Jack,

I see from the 'edit' on your post that you've been unable to add pictures. Check this thread for info:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/j...pictures-2418/

Graham

 

I love those wheels

 

philhef I love those wheels what are they and where did you get them

 

That to me is the best colour combination. I like the style too, there is a gray car further down the page (which I am sure is a great car and his pride and joy) given the two cars Id prefer yours for style etc.

 

Honestly, I can't remember. I found them on ebay and they were 500.00 free shipping! He had like 20 sets and after I posted pics and told where I got them, he sold out in two days! They've been great and the quality was much better than expected for the price.
Closest thing could find to the arden wheels (6000.00!)

 

I just have to post these new pictures from my Labor Day trip to Utah. One is from the cruse through Zion's National Park and the other is from the end of the 1,600 plus mile journey.

 

great trip Glen, your passenger looks very happy.

 

Spectacular and sunshine - looks great. We don't often get that combination over here.

Whenever I've seen your SigPic before, I automatically thought 'driver' not 'passenger'.



LHD!, LHD!, LHD!

Graham

 

In the UK..

 

hi folks noob here posted in intros
but ill repost my baby here not the most recent pic as ive
attacked it with the adamesh stick (light mods)
but so far this is about the best image i have taken
in the shadow of Mt Snowdon north wales half way through
and epic hoon through snowdonia national park.

 

Headed to Stowe this week for our first big car show. I spend most of Sunday, washing, waxing, treating the leather and top. Turned out pretty good.

 

I have to agree with your JPG filename.



Graham

 

Hi Graham, I should make a correction - the original color was midnight, but these photos show the car in her new black paint job. Whereas midnight has a visible blue hue, the new paint is a variation of 'ultimate black'. The factory ultimate black is a tri-coat (I think), but Priscilla was treated to a five coat process including a layer of rainbow glitter in the first application of clear coat... I'll see if I can post a close up. At night she's unmistakeable black, but by day with a coat of Meg's tech yellow wax, she shimmers. As for the plate, I tried fitting a 'hide-a-plate' made for a corvette but it hit the road on it's maiden voyage and fell off. Priscilla has about 4" clearance at the front, owing to the raked set up on the Hydras, and about 5" on the Whitelys. A project which will have to wait til next summer will be to lower the rear by 2" and level her out. I think the raked look suits the classic nose cone, but it's impractical with the 05/06 version. Even the 07 rides higher than Priscilla. a little known fact in Ohio is that front license plates are enforced on a county by county basis. They're required in my county, but there's a petition to remove the requirement, owing to the sheer number of classics and hot rods you see on the roads here in the summer. I put my front plate on the dash... I was thinking to get a vinyl made, something reminiscent of the way E-Type's had in the UK back in the day. Priscilla is just about de-badged and her lines are smoother over. Even the trunk key hole is closed and painted over. If I was to do the bodywork over, I would have closed the holes where the leapers / side markers go on the fender. I would have also closed over the fog light and side markers on the nose cone, then fitted rally style fog lights behind the grille. With the bumperlettes removed there's room for a pair of slim profile fog lights. I would have blended the Arden rocker panels into the body, and also deleted the line between the nose cone and the front fenders. The catch with blending these panels is that I'd have to stiffen the chassis, and pray the nose cone never hits anything. Or rather, not so much worried about my driving, but the dust tray under the nose cone has hit bumps in the road before. If the nose cone were blended into the fenders, no doubt it would look amazing, but any knocks to the dust tray would translate to cracks in the blended lines. Next summer will be all about improving performance - starting with something similar to the Avos upgrade, and a wild exhaust design of my own, which I hope will compare favorably against the McLeod mod. Anyway, thanks for asking - she's a beaut!

 

Beautiful car! The color is sublime... and a really unique choice. The wheels are fab too - what's your wheel / tire set-up? One more question... Where did you get that grille from? It looks fantastic!

 

Variation of Ultimate Black, with triple clear coat and rainbow flake in the middle clear coat.

Base - black
2nd - ultimate black but with more clear added
3rd - clear
4th - clear with rainbow flake
5th - clear

 

How do you get your photos into the post? I seem to be having newbie problems... :-)

 

Looks similar to the first color I tested on my XK8, Ferarri Daytona Nero Black metallic. At night or cloudy day it was black but when the sun hit it, it was very iridescent. Liked it but wasnt what I was really looking for. I wanted a warmer color so I mixed my two test colors , the Ferrari black and a dark walnut brown metallic and it was perfect. So now I call it Black Walnut metallic! hard to photograph. This shows the color in the sun but it shifts from browns to almost anthricite.

 

Need to work on some more pics!!

 

Paul,

Two methods:

1. link to OnLine storage
2. upload to the forum

Check this thread for details:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/j...pictures-2418/

Graham

 

Hey, I ran across these same wheels on ebay. Same seller I think. Here's the listing. He didnt have the hyper black when I bought mine.