At the risk of starting a minor (or major, who knows?) debate, is there a common (in general) agreement of the clocked position of the Cat on the center wheel caps? Facing towards valve stem, away from valve stem, etc... Same question for the position of the locking wheel nut... This may be a "Nibs" or "****" debate but thinking it's better to ask more questions, and be less certain. Don't want to be that guy with a great car, but without a clue. Thanks for your insight and opinions.

P.S. I understand this an appearance issue and nothing to do with performance. Just sayin'

JTD
2015 XKR; Purchase in Process!

 

The top of the Jaguar head is in line with the valve and the locking wheelnut is first position to the right of the valve .........




...... not that I ever pay much attention to detail.

Graham

 

Thanks much......

 

BTW... That's my problem as well! I appreciate the attention to detail. Thanks again

 

I do mine the opposite of GGG... I always align my center caps where they are upright with the valve stem at the bottom of the wheel...

 

Now I wont be able to sleep at night...... Up or down. At least it's a great problem to have, right? Thanks for the input.

 

I did consider "floating" wheel caps but thought that was going too far:

https://www.raymaxgear.com/products/...-wheel-hub-cap

Graham

 

Totally agree. Not a fan of the spinners / floaters. Not to offend anyone, but maybe if I was 16. But that was long ago.

 

Do Jaguar owners with On Center Design syndrome line up to buy Growler center caps?

 

Luckily I had a good nights sleep before reading this, but did just rush out to check and mine are all over the place!

I hang my head in shame and will get my coat...or in this case dressing gown

 

I only started positioning the centre caps when I had an XK8 with Sepang split rim alloy wheels. There is no visible valve on these and the blanking plug (left) looks much like the other rim bolts. It has to be removed and a valve extension (right) screwed in to inflate the tyre:





Having the centre cap aligned was a quick and easy method of finding the blanking cap.

Graham

 

This thread is a testament to the Covid shutdown but still good info for **** people like me. lol

 

My 2011 and 2013 XKRs when new came with the crawler facing the valve stem and my current 2014 is the same--this is the factory setting. Only the person who installed the wheel caps and maybe .01% of owners would notice this. I always looked for it when I was shopping for my 2014 last year to show if the wheels were repaired or tires have been changed from new. I was shopping for a new as I could find XKR dynamic R, convertible, unmolested XKR with extremely low mileage in perfect condition--a very hard find today and will get even harder to find.

 

Same here.

 

That's pretty neat, they do have a stock look to them. No LED though. If the center cap was larger diameter it would make more sense. Do I want drivers that close to me on the road to actually see the floating growler?

 

Why only change the center caps. Go all the way, ground effects, change front growler badge also (nice Rudolph LED look), dice from rear view mirror, and **** carpet on the dash, LOL. Please don't do this to an Jaguar XKR.

 

But when you're parked they allways face right!:-D
Might buy those floating one's, I like it!:-)

 

LOL, I love this...
But I am surprised that @GGG is so wrong. The 'chin' of the Jaguar belongs facing the valve ;-)

 

I am forced to concur. Both aesthetically and logically that is the preferred orientation.

I'll give myself a One Day Ban for inappropriate behaviour and spend the time taking the wheels off and on to rotate the caps.

Graham

 

You can remove the center caps without removing the wheel. Use a suction cup or strong adhesive tape to pull the cap out.