My New Exterior Mods..Pics Inside
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I usualy call the bulb on the very end the city bulbs from my mercedes days. Some call it the parking lights. I put an arrow where I switched the "City Bulb" to LED. I'm not 100% sure where I got them as it has been a few years back but I'm pretty sure it was either autoluminations.com or vleds.com (leaning towards autoluminations). My interior LEDs are from autoluminations also. I did order the city leds a few times as the first time I realized I could have ordered a bigger LED. The 2nd time I order too big and wouldn't fit and the 3rd time I got it right. I'm not sure which ones they are but if you look at the manual, you can cross reference the stock bulb number to the LED bulb number. As for the turn signal, you'll need to put load resistors as the LEDs will blink faster and draw less watts and therefore the car's computer will think there will be a bulb out. I didn't want to add more load resistors as I've had a ton in the rear taillight clusters to make the 2010+ taillights work so I just use chromium bulb for the fronts for now. Not sure where I got the chromium but most import shops online will have them. There is a new LED bulb system called V3 Triton from Vleds.com that might be the solution for converting the front turn bulbs to LEDs with no bulb out but haven't really looked into them yet.
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I've been wanting to do this for a while. Took on this little project for the past three days. I did the rims, side louvers, front upper/lower grilles, hood vents, rear trunk blade and the XK/R badges. What do you guys/gals think? Debating on whether to do the piece around the window trim black as well. Next little project is changing out all of the yellow interior lights for LED which are already in the mail.
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2009 XKR Portfolio in Houston with virtually identical mods for sale on eBay $50K. See link for more pix: Jaguar : XKR Portfolio in Jaguar | eBay Motors
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I've been wanting to do this for a while. Took on this little project for the past three days. I did the rims, side louvers, front upper/lower grilles, hood vents, rear trunk blade and the XK/R badges. What do you guys/gals think? Debating on whether to do the piece around the window trim black as well. Next little project is changing out all of the yellow interior lights for LED which are already in the mail.
Well done......but then, I am biased.
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Blue is already dark, so chrome highlights "work" better than black I think. I was gonna say I'd much prefer it if the car was silver instead of blue, and then I see on page 2 a blacked-out silver Portfolio posted by StuartS. Gorgeous!
But Ian Callum really is the Michelangelo of car designers, and he takes pains to style the cars juuuuust right. The guy is a pro and I personally prefer the XK with his original touches, well, un-touched. My only mod (an Indigo Blue XK) was a grill mesh, ala the XKR. Looks cleaner.
But Ian Callum really is the Michelangelo of car designers, and he takes pains to style the cars juuuuust right. The guy is a pro and I personally prefer the XK with his original touches, well, un-touched. My only mod (an Indigo Blue XK) was a grill mesh, ala the XKR. Looks cleaner.
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Love the set up! Looks great!
I'm on my second XKR, a 2012 White with black package. The first one was a 2010 Black with tan interior... it is absolutely shocking how much more of a head turner the white with black package is. Incredibly so. The black highlights and package really makes the car pop!
I'm on my second XKR, a 2012 White with black package. The first one was a 2010 Black with tan interior... it is absolutely shocking how much more of a head turner the white with black package is. Incredibly so. The black highlights and package really makes the car pop!
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I rarely like the black wheel look but this contrast is kickass
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Full On Strom Trooper! Sick!!!
I wish there was a like button b/c your ride looks fantastic, congrats.
I've been considering plasti dipping the whole car to get this look.
They really made a huge improvement with the front side vents on the 12 and ups, more open and great shape.
Feel free to post more pics...
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I thought about that too, and looked hard at the hood imagining the vents looking black, even put a couple of small black pieces of plastic on the hood to gauge the look. In the end, I think that if the hood vents were black, it would spoil the clean lines and look of the hood. I like the balance of what they've done with this package. If I were to change anything, and this is a maybe at most, it would be the door handles. Possibly making those black. But believe me, I am NOT complaining...
Interesting thing is that this "Stormtrooper" look (GREAT analogy Mike V!), is something I see popping up a lot more lately. I don't think it is because I am noticing something that I just ignored in the past, but rather, I think this is a trend that I see popping up a lot more... the white with black highlights. Either way, I love the look of this car... absolutely love the car. First time in around 18 cars that I got the same model/car twice in a row! I guess I am hooked!
Interesting thing is that this "Stormtrooper" look (GREAT analogy Mike V!), is something I see popping up a lot more lately. I don't think it is because I am noticing something that I just ignored in the past, but rather, I think this is a trend that I see popping up a lot more... the white with black highlights. Either way, I love the look of this car... absolutely love the car. First time in around 18 cars that I got the same model/car twice in a row! I guess I am hooked!
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Thread started to post popular mods/colors
Link to thread: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...40/#post686628
Last edited by DGL; Feb 28, 2013 at 09:22 AM.
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I love it. it adds just a little something...
I just hope that in mate it doesn't give a "plastic" look. Anyway, I just save the photo, in case I buy one of the same color, as I will probably do the same.
I saw videos of plasti-dip a while ago, and it seems to be so easy to remove tha I thought it wouldn't remain. You seem to say the opposite. Does it mean that it's easy to remove the first few hours or days, and strong afterwards?
Thanks, anyway. Good job.
I just hope that in mate it doesn't give a "plastic" look. Anyway, I just save the photo, in case I buy one of the same color, as I will probably do the same.
I saw videos of plasti-dip a while ago, and it seems to be so easy to remove tha I thought it wouldn't remain. You seem to say the opposite. Does it mean that it's easy to remove the first few hours or days, and strong afterwards?
Thanks, anyway. Good job.
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To my eye the detail or design of any black wheels are lost in reflection unless they are black. Also to average eyes the black wheel is a cheaper, less jewelry or quality look. Chrome is extreme the other way and cheap too. But a silver centered or brush wheel a polished lip ands a quality jewelry-like texture and depth.
That being said if you are going for that "don't mind me, this car is all about being stealthy, focused, beastly only" look then the black wheel has its place.
That being said if you are going for that "don't mind me, this car is all about being stealthy, focused, beastly only" look then the black wheel has its place.
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Ok so I am dipping today. You mentioned it takes 15-20 min to dry between coats. The instructions on the can say 4 hours. Did you have any issues applying additional coats after only 15-20 min?
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Nope, it's dry real quick. 15-20 minutes is fine. Don't worry if your dip looks like crocodile skin as it dries. It will be dry to the touch after 15 minutes but won't be perfect yet. Once you've done your 3-4 coats let it dry for a couple hours and the finish will look smooth and perfect. You can even add coats to spots you missed or didn't put enough. Once it dries it will match up perfectly. Enjoy.
