Said from get go was unsure on gloss black, never being my thing I like the design but would prefer them in grey like this:
Something went wrong, ordered a Mustang, yet ended up in a British hotrod, I blame OcUK!
Said from get go was unsure on gloss black, never being my thing I like the design but would prefer them in grey like this:
Hi there
So as I have being taking more photos of the car, I have been spotting more panel gaps and for me once I spot these things it drives me mad, it has to be perfect. You could argue on a car costing over 100k it should be perfect but it does seem from the Jaguar forums F-Type panel gap, alignment is not their strong point with many customers taking cars back to dealerships to get corrected. As I did not spot this at collecting and when I informed the dealer via email a few days after to which I got zero response I decided to not pursue the matter as it was something I could resolve myself.
My biggest issue was the fact the bonnet was sitting high on the left side, so high in fact that a good 4-5" was protruding from the bumper, not as bad as it sounds but once I had spotted it, it was standing out to me like a sore thumb:
I have marked the image with arrows to clearly point it out, a good 5-6mm high on left side and not flush with bumper which drivers side is. So under the bonnet there is six rubber height adjusters I had a play with these and the best I could do was to actually rise the drivers side to match which just seemed a bit of a cheating way to do it and really the bonnet should be level/flush with bumper with an equal panel gap all the way along, this gap was equal just the bonnet was sitting high on left.
So I looked at the hinges and noticed they have stops which are bolts and I was able to screw the left side down some which helped considerably but it was still out. So I went the more risky route and undid the three main hinge bolts and tried to lower the hinge a couple of mm, this took at a lot of attempts as the assembly moves in all directions, I'd ideally recommend two people for this, but in the end I located the hinge 2mm lower, which then resulted in being two low due to leverage ratio, but I then screwed the hinge stop out a couple of turns and we are now at this:
In person it looks perfect, but now I look at photo and the left still looks maybe ever such a touch bit to high, but I can easily remedy that with just rubber stops, though it could just be the photo as now in person it looks perfect level, flush and straight, checked also every other panel gap and alignment around the bonnet as you adjust one can effect others, all I had to do was adjust front bumper out edge to left side bonnet which is easy as just two 10mm bolts. But now I look at the car and cannot see fault in person, whereas before it was starting to annoy me some.
Then a few days ago I posted this photo of the rear:
Of course as soon as I upload the photo I spot the boot is sitting high on the left, clearly whoever checked this car from factory had wonky eyes or the bubble in their spirit level was not calibrated.
So using the two rubber stops in the tailgate I got it level but only by adjusting the right side up which for me was not good enough. So I removed all the boot trim to gain access to the locking mechanism as it was obvious the lock needed to pull the tailgate down just a touch more. I undid the locking mechanism and moved it down a couple of mm, then re-tightened, re-adjusted the height adjusters and its now at this:
Which is now perfect level and in line with the rear quarters which is where it should be.
As a major complaint on the various forums is doors being a poor fit and even rubbing, I gave the doors a good check, but those are perfect.
Crazy that in this day and age you have to do this on any car, but the Mustang also had the same issue problem was there they were not quite as easy to fix on some, though the bonnet fix on Mustang was same as boot fix on Jaguar and just needed the catch height adjusting.
Anyway as I've still not posted a picture, here is the power plant:
Not much to look out, just a big silver square, looks like quite a compact supercharger unit.
So as I have being taking more photos of the car, I have been spotting more panel gaps and for me once I spot these things it drives me mad, it has to be perfect. You could argue on a car costing over 100k it should be perfect but it does seem from the Jaguar forums F-Type panel gap, alignment is not their strong point with many customers taking cars back to dealerships to get corrected. As I did not spot this at collecting and when I informed the dealer via email a few days after to which I got zero response I decided to not pursue the matter as it was something I could resolve myself.
My biggest issue was the fact the bonnet was sitting high on the left side, so high in fact that a good 4-5" was protruding from the bumper, not as bad as it sounds but once I had spotted it, it was standing out to me like a sore thumb:
I have marked the image with arrows to clearly point it out, a good 5-6mm high on left side and not flush with bumper which drivers side is. So under the bonnet there is six rubber height adjusters I had a play with these and the best I could do was to actually rise the drivers side to match which just seemed a bit of a cheating way to do it and really the bonnet should be level/flush with bumper with an equal panel gap all the way along, this gap was equal just the bonnet was sitting high on left.
