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    Fat Aussie Bear reacted to gerg in Buying new wheels.   
    My exact suggestion. I prefer to talk in offset rather than backspace so with that in mind, I reckon 7" ET+6 front, 8" ET-6 rear is the go. Falcons are goofy in that the rear track is too narrow for the body, and staggering offsets and widths corrects the visual difference between front and rear. I haven't measured it, but the difference on my wagon looks to be about 20mm, which staggering in this way would come close to correcting (theoretically 18.7mm)  
    I wouldn't go 8" on the front as ball joint clearance could be an issue. Also you would lose that correction in said guard clearance, as the fronts will stick out way too far to be able to legally match that to the rear. A rear offset of -6 is as far out as you can go to stay within the maximum legal 24mm increase in track.
     
    There are drawbacks to staggering widths and offsets though: you can't rotate wheels front to rear, and you have to order 2 different size tyres to make up a set, which might be hard to source in the widths and profiles you want in order to match them evenly, especially 15" which is getting harder to find these days.
     
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    Fat Aussie Bear reacted to deankxf in Red outer trim on bumper removal   
    glued on with double sided tape normally. i've silastic them on using tape to hold in position until it dried. never had one longer than 2 yrs to see how long it lasts.. but 2yrs it didn't move.
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    Fat Aussie Bear reacted to gerg in Best wheel setup to suit 85 XF s-pack?   
    If you're going for standard S-pack steelies, they are out there but to be honest, they are getting expensive and 14" rubber is also getting hard to find without going with premium ones like BF Goodrich, which would set you back nearly a grand for a set.

    Any Falcon/Fairlane rim will bolt on up till and including EL/NL models, and these later ones are more often available in 15", a much more common size.

    If looking aftermarket, any wheel with a 5x114.3mm PCD, offset between +10 and -6mm and 71mm centre bore would suit.

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    Fat Aussie Bear got a reaction from deankxf in Best wheel setup to suit 85 XF s-pack?   
    Gday, looking for that muscle car style in chrome for around 600 but will go higher it really depends and im down in SA. Pic for reference

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