Turboblades on an XF

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

As some of you know, I now have a set of Turboblades (EA Fairmont 15 inch alloy wheels) which I will be putting on my XF soon.

I know a few people have their doubts about how they'll look on an XF, and even I'm unsure how they'll look. I also thought it would make my XF look more unique. Well, until today.

This is what I saw down at the local safeway carpark:



Please try to ignore the ugly Lancer with the clear 'Altezza' lights next to it.

I think those wheels look suprisingly good on the XF, but I'm open to other peoples opinions...

[Damo]

They look better than the standard wheels, that's for sure. There is actually a nice XF pano up the road from me with a two tone (white over grey) paint job that has Turbo blades and is dumped, looks great. Deffinately needs lowering to make the wheels look good.

[Feathers]

My mother's XF has turboblades.
As did my grandfatther's EF, but I know those were taken from his EA when my uncle gave him the EF as an upgrade.

[mcflux]

There's a mint grandpa-spec ZL that's always parked out the front of work in the mornings, it's a navy blue colour and the turbo blades really finish it off perfectly! I couldn't picture it looking any better than it does (apart from taking off the damn sunvisor!)

Turbo Blades rox0r teh BIG one111!!

-Dave-

[XRated]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Turbo Blades rox0r teh BIG one111!!

-Dave-

LOL! There is a FD? (XD shape) LTD around here dumped on turbo blades, looks mint.

[needturbo6]

yeh i had one(!) on the front of an XF and it looked pretty sweet, the white from the inside of the mag matched its colour. they will definitly look good on your xf. get em polished too!!

[billyb35]

Sorry to burst your bubble bro but turboblades run a close second to 12 slotters in terms of cliched wheels for XFs. Notable mentions of course to EF XR6 wheels.

;-)

Edit: mate not saying that it doesn't look sweet as. My busted **** XF is STILL sitting on 12 slotters 4 years later.

Don't go to uni for 6 years or else you will become like me.

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by billyb35

Sorry to burst your bubble bro but turboblades run a close second to 12 slotters in terms of cliched wheels for XFs. Notable mentions of course to EF XR6 wheels.

;-)

Hehehe, still better then the stockie 14" steelies with the crappy hubcaps, and it's all I can afford for now. Also, its the first XF I've seen around here with turboblades on it, so it's not THAT common around here at least

I don't really want to stick with 14" wheels, LOL!

P.S. I'd LOVE a set of EF XR6 wheels on my XF, but I doubt I'd be able to pick up a set as cheaply as I got the turboblades...

[merlin]

what xf? I'm too mesmerized by that fully sik lancer, man that must pull the chicks :

[b2tf]

Actually looks quite good. Not a fan of turboblades usually, but I think it'll look good.

[big_pete]

ive wanted turboblades for my car (XE) for ages
i think they are a good looking factory wheel

[andrew_smith_84]

i've seen a set on a red xf, looks great, but the 1 i saw didn't have any center caps on the front. don't know if he just hasn't got them or if they won't fit.

[Heeno]

should look alright but you have to get them cleaned polished!

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by Heeno

should look alright but you have to get them cleaned polished!

No problem, will do, no doubt they'll be the nicest looking part of my car, hahaha :hihi:

[LuvinmyEB]

Originally Posted by merlin

what xf? I'm too mesmerized by that fully sik lancer, man that must pull the chicks :

I think the person that owns that Lancer works at the shopping center, I went there again yesterday and it was there again. Love the Ralleart sticker and the gold rims... :sm_drool:





Yes the above is intended sarcasm. :nutsycuck

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by andrew_smith_84

i've seen a set on a red xf, looks great, but the 1 i saw didn't have any center caps on the front. don't know if he just hasn't got them or if they won't fit.

Maybe they'd broken. The centre caps are only plastic and do actually break. I recently replaced three of my centre caps (after a couple of months of driving around with only one centre cap). This was because I got new tyres and found that three of the caps were absolutely stuffed and were held in by silastic!

The turboblade is a timeless design. They look great on XFs, somehow they don't even look too bad on EFs (despite only being 15"). I saw a nicely polished set on a boat trailer last year, and it looked sweet as :sm_drool:

[needturbo6]

they look great with the centrecaps with ford in the middle, forgot which mag they were off tho.
possibly eb/ed spac/xr6/xr8....

i know someone knows on this forum, i think either initiald or sundeep

i was gonna get some of those when i had my 1st xf... they look ok polished up.... if u want some nice wheels u can buy mine for $300 lol... Cheviot Charger 14x8 + 14x9 polished (really polished)

[niko]

my dad had turbo blades on his xe! :P

[GreenMachine]

I have Turbo Blades (tm) on my ZH... and I reckon they look hawt!

[JADED6]

They rate about a 4 out of 10 when they're dirty and rise to 9/10 when in perfect condition.
Point of the post, spend 2 hrs cleaning each wheel if they're as dirty as the ones pictured on the red XF.

I think, cleaned up on a lowered XF and they'll look very good. The older cars can look good & get away with 15's due to wheel arch being designed for 14's & 15's.

[Kenaz]

I see heaps of XFs with turbo blades around. They don't look too bad on clean lowered car.