So I looked at the hinges and noticed they have stops which are bolts and I was able to screw the left side down some which helped considerably but it was still out. So I went the more risky route and undid the three main hinge bolts and tried to lower the hinge a couple of mm, this took at a lot of attempts as the assembly moves in all directions, I'd ideally recommend two people for this, but in the end I located the hinge 2mm lower, which then resulted in being two low due to leverage ratio, but I then screwed the hinge stop out a couple of turns and we are now at this:
In person it looks perfect, but now I look at photo and the left still looks maybe ever such a touch bit to high, but I can easily remedy that with just rubber stops, though it could just be the photo as now in person it looks perfect level, flush and straight, checked also every other panel gap and alignment around the bonnet as you adjust one can effect others, all I had to do was adjust front bumper out edge to left side bonnet which is easy as just two 10mm bolts. But now I look at the car and cannot see fault in person, whereas before it was starting to annoy me some.
Then a few days ago I posted this photo of the rear:
Of course as soon as I upload the photo I spot the boot is sitting high on the left, clearly whoever checked this car from factory had wonky eyes or the bubble in their spirit level was not calibrated.
So using the two rubber stops in the tailgate I got it level but only by adjusting the right side up which for me was not good enough. So I removed all the boot trim to gain access to the locking mechanism as it was obvious the lock needed to pull the tailgate down just a touch more. I undid the locking mechanism and moved it down a couple of mm, then re-tightened, re-adjusted the height adjusters and its now at this:
Which is now perfect level and in line with the rear quarters which is where it should be.
As a major complaint on the various forums is doors being a poor fit and even rubbing, I gave the doors a good check, but those are perfect.
Crazy that in this day and age you have to do this on any car, but the Mustang also had the same issue problem was there they were not quite as easy to fix on some, though the bonnet fix on Mustang was same as boot fix on Jaguar and just needed the catch height adjusting.
Anyway as I've still not posted a picture, here is the power plant:
Not much to look out, just a big silver square, looks like quite a compact supercharger unit.
Last edited:
True, though all fixed now, though the drivers side carbon bonnet vent has a retaining pin missing I noticed so shall get in touch about that, if they fail to respond then I shall kick off, though I am going to visit the Stoke dealership and see what they have to say as car is still under warranty so any dealership should be able to resolve in theory, but yes pretty lack lustre customer service.
But lets face it they'd have had the car probably for a day or two to to fix this and would have either failed to do so or certainly not done it as well as myself who is happy to spend hours to get it done perfectly.
The number plate looks a bit wonky as well.
Get out! Nope leaving them, as got my own plates to go on, hoping to get away with a smaller plate on front that fits nicely on just the black strip as the huge front plate looks a bit out of place and is covering up engine grill.
Yes along, not by how much it was sitting high but by how much of the bonnet was sitting higher than the front bumper cowel, the photos do it a favour but in person a good few inches off the hood were sitting higher than front bumper, mainly due to the hinge being too high from factory as such it was from the hinge location where it sat high all the way to headlight which is around 3-5" I did not measure so cannot tell you it was 3.7" and just said 4-5" and the bonnet was sitting 3-6mm higher than front bumper which annoyed me greatly.
OK I am shocked this car has a sound symposer. Anyway to bring more supercharger whine into the cabin?
Just being out and made a couple of tweaks to the bonnet got it perfect, all going great then dropped the socket, thankful for that extendable magnet now though still had to peel back the fender liner which is actually screwed in and not just retention clips, nice quality touch.
Exactly this, its not brand limited, it is more to do with dealerships, some are good and some are terrible. My experience with Ford Bristol Street I was just a number and they could not give a flying you know what about me or the car which dampens ownership experience, fortunately finding the more local family owned dealer Burns Ford and those guys could not do enough for you and nothing was ever too much trouble.
Aye it is a big shame, but really should not be the case. Porsche will bloody fantastic when it came to issues and always solved the issue and were very responsive. So even the bigger franchised places can be good, but they do unfortunately seem to be rare.
I am fortunate as there is a few Jaguar dealers quite local to me, so I've ordered some caliper plates from local Stoke one as going to see if I can retrofit those to my one as will make the rear caliper look better and won't be able to see pad any more but will depend if I can make them fit, consider it my first real mod as fixing panel gaps is not really a modification.
Some very minor tweaking today using the two front rubber height adjusters, very happy now in person looks perfect and even the photos seem to back that up too.
