One of the minor styling nits that I've had with the X300 is how the body abruptly ends along the bottom edge of the rocker/sill and when standing back one can see the seam, unpainted rough underside of the car, jacking points, etc.

If you however take a look at the early TWR XJRs based on the XJ40 model, TWR fitted some lower body work that extends the rocker/sill (among other body modifications) a bit and in my opinion that rocker/sill extension cleans up the look a bit by adding a finished appearance to the underside of the car.

I'm almost sure the answer is "no", but I wonder if anyone still makes something like these rocker body pieces?

Here are some photos of what I'm talking about:

Home of the JaguarSport XJR


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Arden did one, not sure if you can still get them tho.

The SWB model is 215cm long, and you can actually get many universal ones that length - would need a bit of a fiddle to get to fit, but is always an option. This is the route I am planning to go down when I can find one that is isn't over ostentatious.

 

I could make a mold of that, and it looks simple to make. Wouldn't be expensive - something we don't often hear about aftermarket body parts.

 

I completely agree with the OP on this. Seeing the square jacking points and other ugly stuff really makes me want to run some sort of rocker panel. I checked out the Arden kit and it looks fantastic but damn it like 5k. I paid $1800 for the whole car.

 

Would be rad to have but probably cost prohibitive. I'm about to wrap my Jag in 3M satin pearl. Pics to come. Just had some body work done to straighten her out before install.

 

Anyone ever find anything about about this? I am looking for something like this for my X308 as well.

 

Yep, it's funny you should ask as I *just* found that information last night while reading through some thread in the X308 section.

Anyway, Arden sells the lower rockers, but they are pricey. They are about $1000US before shipping, unpainted. They look nice, but wow that's expensive.

Here's more info:

Arden Jaguar - X 300


Parts/Price list:

http://www.arden.de/fileadmin/user_u...ar_X300_en.pdf


Here is the photo from the Arden site which shows their X300 body parts/accessories fitted:

 

So unless I come into $1100 that I can't find a way to spend, I'll probably do without or come up with another idea.

An alternative idea I was thinking about was to get some long narrow pieces of 316L stainless to just cover the bit of pan that is visible below the body work. The jacking points would still be visible, but it would clean up that part of the car potentially.

I've bought cut and finished SS from www.stainlesssupply.com before and they do great work and are affordable. Depending on the gauge, a piece from the front to rear wheel arch would be $50-90.

I'm toying with that idea. I've had a lot of cars in the past that had a chrome/stainless rocker trim in that location and it looked sharp.

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You could get a long strip the height of the jack points and screw through
the rubber plugs. Wrap in carbon fibre pattern first. The problem will be
the little gaps that will be formed at the ends.

Since the jack points are angled, the piece will also be angled and look
less like something that was just tacked on.

The front and rear gaps could be filled with some body filler.
Tape the body with shipping tape, apply vaseline as release
agent, mount strip, smush in the filler, let harden, file down
to proper shape, remove tape and vaseline.

You first and post some pictures

 

Heh, yeah we'll see. This is not a priority, and other things are, but something to think about for sure.

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