martinberg
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Great work by Modstock with the added benefit of meeting Pete. Very happy day
What have you done to your F Type today?
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I have black interior with contrast double red stitch, but only on the seats and door arm rest. I'm adding the missing parts based on where it's used on the P400 / Chequered Flag.
Mine is the same, may I ask how you did that? I really like the added colour.
AdoptedYorkie
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Took mine to get a tank of fuel.
It's only 4 miles to the station but somehow it took 45 minutes, went through numerous B roads and pretty villages.
No idea why, when I take the other car I'm there and back in 10 mins. Ring road all the way.
It's only 4 miles to the station but somehow it took 45 minutes, went through numerous B roads and pretty villages.
No idea why, when I take the other car I'm there and back in 10 mins. Ring road all the way.
Just bought my second F-type, this one a 2016 V6S Coupe. Car was meticulously maintained with 45,000 Kilometres. Had the dealer replace the upper, lower and rear coolant pipes with the new style, while in there they also replaced the thermostat and housing, thermostat outlet hose and they found a crumbling vacuum hose as well. For shits and giggles also had the left steering wheel switch pack replaced as it was feeling a bit dodgy, the plugs and SC belt replaced and an injector service completed. Hoping I have addressed all the major potential issues and now I am looking to update the radio to add CarPlay and within the next few weeks do a paint correction.
MArtyn Veg
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Just picked her up after a right good and proper 2 day detailing and ceramic coating session.
Really pleased with what Dave Price in Bromsgrove has done. He was recommended to me by a mate who used to work with him in the JLR paint shop.
Really pleased with what Dave Price in Bromsgrove has done. He was recommended to me by a mate who used to work with him in the JLR paint shop.
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Thank you. I haven’t stopped gazing at her all evening!Jedster said:
Pilot Pete
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When I purchased my F-Type it came with a set of Michelin Pilot Alpine PA4 winter tyres which the previous owner had hardly used. https://www.michelin.co.uk/auto/tyres/michelin-pilot-alpin-pa4 They weren’t fitted to the car as he had swapped back to the Pilot Sport 4S summer tyres. Each season he would go to the tyre shop and have the tyres swapped onto the rims and re-balanced. This seemed like a bit of a faff to me, so I thought I’d keep my eyes open for a second hand set of wheels onto which I could permanently mount the winter tyres and thus just swap wheels myself when the time came each year.
I eventually found a set of 19” Aquila 10 spoke wheels for sale on eBay with only light kerbing to one of the wheels.
purchased for £495 plus the postage.
I decided to then hunt down a set of TPMS valves and some wheel centre caps. eBay was again the source. £48.99 for the valves (genuine Jaguar in original packaging) and £39.95 for genuine Jaguar centre caps in black.
With all these items sorted I dropped them all off at Top Marques alloy wheel refurbishers in Fenton, Stoke on Trent, who did a great job of my summer wheels 2 years ago. Total cost for refurb, fitting TPMS valves and tyres, along with balancing was £439.20
They spin the wheels up to check for any buckling and inspect for damage/ cracking. None found with my wheels.Then it’s an acid dip to remove all the previous finish, water blast to get them completely clean and give that satin type finish ready for powder coating. I thought I would change the wheels from factory silver to gloss black as it does go well with my French Racing Blue paint colour.
The guys at Top Marques were fantastic - I dropped the wheels off on Tuesday at around 2:30pm and received a text message today, Thursday at the same time to say they were ready - 48hrs turnaround! They look fantastic. I now need to clean the tyres to remove the browning, wash and rinse the wheels, dry them fully then apply ceramic sealer before adding a bit of satin tyre dressing ready for the winter. I should get some tyre bags to store my wheels whilst off the car to prevent UV damage to the tyres.
I was given permission to photograph at Top Marques, but only from the car bay. Below are the prep area and ovens, along with a pair of Golf R wheels that they’d just finished. The showroom has a small selection of wheels and various finishes.
And here are my wheels
It helps if the missus has got an XF Sportbrake specifically for carrying larger bits for F-Types!!! Oh, and for shipping a moulting husky!
So that’s just over £1000 all in. Not too shabby when those wheels are about £600 each new, and the tyres about £180-200 each.
Edit to show finished job, ceramic coating applied and tyres dressed.
I eventually found a set of 19” Aquila 10 spoke wheels for sale on eBay with only light kerbing to one of the wheels.
purchased for £495 plus the postage.I decided to then hunt down a set of TPMS valves and some wheel centre caps. eBay was again the source. £48.99 for the valves (genuine Jaguar in original packaging) and £39.95 for genuine Jaguar centre caps in black.