Also found a set of the same wheels but in the satin grey for a good price, tempted to grab those, put them in storage until Winter is over and throw a set of PS4S on those.
Also found a set of the same wheels but in the satin grey for a good price, tempted to grab those, put them in storage until Winter is over and throw a set of PS4S on those.
Hi there
My trip to work is 11 miles and consist of some small town driving, country roads and dual carriage way with traffic generally OK. So far on this trip I have managed:
- Worse: 8.1mpg
- Best: 21.3mpg
Of course on my worse journey it was dry and roads were clear so once warmed up I drove like it was a lap of the ring.
But if you just drive normal the car is impressively economical for its engine size and power on tap, which is no doubt due to the ZF8 automatic box, though I have discovered using the paddles even when just driving gently keeping it in higher gears does improve the economy slightly.
The engine is super responsive, it pulls hard from 1000rpm and does not really die off until 6500rpm, so in that respect it is impressive and the throttle response and how savage it is purely addictive and every time I smile or giggle like a girl, especially when you lift of and the theatre of gun shots, explosions, burps, gargles fire at the four quad tips.
Passengers who I have taken out some are actually a little scared of how savage power comes on and it just then pulls relentless and never seems to stop irrelevant of how fast your going, 0-150mph just be a few seconds job and easy, I can see why Jaguar now gave passengers 2 o-***** handles to hold on.
My trip to work is 11 miles and consist of some small town driving, country roads and dual carriage way with traffic generally OK. So far on this trip I have managed:
- Worse: 8.1mpg
- Best: 21.3mpg
Of course on my worse journey it was dry and roads were clear so once warmed up I drove like it was a lap of the ring.
But if you just drive normal the car is impressively economical for its engine size and power on tap, which is no doubt due to the ZF8 automatic box, though I have discovered using the paddles even when just driving gently keeping it in higher gears does improve the economy slightly.
The engine is super responsive, it pulls hard from 1000rpm and does not really die off until 6500rpm, so in that respect it is impressive and the throttle response and how savage it is purely addictive and every time I smile or giggle like a girl, especially when you lift of and the theatre of gun shots, explosions, burps, gargles fire at the four quad tips.
Passengers who I have taken out some are actually a little scared of how savage power comes on and it just then pulls relentless and never seems to stop irrelevant of how fast your going, 0-150mph just be a few seconds job and easy, I can see why Jaguar now gave passengers 2 o-***** handles to hold on.
Hi there
So as you know I was unsure on gloss black wheels, simply not my style, though admittedly when clean they did look rather nice on the car, but for me a grey/silver looked even nicer and I think suited the lighter blue colour, I think a red, dark blue and even silver would really work well with gloss black but on this shade of blue and with all the carbon fibre I was just disliking it, plus they show up dirt being glossy, great wheels for a garage queen, not so much for a daily user.
As such just picked these up, 4 brand new genuine SVR forged wheels in the grey:
I could have re-painted the black wheels, but I would have lost the SVR logos and as such I did not want to paint an original item and lose some of the authenticity of the car by doing so. As such buying another set was only the other option.
Now I was going to transfer my current tyres and TPMS over to these wheels, but I have made the decision instead to simply sell the current set of wheels, so wheels, tyres, TPMS and bolts and fit all brand to the new wheels and take this opportunity to get some PS4S tyres on the car.
Now my question, stock the car runs Pirelli Pzero PZ4 265/35/20 and 305/30/20 99Y tyres front and year.
My issue is on the rear the PS4S is a 103Y rated tyre, this is to do with loading, now my understanding of tyres is this relates to the tyre wall strength to handle the weight on that axle, I am sure the better compound of the Michelin will result in no adverse effects and even if so the car currently runs 37psi all round cold, so in theory to compensate I could maybe run 37psi front and 35psi rear. I am sure I need to have zero worries and the tyres will probably be in another league anyway, I shall also ask Michelin if they do a 99Y load rated tyre in that size.
I've also got some XFR-S rear caliper plates to cover the pad area which fit very nice, so those will go on and then calipers get a fresh painting, still un-decided on colour but thinking red, yellow or similar blue to the car.
So as you know I was unsure on gloss black wheels, simply not my style, though admittedly when clean they did look rather nice on the car, but for me a grey/silver looked even nicer and I think suited the lighter blue colour, I think a red, dark blue and even silver would really work well with gloss black but on this shade of blue and with all the carbon fibre I was just disliking it, plus they show up dirt being glossy, great wheels for a garage queen, not so much for a daily user.
