Agard
there are always a number of XJS cars being broken up and the bits sold on ebay if you need anything a quick search ther can save you a lot of money
Henry

Linda

have a look at Item number: 4590649522 on ebay
there is one for sale there

they do turn up on ebay regularly

Henry

sheepy classicar automotive will rebuild your calipers and retrun them to you looking like new for around £60- £70 per caliper here is their website http://www.classicbrakes.co.uk/ these guys know what they are doing and normally turn parts around in a couple of weeks you should also be able to pick...

most traders wont take credit cards, so its fairly safe in your pocket unless you are dealing with the big guys
You need a pocketfull of cash and you will probably have no problem spending it all

Henry

the spares day is held at Stonleigh National Agricultural Centre in Warwickshire which is well sign posted as you get close it is this coming Sunday 23 Oct and gates open at 10am well worth a visit especially if you have never been before, there are more jag spare part dealers and others big and sma...

Fiatson

have a look at the following ebay item numbers this may be what you want one is NS and the other is OS

Item number: 4579707388
Item number: 4579706973

Henry

Pop if you are geared up to do this then you could have a nice little earner as a sideline The ebay item that Martin identified comes from a guy who obviously has a nice little sideline in selling turned and highly polished wooden knobs and bits for cars ( mainly jaguar) on ebay he sold over £600 in...

The power steering pump on the 5.3 V12 is different it is a belt driven pump with an integral reservoir (same as was used on the v12 E type) the cap is a quartrer turn anticlockwise and lift off type cap similar to a radiator cap but smaller

Henry

Have a look at the following site
http://www.towequipe.com/

he often sells on ebay
he has fit yourself towbar kits for XJS @£102 and for plastic bumber XJS @£188
hope this helps
Henry

the name of the national company that recores radiators is "Serk Marston" a google search on line should find one locally

this was discussed on the JEC message board a little while back if you search for "Recon Radiator" there you will find the discussion

cost for recoring was £160+Vat

Henry

Vince springs are available from most of the jag classic car suppliers try David manners they have a great website, and i've found them to be very helpfull and competitively priced, rear springs for the XJS are just over £14 each the following link should get you there http://www.jagspares.co.uk/hom...

if you want to check the size of different tyres have a look at the following site , enter the size of your existing tyre and the one that you are looking to change to and it will calculate the sizes and tell you the percentage difference


http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.html

Webman you've done a great job on the forum, its starting to pick up nicely for only two weeks on line. dont know if it possible or not, but could you remove the default setting in the regristration box that way people registering their car would have to enter which type they have ( LHD or RHD) and ...

I just had a look through the register over 180 already thats a great response for a couple of weeks I did notice however that a lot of RHD cars are being listed as LHD cars ( you can tell from the serial number the ninth character along of the full VIN No ( number with two letters each side of it) ...

pop unless the wheels are balanced by putting weights either side of the centre line of the wheel it is technically not possible to balance them correctly you can get a reasonable level of balance, its what is called static balance or single plane balancing, ( even if it is done on a rotating balanc...