers on my car, and I feel they will look better.
The VS-Forged wheel center caps are larger than the stock centers... ~67mm as compared to ~57mm, so the pop-in caps available don't fit. I just bought some centers that adhere to the flat surface of the VS-Forged caps. They are contoured, match Jags's logo, and are quite inexpensive too. The adhesive on the back works well, as long as the surface is clean.
VS-Forged Cap:
Here is a link from Amazon (there are many available):
or this:
The VS-Forged wheel center caps are larger than the stock centers... ~67mm as compared to ~57mm, so the pop-in caps available don't fit. I just bought some centers that adhere to the flat surface of the VS-Forged caps. They are contoured, match Jags's logo, and are quite inexpensive too. The adhesive on the back works well, as long as the surface is clean.
VS-Forged Cap:
Here is a link from Amazon (there are many available):
https://www.amazon.com/JXHDKJ-W005-R-Styling-Accessories-Sticker/dp/B07DCBJ8HX/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1546533141&sr=8-22&keywords=jaguar+badge
or this:
Last edited by Tork Monster; 01-03-2019 at 11:32 AM.
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Although I like the VS-Forged center caps, the Growler caps match the red calipers on my car, and I feel they will look better.
The VS-Forged wheel center caps are larger than the stock centers... ~67mm as compared to ~57mm, so the pop-in caps available don't fit. I just bought some centers that adhere to the flat surface of the VS-Forged caps. They are contoured, match Jags's logo, and are quite inexpensive too. The adhesive on the back works well, as long as the surface is clean.
VS-Forged Cap:
Here is a link from Amazon (there are many available): https://www.amazon.com/JXHDKJ-W005-R...s=jaguar+badge
or this: https://www.amazon.com/FidgetGear-Wh...s=jaguar+badge
The VS-Forged wheel center caps are larger than the stock centers... ~67mm as compared to ~57mm, so the pop-in caps available don't fit. I just bought some centers that adhere to the flat surface of the VS-Forged caps. They are contoured, match Jags's logo, and are quite inexpensive too. The adhesive on the back works well, as long as the surface is clean.
VS-Forged Cap:
Here is a link from Amazon (there are many available): https://www.amazon.com/JXHDKJ-W005-R...s=jaguar+badge
or this: https://www.amazon.com/FidgetGear-Wh...s=jaguar+badge
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I'm pretty OCD myself. If you find one please post a link. At $12 I have no problem replacing them with ones that are more accurate.
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You did exactly what did. The sticker coincidentally fits perfectly into a raised ring on the VS center cap to ensure that it is perfectly centered. I too am a bit bothered by the graphic variance from the OEM center cap, but not having a Red Jag center cap would drive me batty. I think the scale of the nose ornament is just too far out of proportion to look right.
edit: physically won’t work either. The grille emblem would partially cover the lug holes.
Last edited by Unhingd; 01-03-2019 at 07:10 PM.
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dwmilton (05-31-2020)
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I have the same issue with my Vorsteiner caps. I thought about doing what you have there (or getting blank caps and putting a Jag stick on) then I thought of getting Vorsteiner caps in red (about $200 from memory, wtf!?) and then after a few weeks I moved on to some other obsession and forgot all about it until I read these posts, now I am a bit "meh" about it all as I'm more focused on partially debadging and replacing chrome badges with black.