Recent content by DOC IW

I have the known issue of window trim coming loose - passenger side rear quarter) Best adhesive (and technique) to get this firmly stuck back down please! I’ve tried 3M VHB tape, but that only lasted a couple of days before letting go again.

I have been looking into “driving safety” systems which can be stealthily/discreetly installed into the F-Type. I have come across two systems, one called “Target Blu Eye 2” and the other “Laser Track Flare”. Having looked into these systems, I see that the “Laser Track Flare”, which is a...

I recently fixed mine myself (out of manufacturer warranty and my Jag extended warranty doesn’t cover it and Jag dealership quoted me £££££ to replace the trims). It’s a fiddle and takes time to do and you have to be meticulous and also careful not to bend, buckle, warp or break the metal trim...

Thanks guys. I doubt my front reg plate is the issue on mine because it is a short plate. I have however now found a local company who advertise sensor recalibration - I may contact them….. https://www.hickleysautocentre.com/ (and they do 10% NHS discount! :D )

A weird one. Ever since my F-Type was new to me a year ago, the automatic front parking sensor activation wasn’t working. A few months ago, I found it turned off in the parking sensors and camera settings, so of course I turned it on. I now know why the first owner turned it off: From time to...

My Apple CarPlay has started dropping out and then reconnecting (several times in a journey). Didn’t previously do it up to a couple of months ago (when I last used CarPlay). It’s really annoying! I use a wireless CarPlay dongle and have tried a different one incase it was that, but the same...

‘King Jag dealership did this to mine recently when it was in for service! :oops: They go over the car with eagle eyes when you drop it off with them documenting every minute mark or chip (presumably so that you can’t claim they caused damage that was already there). I got home after picking...

The Jag wheels don’t have a paint code unfortunately (trust me, I’ve tried!!) The grey painted parts of your wheel looks very similar (if not the same) colour as my wheels. I have found that “Vauxhall Technical Grey” is a very similar (almost identical on my wheels) paint for minor touch up...

All fixed and looking great again!

The dreaded loose window trim! I’ve spent a few hours this afternoon carefully lifting it and removing all the old tape and gloopy glue, getting it perfectly clean and prepared, ready for 3M VHB 6mm tape arriving tomorrow from Amazon to get it firmly stuck down again. A proper faff, but worth...

I have found an excellent SIM option for mobile data connection in the F-Type. Once registered and then setup correctly in the connectivity settings, it roams all 4 major UK networks (3, EE, O2, Vodafone), automatically switching between whichever has strongest 4G signal. It’s on a PAYG basis...

Bum! I was driving really conservatively taking Mrs W out for lunch. Spirited driving by myself no problems. Driving gently and the light comes on!

So I booked an appointment online with Autoglass via the Admiral Insurance website and paid my £112 excess for windscreen replacement. An Autoglass “rare car advisor” phoned me within an hour to let me know that they will be ordering a genuine Jaguar screen to exactly the same manufacturer...

A stone chucked up from a car coming the opposite direction smacked into my F-Type windscreen yesterday causing a “bullseye” crack. :roll: My insurer (Admiral) use Autoglass. Now if it was my VW Polo I’d have no problem with that, but the F-Type? (Blue metallic UV coating, matrix headlights...