Wrong wheels installed... thoughts?
#21
I ordered them stock size with offsets that push them out an extra 15mm in the front and 17mm in the back. I really like the color. The stock wheels where chrome, and while I didnt hate it, I much prefer the satin silver.
#22
^^^ What @jaguny said. You deserve to receive what you ordered!
My vote (on looks) goes to the 580s. But I could easily get used to the 590s.
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That pic of your F with the top down just KILLED me. COME ON, SPRING! It's currently 30F here and the winds are howling art 35 MPH. BRRR
jaguny probably got snow overnight though. So he has it worse than me...
My vote (on looks) goes to the 580s. But I could easily get used to the 590s.
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That pic of your F with the top down just KILLED me. COME ON, SPRING! It's currently 30F here and the winds are howling art 35 MPH. BRRR
jaguny probably got snow overnight though. So he has it worse than me...
#24
Here's an Architect's point of view. Accessories can't legitimately be seen as beautiful or not beautiful when sitting on display by themselves. Like a necktie for your dress shirt , you'll have the best results if you keep in mind that the ACCESSORY's only real job is to create such a highlight against your shirt (or in this case your car), that persons give you compliments about how eye-catching your shirt looks when you wear it.
So a necktie that looks SO bold that it will make your shirt look too plain or too puny, and make everyone talk about your tie… is not a successful accessory with that shirt.
So by themselves, neither the 80 nor the 90 look good. But the 80 makes a dark-colored F-Type look good, and I think providence has smile on you by causing the company to mistakenly give you the wheels that your F-Type really needed.
I too have a Brit Racing Green car (XE), and every rim I've chosen for the car so far has been silver-sparkle, more spokes than openings, and conservative geometries. Because the XE is not a tiny length, has a solid top (not convertible), there's a lot of paint color to see, so the wheels need a lot more spoke-surface and a lot less openings between spokes, in order to compliment all the body surface you're seeing on the car.
The F-Type is more open-air than my XE. Your car is shorter, convertible, so it's a lot less about car-paint surface, and more about leather, instruments and seat-lines. The 80 has less spoke surface than the 90, so it compliments your convertible way better than the 90 would.
Now my tastes are not for F-Types. I love the LENGTH and the larger body paint surfaces of the XK (particularly the very last series). Even as a convertible, the XK has more body paint surface than the F-Type, so the 90 (with the extra spoke lines and the circular mass around the lugs) is the better accessory to compliment the XK.
Take good care of that green car! Our Brit Greens are getting very rare these days!
So a necktie that looks SO bold that it will make your shirt look too plain or too puny, and make everyone talk about your tie… is not a successful accessory with that shirt.
So by themselves, neither the 80 nor the 90 look good. But the 80 makes a dark-colored F-Type look good, and I think providence has smile on you by causing the company to mistakenly give you the wheels that your F-Type really needed.
I too have a Brit Racing Green car (XE), and every rim I've chosen for the car so far has been silver-sparkle, more spokes than openings, and conservative geometries. Because the XE is not a tiny length, has a solid top (not convertible), there's a lot of paint color to see, so the wheels need a lot more spoke-surface and a lot less openings between spokes, in order to compliment all the body surface you're seeing on the car.
The F-Type is more open-air than my XE. Your car is shorter, convertible, so it's a lot less about car-paint surface, and more about leather, instruments and seat-lines. The 80 has less spoke surface than the 90, so it compliments your convertible way better than the 90 would.
Now my tastes are not for F-Types. I love the LENGTH and the larger body paint surfaces of the XK (particularly the very last series). Even as a convertible, the XK has more body paint surface than the F-Type, so the 90 (with the extra spoke lines and the circular mass around the lugs) is the better accessory to compliment the XK.
Take good care of that green car! Our Brit Greens are getting very rare these days!
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baldguy (03-24-2019)
#25
Something I would NEVER do, but it was kinda cool. The car had two different looks, but each side looked good as you couldn't see the other side!
I think the 580's are more aggressive and would be the wheels I would have ordered.
Looks GREAT!
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#28
I think I'm starting to agree. The more I look at the car, the more I like the 580s on it. I think in the online pictures, the bevel on the spokes appears high contrast and that may have been what really turned me off about them. On the car, at least with this machined (and cleared) finish, it looks a whole lot better. The bevel is there but rather than looking almost two-tone, it just looks sculpted. It sort of adds to the elegance of the jaguar (as another poster suggested) while still looking exotic and hinting ever so slightly at the 550hp under the hood. I think if Avant Garde offer me some decent discount on these or another set of wheels, I may have to find some that work well on my 21 year old cobra
Last edited by baldguy; 03-25-2019 at 08:24 AM.
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#30
580s and see if the vendor will give you a partial refund/discount. At a minimum, they should credit you any price difference, plus the 2-way shipping cost they'd incur on replacements.
Doing an exchange would be a pain for all.
- They'd have to be willing to send out the replacements before getting the return (unless you still have the old wheels or are will to go without the car for a while).
- The 580's they'd be getting back would be used. That would be an extra hit to them that they could reasonably blame on you.
- Swapping wheels would require remounting tires 1 or 2 extra times at someone's expense, depending on how the transaction were handled.
Doing an exchange would be a pain for all.
- They'd have to be willing to send out the replacements before getting the return (unless you still have the old wheels or are will to go without the car for a while).
- The 580's they'd be getting back would be used. That would be an extra hit to them that they could reasonably blame on you.
- Swapping wheels would require remounting tires 1 or 2 extra times at someone's expense, depending on how the transaction were handled.
#31
#32
580s and see if the vendor will give you a partial refund/discount. At a minimum, they should credit you any price difference, plus the 2-way shipping cost they'd incur on replacements.
Doing an exchange would be a pain for all.
- They'd have to be willing to send out the replacements before getting the return (unless you still have the old wheels or are will to go without the car for a while).
- The 580's they'd be getting back would be used. That would be an extra hit to them that they could reasonably blame on you.
- Swapping wheels would require remounting tires 1 or 2 extra times at someone's expense, depending on how the transaction were handled.
Doing an exchange would be a pain for all.
- They'd have to be willing to send out the replacements before getting the return (unless you still have the old wheels or are will to go without the car for a while).
- The 580's they'd be getting back would be used. That would be an extra hit to them that they could reasonably blame on you.
- Swapping wheels would require remounting tires 1 or 2 extra times at someone's expense, depending on how the transaction were handled.
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