Excellent work! I love seeing how you have tackled this - and then writing it up in such a way that others can follow. That is exactly what this club and forum is all about.

Take care,

AF

Hello all, A quick plug for the article written by myself and Mike Horlor in the November 2022 (vol.38, no.11) issue of Jaguar Enthusiast - the XJS Facelift Headlamp Lens project! 20221030_132243_text_1.jpg 20221030_132330_text_2.jpg I've been working on a replacement XJS facelift headlamp lens idea...

Hello all, Am posting this on behalf of a friend of mine who owns a well campaigned late 94/95 4.0 AJ16 engined coupe. He is looking to lower his car from standard ride height by about 30mm. He's got some "tempered" springs from some source which, when fitted, produce a net ~ 70mm reduction in ride ...

Hello all, Saw this over a coffee this morning and it struck me how positive virtually all the comments were on the choice of "Spotted" for this week. https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/jaguar-xjs-celebration-spotted/45671 And I had to add a little XJS story of my own to the comments s...

I am pleased you like it Paul - and funny that we both have such informative "experiences" at such a young age! So, I said I would get a blog going on this project (and probably good not to clog up the JEC / XJS world with my Rolls-Royce writings!) and I have now done so... https://www.pistonheads.c...

Hi all, I thought I would share with you a new project which I found just before Christmas. I have always loved vintage Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars and I was lucky enough to have various rides in a 1932 Rolls-Royce 20/25 as a child, courtesy of a family friend - see the image below, of me, ag...

Thanks Simon, not seen these before.

Hi All,

Loving the pics of the cars "out in the wild".

Here's mine, just before Christmas, doing a wine shopping trip at Denbies vineyard in Surrey! Sometimes the huge boot on the XJS comes in really handy....

Hi Paul You beat me to it! I should have known that your eagle eyes would have spotted it! Using some information from possibly one of your other posts, I think it is a 1994.75MY car, as it has the integral headrests in the seats, the later leather, the round leather gearknob etc (so slightly later ...

Hello all Just browsing the auctions and came across this https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/auctions/1996-jaguar-xjs-60-v12-VnPNK8 A Feb 1996 car (N725 OGH), in Sapphire Blue with the 32 spoke alloys, later seats/leather and V12 badges on the wings. 70,000 miles. Guide price £18k - £25k. Interestingly...

Hi Paul, Material composition has some constraints - traditional 3D printing tended to have a very narrow range of materials available, with limited mechanical properties. With the advances seen in the last 10 - 15 years, it is now possible to print in a range of metals, plastics and rubbers, with m...

Continued 20210520_145734.jpg Grommet seated in position I then ran the wipers and the spindle turned freely, with the grommet secure in place. Visually, the sealing feature around the wiper spindle appears to be sitting evenly on the surface of the spindle. 20210520_154337.jpg With wiper arm now at...

Hi all, Some progress this afternoon. I have checked the parts over in detail and I can see a few areas where they can be improved - but overall, they are it for purpose. So - form OK. I then set about a trial fit on my car - see the sequence of images below: 20210520_145433.jpg Cleaned and degrease...

Thanks Paul

Before I get too excited, I need to be happy with the function of the part etc.

But yes, if you, or anyone else has a "wish list" of parts that either JLR or the current supplier base can't do, let me know!

AF

Hello all, Please see the image below 20210520_122506.jpg I am rather excited about this!!! Having found that I could not source replacement wiper mechanism grommets, I set about the task of re-engineering them, using my 17 odd years of experience with engineering Body and Trim systems at Bentley, c...