Update on wear or lack of it on Wayne's Poly Mounts. Both Gianni and I agreed to test the Poly Mounts developed by Wayne. Evidently Gianni's roadways were HARSH and a severe test. The roads in southern TN and N. Al are probably good to above average. Inspected the mounts this AM for any evidence of movement in the tower location, NONE DETECTED. Some may remember, we disassembled the shocks assembly 2-3 times to achieve the correct ride height with relatively new springs. Some of the mods we tested were not continued in Wayne's kits due to our research. The bottom spring mount, spacers and plastic seat for bottom of spring were left as Jaguar engineered. The metal Hat sitting on top of the spring was re used since no wear. Wayne's large poly cushion and Upper Clam Shell ( 3 designs of this part have surfaced with minor differences) plus a 1/8" Poly? Cushion or Pad were installed to complete the assembly on each side. The Poly Pad or Cushion isolated the Steel Clam Shell from the Shock Tower. This addition raised our ride height (we were a few MM Short) and provided extra cushion to isolated any road vibration. The Ride height was restored back to spec. and over the 2K miles, no abnormal tire wear was noticed. This was a visual inspection and not verified by a measuring tool. Past experience with Energy Suspension Poly parts indicate their durability and longevity should provide a long lasting solution to the expensive and less durable OEM and other A/M parts for replacements on our X-100 Cars. We continue to observe the performance of these mounts and will report back after a another extended time period.

 

Kelly. thank you for keeping us informed about the wear and tear on these parts.
Right now Steve (Baxtor) is continuing to add more effort to newer products and we should see better lower bushings than my efforts of the too thicker ones.
Don't know if we can keep the cost down, as the shipping from Australia, will add a few dollars, if we can get Steve some compensation for all his efforts.
Right now we all know it's experimental, but I do believe we have something that will last a bunch longer than what is on the market.
Every time I put one together, I feel much better about our efforts.
Thanks too all who give it their time and expense.
Wayne

 

I love that this thread came up because I was going to do the same. I’m currently too drunk to post my side of the update, but expect it tomorrow, in this very same thread probably.

 

I wonder if a drunk dentist can do a better root canal job than a hungover dentist can....

 

Hung Over is not to be envied :-) Drink a beer and taper the hang over.

 

After about 8 months of driving on the surface of the moon, there seems to be no wear on Wayne's shock mounts. The ride height has not changed, the shocks are still centered, and donuts are still intact. I'm happy with these mounts.

 

Thanks Gian, very impressive, even I have a hard time believing they are still centered like that on your roads.
YEA!!!!!
Stay Safe and keep in touch, Wayne

 

Just got mines installed!
Im running on H&R springs with new Bilsteins

 

Hello, are you still selling the upper shock mounts for the XK8?

Thanks in advance.

 

Jeph, suggest you contact Wayne with PM to cjd777 to arrange for a pair..

 

How might I obtain a set for my’04 XZ8?

 

If you mean XK8 (not XZ8), send a PM to Wayne at cjd777....

 

Sorry. Thanks. Old guy hands. iPad not designed for us<g>.

 

Had a lovely chat with Wayne and the boss the other day.

Really thankful for his efforts and expertise he so freely shares.

I still can't get over him hitting a golf ball in 45 degree weather though....tough S.O.B. huh???

 

Wayne doesn't let cold weather get in the way of his golf game. His ideal Triple Play Day would be golf, British sports cars, and great North Carolina BBQ (probably in that order)....

 

Sounds like the perfect excuse for a Jaguar get together. It's only a 12 hour drive from my house. Great shakedown cruise for the new car.

I'll bring some REAL BBQ. NY style(duck!!)

 

Sorry, but "real BBQ New York style" is merely a contradiction in terms. We are the kings of BBQ here in Piedmont North Carolina. Wayne and I will jump into a knock-down drag-out street brawl with anyone who wants to argue with us about that....

Speaking of XK8 / XKR get-togethers, we planned one at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer (where Wayne lives) for October 2020 but the Covid-19 pandemic put an end to it. A couple of very challenging health issues that Wayne fought valiantly to beat (prostate cancer in 2021 / 2022, hip replacement surgery in early 2023) kept us from resurrecting the idea. Maybe we can finally do it in October 2024 if Wayne and his lovely wife Christine are up to it. There was quite of bit of interest in this get-together from forum members all over the east coast, and even forum members from Canada and the U.K. had hoped to attend. We figure if it had actually happened, between 40 and 50 members along with their significant others would have joined us. It would have been one hell of a weekend in Spencer for all....

 

You did see the (duck!) at the end of the sentence.

Yes, we are lacking in any decent BBQ up here, but we have some good regional stuff.

I'm up for a meet andIwould bring along some treats from up here...some of it is actually rather good too!

 

I'm beginning to believe the thought of a meeting will make me wonder what's coming next. LOL
Of course now they have a couple of new things that are trying to kill old folks. We will see.

 

Geeez Jon, You might as well insulted everyone's religion, politics and sexual matters. All the things you shouldn't are argue about in polite public. :^) Then there's BBQ!
Let's see, folks from Texas, Kansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky are up in arms as we speak. LOL I'm sure I just insulted some by not mentioning them.
The joke is on ALL of them as OHIO, no I'm just kidding. It's all good to me, I love it all and all the varying styles. Just keep it coming.
Sorry to hijack the subject, I couldn't stop myself. Best wishes to all and happy holidays no matter what variation fits you!!! TM