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Hi guys, it looks like I might be taking delivery of my S-Type in a few weeks! I think it comes with 17" wheels. I want to upgrade it to the OEM 18" wheels and new tires. Can I do it?
These are the wheels that come with the car (that's my actual car):
These are the ones I want to install (for illustration only--not my car):
Also, what size tire do I need? Tire Rack's website is saying 245/40R18. Is that correct?
Bigger S-Type OE wheels are fine. If going smaller, you need to make sure that the wheels clear the brakes.
245/40R18 is correct on at least 8" wide rims. Some wheel designs were also used on X-Types but with a narrower width as they used a narrower tyre, so check before buying.
Load rating of 93 (a version in this size, iirc) might be borderline for an S-Type. 95 plus is safe.
The wheel in your second photo is an 18" 'Triton' wheel.
The part number for these is XR8 31513. They are the same front and rear and not suitable for the STR that had wider wheels on the back.
As mentioned above you need to be sure that they are S-Type wheels as our cars have an unusual offset for the wheels, not all jaguar wheels will fit and some will hit on the brakes.
See this link for the later S-type Accessories catalogue that you can view and download, it shows you all the wheels :
Hi guys, I got the wheels! I found them locally so I jumped on buying them even though I won't have the car until later this week. They are in perfect condition and came with center caps! They also came with tires: two of them with Yokohama YK580 and the other two with Continental PureContact, all of them 245/40R18. I want to say they all have 70% or better thread. Assuming the tires are good (I'll know when I have them installed), I think I'm going to leave those tires on for a little bit (unless they look horribly different after I put them on) as there are other projects I have in mind! :-)