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Old May 7, 2018 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
That's funny. The first X150 I test drove had a penny in the lighter socket, thought they came that way!
yea it fits in there perfectly unfortunately!

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I thought pennies were used to replace fuses.
Not so funny story about that. Back in my teen years, I bought an old Nissan for my wife/then girlfriend and she was driving in some heavy rain and the fuse box under the steering column caught fire. Turned out someone installed aftermarket fog lights that shorted out. They used a screw for the fuse.
 
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Old May 7, 2018 | 02:07 PM
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I remember those days, no fire but a chewing gum wrapper scorched a bunch of the wire harness! I like the new chip fuses because they are a bit harder to screw up.
However, Rube proves everything is possible.
 
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Old May 7, 2018 | 02:17 PM
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I thought she were for loafers.
 
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Old May 7, 2018 | 11:55 PM
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Followed 10XKR's lead and installed the optional hood louvers Jag offered as an upgrade. Gotta say they are a very nice touch. Went to a Brit/Euro car show over the weekend, and I'd say these definitely give the Jag a more premium look along the lines of what I saw on some of the Aston Martins.

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Old May 8, 2018 | 06:34 AM
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I like the look!
 
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Old May 8, 2018 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by pwpacp
I like the look!
Me too!
 
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Old May 8, 2018 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Simon Tan
Followed 10XKR's lead and installed the optional hood louvers Jag offered as an upgrade. Gotta say they are a very nice touch. Went to a Brit/Euro car show over the weekend, and I'd say these definitely give the Jag a more premium look along the lines of what I saw on some of the Aston Martins.
Hi Simon,

That looks great and as you know it looks even better in person. I agree that it does kick things up a notch and looks more "premium". With the 2 chrome strakes it looks like 2 big canines from the front and definitely adds more "teeth" to the look of the vents.

I like the paint to match like you did yours and feel it works on the darker colors. With my Liquid Silver I felt it needed the extra pop of chrome to keep it from washing out the way the LS reflects light.

Great job,

Dave
 

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Old May 8, 2018 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sean W
I mounted my wheels, gave her a bath and took her for a quick little 30 mile first drive of the season.


Looking good!
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 01:40 AM
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Using the tread up on cheap chinese tyres
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 01:24 PM
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Coming back from an appointment, there are two stretches of highway that are relatively sparse. The locals like to think of it as our own private Autobahn. So I had a little fun and cleaned out some carbon deposits:-)
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by steve_k_xk
Using the tread up on cheap chinese tyres
Hmmm... somebody needs LSD... ummm... 'a LSD'...
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
Hmmm... somebody needs LSD... ummm... 'a LSD'...
Gives you a better trip
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 06:53 PM
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We managed that first stage being that of a changed final drive ratio which in fact has really woken up the 4.2

😀Yep it's definitely worthy of an LSD now
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 07:15 PM
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We managed that first stage being that of a changed final drive ratio which in fact has really woken up the 4.2

😀Yep it's definitely worthy of an LSD now
 
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Old May 10, 2018 | 08:30 PM
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We managed that first stage being that of a changed final drive ratio which in fact has really woken up the 4.2

Yep it's definitely worthy of an LSD now
 
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Old May 11, 2018 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Cee Jay
We managed that first stage being that of a changed final drive ratio which in fact has really woken up the 4.2

Yep it's definitely worthy of an LSD now
Settle haha
 
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Old May 11, 2018 | 03:31 PM
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1. Ordered parts to fix my leaking valve cover gasket (https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...3/#post1893358).
2. Ordered most of the parts list by Patrick Wong in his thread on replacing coolant hoses (https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ervice-186165/).
3. Loaded SDD software on a (new to me) old laptop to be able to 'poke around' in the future.
 
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Old May 11, 2018 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
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3. Loaded SDD software on a (new to me) old laptop to be able to 'poke around' in the future.
I did this a few days ago but it would NOT Activate no matter what I did. I checked stuff out again today because Texas Traveler's instigation. Turns out that the 'activate.cfg' file didn't config anything, so I had to dig around in the 'code' to find out what it was all about and then I did those few steps manually.
It works now.
Yay!
 
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Old May 11, 2018 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
3. Loaded SDD software on a (new to me) old laptop to be able to 'poke around' in the future.
+1 thanks to Cambo, so close to getting that reverse camera turned on...
 

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Old May 11, 2018 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Cee Jay
It works now.
Yay!
Are you saying you got your camera working?
 
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