Jim, I am in Virginia, USA.

Few things i want to get done in the next month or so.
tint
detail

 

Glasgow UK bro.
Tints sound really cool, thinkin bout it, nuthin too "drug dealerish" tho.
As for detailing, I love to give my cars a good goin over inside n out.
Wash n chamois dry, tyre slick all the tyres n back to black all the black bits. Clean all the windows inside n out, then start on the interior. Vacuum everywhere plus all the mats. Use a small 1/2 " paint brush to get all dust ect out of vents and fiddly bits, then a nice shine with "cockpit shine" finished off with a nice fragrance.
Still, exterior looks nowhere near as good as this guy I was telling you about. The paint looks like a mirror, I swear to god.

Jim C

 

I want the paint to shine like a mirror for sure. re the tint, yeah nothing thuggish. Just enough to be noticeable....

I can probably clean the inside really well, wash the mats and treat the leather. However, i want professional expertise when it comes to the exterior.

BTW, do you get the engine washed/cleaned?

 

Yeah, goes without sayin............lol
There's a product ( can't remember what its called now) lightly steam clean the engine and apply, (its a degreasing formula) wait for 5 - 10 mins and then steam clean...............BLING!......Like new.

Someone, was talking about painting the V6 emblem with heat resistant red paint...........hmmm.........not sure, would look nice though!

Jim C

 

As soon as the weather gets better I'm gonna take the wheels off and paint the calipers too, nuthin too fancy, just silver, 3 coats should do and then apply the Jaguar decals I've got - should look great.

JimC

 

Yeah, painting the calipers would be tight. Something i like to do. Let me know when you do and post some pics.

 

If you check back, there are some pics posted, can't remember by who, but they looked pretty good, although there were in red. Did a good job and had the Jag decals to finish it off.

Jim C

 

I will try to find those pics. Is it just regular spray paint that you would use?

 

NO!
Not spray paint, unless you remove calipers. Can buy brush on stuff specially for calipers and is heat resistant.
Check Ebay!

Jim C

 

I was thinking about removing the caliphers. I have done it b4, but i guess it might be easier leaving it on and painting it.

 

If you take your time and are a perfectionist you can do a great job and save a little time. Obviously the ideal is to take them off and spray them. I've done the Saab, but only 1 coat so far, a further 2 coats to finish it off.

Don't know if your interested but there's a guy on Ebay selling Jag decals too, just to finish it off nicely.

Jim C

 

Yeah, if i do the calipers, i would like to get the decals too. I will check it on ebay...

What color should i do it? My car is burgundy.

 

Its a personal choice thing mate. I'm gonna do mine silver ( 3 coats) then apply white decals to finish.

The red looks nice too especially with the white decals, but too boy racerish for me and the X.
They do various colours in both the paint and the decals so see what suits u n your baby

JimC

 

Dunhill, I think if you can manage to paint the calipers burgundy to match the body of the car, it would look SWEEEEET. I'm unsure of what color to paint mine though. My car is gold.

 

big, i was thinking burgundy calipers too.....

Jim, silver would be tight....when you getting this done?

 

I painted one of my calipers red and then tried to stick the Jag decal on from a set I got off ebay.Couldnt get it to go on properly so might just put the 2 I have left from the original 5 on the headrests.

 

Need to wait for some time off and better weather Dunhill, so might be a month or two yet. I'll post before n after pics as soon as I do it for sure.

Buck - re the decals sticking mate, I think I read that the best idea is to try and attach / apply them while the paint is still slightly sticky, this helps in the bonding process, allegedly!
Did you try that method?

Jim C

 

Yes, but it didnt work.Decals I used were very thin.Maybe should have let paint dry more???

 

Not to mention what happens when you wash the things with a power washer? Must be some strong stickers to hang on with all of the weather, heat and cleaning you have to do to stay on!

 

I know Aquill, I had thought of that, and your probably dead right, but I really only hand wash my cars (99%) of the time anyways, so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem. I'm still wonderin though if its gonna be worth the hassle, with the decals I mean

JC