Hi Painter,most of us seem to have problems with these headlamps.I believe that for about £150 just the front section with the silvered surface can be purchased aftermarket.This clips to the main body but you need to make sure that the seal is good.I had water in mine but the burner for the HID lam...

Hi Geof,
For your 97MY I believe the throttle body cap was chrome , later fitments are black plastic ,

Hope this helps ,

Nik

Hi Geof , Your model year of XK100 should have been subject to a recall and the fitting of an improved throttle body as earlier version suffered the same symptoms you are having , this was done by Jaguar free of charge but they no longer honour the arrangement , was yours fitted with the upgraded th...

In the past I tried some 50%-increase Phillips bulbs, but saw very little effect.

Told you that you needed to go to Specsavers Karl

All the best and see you soon ,

Nik

Hi Painter ,
Re-coating is a problem as it's a special finish , the finish doesn't affect the dipped beam as it's a projector type , indeed with the HID lamp they are black but it will effect the non projector main beam.

Hope this helps

Nik

Hi Brian , Jaguar did a one off manual themselves complete with a SType rear axle assembly , another company Elite at Derby did a conversion , has since been sold by them and a couple of times on Ebay so I guess it wasn't successful (partly due to the diff ratio being wildly out!!) The good news is ...

Hi Geoff,
Not BBS I'm afraid
I'll do my best to find out for you and report back ,

All the very best

Nik

Hi Geoff , I've just noticed from your post that your tyres sizes are a bit peculiar :? You should have if they are BBS 255/35X20" fitted to the front on 9.5" rims 285/30X20" fitted to the rear on 10" rims I'd also check that the load rating is correct :o I'm don't know which wheels you have fitted ...

Thought you all might like to see it:

Very smart indeed !! especially with the Detroit wheels and Brembos

All the best

Nik

Hi Doug and welcome to XK ownership !!!
I have a friend with an earlier seafrost convertible with ivory interior , looks fabulous !!

All the best

Nik

Very true Tony , newspaper isn't a replacement for proper masking paper , I now have a very large and wide roll of proper paint shop masking paper , the use of newspaper was pure laziness on my part , I've now moved the masking paper to an accessible part of my workshop :!: The newspaper now goes in...

Just don't use page 3 as any imprints left behind could require much polishing. Mike.

Very true Mike , you don't want the job to go T*ts up

All the best

Nik

Thanks Nic

Looks great. As long as I don't have to use a Yorkshire paper to mask with
Bill

Hi Bill ,
I'm sure The Sun will do just as well

All the best

Nik

Good demo Nik. Mike.

Why thank you young sir

All the best

Nik

Hi Bill , The peeling and blistering is caused by the lack of etch primer on the alloy sections , rubbing down , careful masking , etch prime , base coat and clear lacquer should sort it , any problems give me a shout and I'll talk you through the process , here is a brief synopsis of the work I did...