05 XJR. Brand new powder coated wheels, new XJR center caps, other supa dupa stuff!!! Will post some proper pics when I finish detailing her

 

Nice Ragman! Can't wait to see more!

Cheers,

Don

 

Congratulations! I'm glad to see you were able to get a new one ! Looking forward to more pictures and hearing how she handles.

 

Congrats, looking great!

Guus

 

Hope it's third time lucky Jason.

 

Miles and Dollars please.
Can't help noticing the wood steering wheel in lieu of the standard leather wheel.
Enjoy the beauty.

 

Good to see you back in the drivers seat

 

Our '04 XJR has the same half-wood steering wheel - I wonder if it was standard on the XJR?

 

She needs a name. It'll come to be eventually. The asking was $14,969... I got him to $12,300 on the phone. Left with her and stroked a check for $12,100 out the door. That's more than a grand less than my ins co gave me for Betsy. The KBB and CarFax have her valued at just under $17,000. 107,700 miles. The powder coated wheel and new center caps are absolutely FLAWLESS and look outstanding! The sunroof makes an AWFUL grinding noise when the button is pushed and doesn't open, but it doesn't leak either. I was able to get the spare wheel/tire out of Betsy which was both are unused and a brand spankin' Pirelli P0 isn't exactly cheap! Has the updated NAV disc. All the books and only one key. No Bluetooth and no compass in the mirror (like I like), but Betsy was kind enough to offer her rear view up before she left me as well. I put the floor mats from Betsy as well. And now, the gratuitous (barely PG-13) pics of her outside...

The entire album of the interior (that the dealer took as I've not been able to take any yet) can be seen here: 2005 XJR Resize Photos by ragman1171 | Photobucket

 

Very very nice......congrats!!

 

This is actually #5 since March. I was searching for the "one". I thought Betsy was her, but she was taken from me. I hope this is the reason and I am supposed to have her instead. Hoping she tells me her name soon tho! lol

 

Back behind the drivers wheel once again! Just where a jaguar driver should be!! Outstanding!!! Great choice!!!!

 

I don't know about that, but all of mine, from standard the XJ8s, VDPs, and the XJRs have all had them. The heated part is my FAV!

 

Congrats and now for a pulley change and intake upgrade

Cheers
34by151

 

I have the K&N air filter, but a complete cold air intake is definitely desired. I've not been able to locate a kit like the K&N FIPK and the Fastman throttle body upgrade I put in my Durango.

I've heard of the pulley upgrade, but I don't know anything more beyond that. If you could give me info on any/all, I'd be much abliged!

 

Mine too.

She is a beauty,
Enjoy!

 

Overall I am very happy with her appearance. However, the hood (bonnet) is covered in water spots. The rest of her doesn't have this issue. As I've done this type of work in the past, I had my buffer, rubbing compound, and polishing compound. Here are some before and after of the first section. It took a couple hours and a lot of elbow grease to the entire hood done, but I feel it's worth it now! You be the judge.

 

Ragman,

Aren't you due for a vacation in Middle Tennessee soon? And don't you get bored on vacation and need something to do? :-)

Looks great! Nice work!

Cheers,

Don

 

Thanks Don!
I am due for a trip to northeast Indiana to visit my fam there. I could travel west, then north this next time as opposed to the opposite. Wouldn't be the first time I did that. I can certainly supervise any polishing that needs done along the way! lol

I wish I had vacation time! I am the overnight/weekend LAN Engineer for the Sentara health network, so I have time through the week to play! lol

I have been fishing for names on my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RagmanUSMVMC) and have had a lot of suggestions. I've been determined to have a girl's name as it's traditional. I had a suggestion of Vader and I liked it, but it's too obvious imho. Then I thought, "Loki". Not because of the movies as of late as I knew of him long before them. But, doesn't it just POP?!

 

Beautiful car, nice wheels. Black is my favorite XJ color!

Regards,

Don Gulyas