Ain't that Hot Chick Powerhouse's wife?

 

yes, Powerhouse - or as his friends know him, "that lucky *******"

 

Lake Summerville!

Good times!

 

Any body know the part number or a source for the clips. There not listed in the factory manual i have.
thanks !

 

Here are some pics if it helps with the ID of the part number.





Cheers,

Dave

 

I put the aftermarket carbon fibre hood vents on my car with double sided automotive tape almost all the way around because there aren't any of the clips or the protrusions that receive the clips. One of them flew off in the first block of me driving and I had just made a right turn so I wasn't going more than 25mph. It flew into the air never to be seen again. I looked everywhere along that boulevard but could not find it. My factory ones went right back on within 10 minutes.

 

That sucks,

 

 

Sorry for your loss, that had to be another pucker moment like Andy's.

This is one of the reasons I choose to stick with a Factory Accessory item that I mentioned earlier. Of course this was before Andy had his mishap. So I guess it can happen to any of them, factory or aftermarket. The heat coming from those vents (I guess they actually do work as advertised) is gonna degrade many ways of attachment. I know for sure after all the trouble of getting my trim rings chrome plated (still waiting for a ship date from plater, sorry Andy) that I will be taking extra steps above and beyond the normal factory clips.

One thing I have notice is there only seems to be 2 of the metal retainers per vent from the factory. I am referring to the metal clips I posted above. I am considering finding similar metal retainer clips for the other 3-4 remaining factory clips. Not sure what adhesive could/should be used, again especially with the constant heat from the vent.

IF any one finds a source (or part number) for the original clips please let us know. I have looked and looked thru the Jag catalogs and haven't spotted it yet.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thursday!

Dave

 

Oh heck, CAMBO to the RESCUE!!

Thank you sir for your continued sharing of information concerning all things XK!!

Cheers,

Dave

 

Thanks Cambo, I will get them on order
Thanks again 10XKR no rush

 

Build quality/finish might not be 100% but count your lucky stars on how reliable our actually driveline and power plants are...impressive stuff .

 

I agree since the car has been out of warranty its been good, (whilst under warranty I think it spent 8 work weeks at the dealer, they never did fix some small stuff).
I'm actually very pro Jag both being British and having worked on the XJR15, XJ220, XJR12 and XJR14 and the test I still own it

 

Hi Andy,

It won't be much longer now before I can send you that left Hood Louver, I received some pics from the plastic plater today and he says they are also shipping today.

Pic of the plastic Trims coated in copper..


And the final product after the nickel coatings..





Cheers,

Dave

 

Thanks 10XKR, those are looking sweet !!
No rush

 

Looking even better now that they are installed!











Cheers,

Dave

 

Duplicate, sorry.

 

Thanks 10XKR for the replacement. Painted black and highlighted lettering in red.
Not finally fitted, as I'm not happy with the clip so working on something different.

 

Hi Andy,
You are very welcome, glad to help out! The accent paint and lettering looks great!

Cheers,

​​​​​​​Dave