What did you do to your X300 today?
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Decided to replace my 1996 x300's headlining with some new material and glad to say it turned out really nice , really easy to dismantle the fixture's and I had the board out within 15 minutes .. a little patience and some help from my son , we re-fitted within the hour and it looks great , looks strange looking in the rear view mirror and not seeing the sagging ..
#202
Nope, people just gently fold the assembly like a taco into the car.
There is a recent thread in the X308 section addressing this topic:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...uestion-41007/
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Last edited by al_roethlisberger; 06-06-2016 at 09:07 PM.
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My Daimler 6 (3.2), which is pretty much the base model X300, somehow bent the shock (the rod that is on the piston - the thin end- and it would get stuck in a depressed position).
My mechanic replaced them with KYBs. It was bloody awful, crashing through potholes and ridges on the road - it felt like the whole front of the car was going to smash on every little join in the tarmac.
I rang him in panic and he fished the old shocks out of the rubbish. We sent them to a guy who luckily was Bilstein factory-trained. First time road they were too soft and it bounced along with almost no absorption of shocks. Almost induced sea sickness on one slightly undulating bit of road.
So I sent them back, he got them perfect second time, they are still magic-carpet. i have never regretted rebuilding the originals.
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There is a lens over them, its just clear 5mm perspex, and they do fill the space - I'm assuming you mean the black bits on the end, which was just tape holding them in place whilst the glue set.
I still need to shape the edges a little (jig saw seemed to have a mind of its own) and they may still get "smoked" tint over the top, but at present unsure until the headlights and shiny bits are re-installed.
I still need to shape the edges a little (jig saw seemed to have a mind of its own) and they may still get "smoked" tint over the top, but at present unsure until the headlights and shiny bits are re-installed.
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There is a lens over them, its just clear 5mm perspex, and they do fill the space - I'm assuming you mean the black bits on the end, which was just tape holding them in place whilst the glue set.
I still need to shape the edges a little (jig saw seemed to have a mind of its own) and they may still get "smoked" tint over the top, but at present unsure until the headlights and shiny bits are re-installed.
I still need to shape the edges a little (jig saw seemed to have a mind of its own) and they may still get "smoked" tint over the top, but at present unsure until the headlights and shiny bits are re-installed.
Ah gotcha, yeah the tape threw me. I see now.
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what did I do today?..
well this weekend, I washed the XJR yesterday, drove it around all day on errands and family evening out.
Then today I had a magical drive with my son on empty country driving roads. about 80-90 miles round trip
I hit 170 km/h on an empty remote straight while he was reading a book in the passenger seat.
I turned the traction off on a gravel road and did some gentle fishtails up a twisty hill.
Then I got home and rinsed off the dust
All ready to go to work tomorrow.
well this weekend, I washed the XJR yesterday, drove it around all day on errands and family evening out.
Then today I had a magical drive with my son on empty country driving roads. about 80-90 miles round trip
I hit 170 km/h on an empty remote straight while he was reading a book in the passenger seat.
I turned the traction off on a gravel road and did some gentle fishtails up a twisty hill.
Then I got home and rinsed off the dust
All ready to go to work tomorrow.
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Attended SNG Barratt's open day at Bridgenorth this morning. The drive there was awful with tremendous rain and surface water. Had a tour of the factory - they make huge numbers of parts off original tooling helping to keep our jaguars on the road. Swapped notes and tales with fellow enthusiasts, had a bacon butty and later lunch with them, and to repay the hospitality, ordered some new parts. A good day!