As such just picked these up, 4 brand new genuine SVR forged wheels in the grey:
I could have re-painted the black wheels, but I would have lost the SVR logos and as such I did not want to paint an original item and lose some of the authenticity of the car by doing so. As such buying another set was only the other option.
Now I was going to transfer my current tyres and TPMS over to these wheels, but I have made the decision instead to simply sell the current set of wheels, so wheels, tyres, TPMS and bolts and fit all brand to the new wheels and take this opportunity to get some PS4S tyres on the car.
Now my question, stock the car runs Pirelli Pzero PZ4 265/35/20 and 305/30/20 99Y tyres front and year.
My issue is on the rear the PS4S is a 103Y rated tyre, this is to do with loading, now my understanding of tyres is this relates to the tyre wall strength to handle the weight on that axle, I am sure the better compound of the Michelin will result in no adverse effects and even if so the car currently runs 37psi all round cold, so in theory to compensate I could maybe run 37psi front and 35psi rear. I am sure I need to have zero worries and the tyres will probably be in another league anyway, I shall also ask Michelin if they do a 99Y load rated tyre in that size.
I've also got some XFR-S rear caliper plates to cover the pad area which fit very nice, so those will go on and then calipers get a fresh painting, still un-decided on colour but thinking red, yellow or similar blue to the car.
It is the stoplock professional one that Halfords sell, think they are £50 and Thatcham approved. I am sure a professional thief would have it off within a minute or so, but its an additional minute and probably means them making noise and it deters any would be joyrider.
Easy to remove and fit with key and when driving I just throw it on passenger floor.
You can't stop someone stealing your car but you can make it harder, as such my car is behind locked folding gates which only fold one way and if I pull the car right upto to them, they'd need start car, back up, go open gates and then drive off. Whilst also removing steering lock, getting passed alarm, trackers etc. As such you just have to hope it is too much hassle for them or they see one down the road without the security and take that instead.
Also if your car has keyless entry make sure the keys are stored in the special pouches that reduce signal range and are kept in tin boxes, microwave etc. at night to block the signal. If they want it they can break in to get the keys, get passed the dog, then figure out how to open gates, get lock off etc. all whilst I am calling cops and well the cop station is 2 minutes drive from my house so quite handy to deter them as well.
It is total BS, checked this when I had 911 with insurers, it is only an issue for the extended warranties with dealerships and even Porsche wavered it for me and allowed me to fit none N spec tyres.
99 load rated tyres just means each tyre can take up to 775kg load.
A 103 rated tyre can take 875kg load, (an increase in load number by 1, increases load capacity by 25kg) so basically the side wall construction is a more solid structure able to take higher load without distortion.
You may find the ride harder on a higher rated tyre than the correct rated tyre, although as you say you could compensate by dropping tyre pressures slightly, but then you will get a larger contact patch, and greater rolling resistance, although with that brutes power you will never notice the extra rolling resistance
As long as you never go to a lower rated tyre you will be legal and safe.
Cool, will run 37psi all round as per car manual, if it feels a bit harsh on rear or over steers will just take 1-2psi out but probably be fine.
Tbh m8 I doubt their's another car like yours within a mile
They are extremely rare, to my knowledge JLR have sold less than 200 SVR's in total since launch and the majority of those are in rather boring colours.
Very few exist in the ultra/electric blue and ones with carbon roof and carbon pack I think is probably less than 10 total, so it is super rare, which is why I like it.
Tried the track DSC today in an open area with it being really wet, it gets very sideways and can let go quite quick, be interesting to see what improvement the Michelins give, but it has a RWD bias which I like.
Be interesting to know what the split is or if it is 100% RWD until otherwise needed or if it is a constant 80% rear, 20% front and moves more to front as it needs too? Though to me it feels 90-100% rear until it senses the need to move power forwards.
Can I get this on mine? Is it an app or an actual updated infotainment system?
That makes sense as is how it feels, I think it can move upto 50% forward.
From memory it can push 37% to front axle.
Pro went in as standard with MY18. Totally different headunit unfortunately. f type doesn’t get the 10” screen.
Have you got Spotify app for it?
On my phone spotify is on the incontrol apps but not tried playing with those yet.