Hi from Somerset

[MarkyM]

Sunny for once

42 with two new adopted children (that fit fine in the back!) 5 dogs a cat.. and a wife

Had my XK8 (96 P in Antigua Blue) for 2 years which had a replacement engine in 2004) and have since:

Fitted handsfree bluetooth (Parott CK3100)
Fitted SatNav (SmartNav with touchscreen)
Fitted Jaguar XP intake
Fitted aux power in armrest console
Fitted DAB tuner (Revo)
Fitted MacLeod X-pipe exhaust (1st in Europe)
Fitted chrome/SS mesh grill
Fitted lower number plate plinth
Painted calipers red with Jaguar lettering
Fitted mud flaps
Fitted jewelled chrome rear light clusters
Fitted chrome plinth with working button release
Upgraded speakers Infinity Kappa 65.7cs with crossovers 10x spkrs
Fitted subwoofer and Alpine amp
Fitted clear lit cruise lights front and rear
fitted clear indicators
LPG converted 76l tank (60l fill) that does 350 miles for £24!!
run nitrogen in tyres

To do soon:

Change to Royal Purple Oil & puralator filters
Do a transmission fluid change
Do a coolant flush and refill
Change water pump and thermostat
Change chains and tensioners

Regards

Mark

[WULLIE4567]

Hi Mark
Welcome to the XK8 forum, You have been busy, sounds nice, , would you post some pic's in the gallary
for all to see. Keep us informed with you progress.

Cheers
Wullie.

[MarkyM]

Almost forgot:

EBC discs and pads all around - improved stopping by circa 20%
Eagle F1 GS-D3 tyres on 18" double 5's - vast improvement over PZero's

Mark

[mike020150]

Hi MarkyM, It's all good stuff! How about describing how you went about some of these tasks? They sound interesting. Mike.

[MarkyM]

Mike here or elsewhere?

I personally did

Calipers - an hour no wheel removal - high temp brake paint
lowered number plate - 30 mins
Fitted sub - 10 mins
Fitted 4 x mudflaps - 30 mins
Fitted clear cruise lights (wiring already there) clear from Ebay
Clear indicators with silvered 501 bulbs- 20 minutes
Oil changes using puraltor filter
XP performance filter.

All the electrical work done by a local auto electrical engineer in 2 hours (£40 per hour)

New lights and boot plinth - EAPJ in Derbyshire

Wheel bearings - NM Jags+fitting of EBC discs and pads (bought myself Sejoc)

Track rod ends and exhaust fitting - Swallows jaguar

Front grill - bought from Chillyboy on ebay (he uses my car to advertise his stuff still...it's the blue one with the Mazda in the background). Fitted by Jaguar main dealer (they only charged 30 mins labour (where independants wanted to charge 3 hours!)

Nitrogen for tyres - brittania tyres Bristol

LPG conversion - Gaspoweruk (www.gaspoweruk.co.uk)...tell Steve that Mark sent you :O)

Hope this helps..i do have pictures of most of the bit's I've done and pic of the complete LPG install.

Regards

Mark

[mike020150]

Good stuff! Keep up the good work and let us know what else you get up to (with the car!). Mike.

[MyQuest]

Hello, Mark. What a busy bee!

Can you tell us why you inflate the tyres with nitrogen?
I know it's used on aircraft, mainly as an anti-fire precaution. What are the advantages and where do you get it from?

Michael

[mike020150]

Nitrogen is used because it doesn't contain water vapour which will alter tyre pressures with temperature and nitrogen being a large molecule will not escape as easily as some of the other components of air. Hence, using nitrogen should result in more consistent tyre performance as well as less need to compensate for tyre pressure losses through the carcass. In theory, tyres maintained at the correct pressures should last longer and give optimum mpg. Racing cars, where things are more critical, have long taken the nitrogen route. It's also catching on with HGVs where tyre pressures have a major effect on mpgs. Mike.