Thank you for the info that's much appreciated. I hope 110nm wasn't too tight then, it's not much over so hopefully ok. Regarding the wheel alignment I actually called up and said I wasn't too happy and they're going to check it out again for me for free so I can't complain too much.

I recently got a wheel alignment done at a tyre place which is usually very good, so I don't want to drop them in it here. But basically the steering wheel is no longer straight. Weirdly though the car does seem to turn in better and is more stable, but the wheel is maybe 10% right to go straight. I...

I just wanted to say hello to everyone here at JEC. I've followed various forum threads here for some time but never joined/posted. I have a 2004 Jaguar XK8, owned for the last 3 years and still absolutely loving it.