With all these items sorted I dropped them all off at Top Marques alloy wheel refurbishers in Fenton, Stoke on Trent, who did a great job of my summer wheels 2 years ago. Total cost for refurb, fitting TPMS valves and tyres, along with balancing was £439.20
They spin the wheels up to check for any buckling and inspect for damage/ cracking. None found with my wheels.Then it’s an acid dip to remove all the previous finish, water blast to get them completely clean and give that satin type finish ready for powder coating. I thought I would change the wheels from factory silver to gloss black as it does go well with my French Racing Blue paint colour.
The guys at Top Marques were fantastic - I dropped the wheels off on Tuesday at around 2:30pm and received a text message today, Thursday at the same time to say they were ready - 48hrs turnaround! They look fantastic. I now need to clean the tyres to remove the browning, wash and rinse the wheels, dry them fully then apply ceramic sealer before adding a bit of satin tyre dressing ready for the winter. I should get some tyre bags to store my wheels whilst off the car to prevent UV damage to the tyres.
I was given permission to photograph at Top Marques, but only from the car bay. Below are the prep area and ovens, along with a pair of Golf R wheels that they’d just finished. The showroom has a small selection of wheels and various finishes.
And here are my wheels
It helps if the missus has got an XF Sportbrake specifically for carrying larger bits for F-Types!!! Oh, and for shipping a moulting husky!
So that’s just over £1000 all in. Not too shabby when those wheels are about £600 each new, and the tyres about £180-200 each.
Edit to show finished job, ceramic coating applied and tyres dressed.
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Pilot Pete said:
Hope fixed
NaCl said:kobe said:
Wow that's pretty neatWas it an easy installation?
Was a bit tricky to route the cable through to the boot lid, and I've yet to splice into the reverse light 12v feed (any tips form others where to obtain this feed would be really appreciated
any where by the battery region ideally as the reverse light itself is tucked away below)and I've only temporarily clipped the cable to the boot door lid to check the system works so a bit of a mess at the moment ! I'll need to remove the inner boot panel to finish the job , not sure how to go about that yet.
IvoDC
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I wanted to give a summery of what I have been doing to my F-Type the last 2 months as up to know I didn't comment yet on this topic 
1) Bought a nice red indoor dust cover to protect it in my garage .
2) I removed the mid-resonance box to beef up the sound a little bit with a somewhat dissappointing result . The difference in sound is hardly noticable
. It sounds a bit deeper when idling, and if you come off the accelerator, you get a few pops. And that's it.
3) As I drive my F only when I have the time and the weather is nice, it often sits for weeks in my garage. So I keep it on a trickle charger. Since I was tired of always opening and closing the hood (bonnet), I made a charger point in the boot. I opted for a built-in cigarette lighter socket, which, in addition to charging, I can also use it to connect 12VDC equipment which seemed practical. It looks like a standard factory option (rather pleased with my work
), and in my opinion it should have been there from new.
4) I hated the sight of the large licence plate disturbing the view of the front. So I removed the large plate, the plint and the supports for it, and replaced it for a smaller plate. (original plate 52x12cm, smaller plate is 33x9cm). Everyone tells me it is a huge improvement. (picture before & after)
1) Bought a nice red indoor dust cover to protect it in my garage .
2) I removed the mid-resonance box to beef up the sound a little bit with a somewhat dissappointing result . The difference in sound is hardly noticable
. It sounds a bit deeper when idling, and if you come off the accelerator, you get a few pops. And that's it.3) As I drive my F only when I have the time and the weather is nice, it often sits for weeks in my garage. So I keep it on a trickle charger. Since I was tired of always opening and closing the hood (bonnet), I made a charger point in the boot. I opted for a built-in cigarette lighter socket, which, in addition to charging, I can also use it to connect 12VDC equipment which seemed practical. It looks like a standard factory option (rather pleased with my work
), and in my opinion it should have been there from new.4) I hated the sight of the large licence plate disturbing the view of the front. So I removed the large plate, the plint and the supports for it, and replaced it for a smaller plate. (original plate 52x12cm, smaller plate is 33x9cm). Everyone tells me it is a huge improvement. (picture before & after)
ralphr1780
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Nice actions IvoDC, too bad for the midbox that you didnt get the expected sound effect, I fully agree there should have been a 12v socket in the trunk from factory.
The smaller front plate is much nicer indeed, but mind that you can get stopped by our nice police for that : I had the same on my Alfa some time back and was stopped on the E40 at Jabbeke. Initially thought it was for speeding but turned out for the license plate. Luckily I had the large one still in the trunk, and could skip the fine by refitting it in front of the officer.
The smaller front plate is much nicer indeed, but mind that you can get stopped by our nice police for that : I had the same on my Alfa some time back and was stopped on the E40 at Jabbeke. Initially thought it was for speeding but turned out for the license plate. Luckily I had the large one still in the trunk, and could skip the fine by refitting it in front of the officer.
IvoDC
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I know. On my Opel Speedster, the police stopped me also once because I had a smaller license plate on the front. So i kept a large one in the boot. The same with my F-type. I have the large license plate you see on the left picture in the trunk. To keep the officers of the law happy