1975 Jaguar XJ Coupe 6.0 V12

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CharlesdeGaulle said:

Of those, it has to be the Dunlops. But is there really nothing better? You must have more tasteful options than just them, surely?

Im looking! any suggestions feel free to post would be appreciated!

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castex said:

Those kents are about as subtle as a flying (diamond encrusted) mallet.

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Shopped onto a sporty looking black XJC with no vinyl

Dunlop's



Halibrands (these can also be had painted so you can have the spokes in body colour for instance)



BBS RS

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Breadvan72 said:

I vote Dunlops.

The Dunlops being 16s would allow me to increase the profile of the tyres too. It's currently on 235/55 17s and the ride is not very wafty

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Breadvan72 said:

The Dunlop wheels with taller tyres would look bang in period, and sporty without being chavvy or unduly aggressive, as ill befits a Jaaaaaaaag. You may find some real ones on eBay, if you would prefer those to replicas. Triumph GT6s sometimes had them, but I do not know if they are the correct size.

The company that make the replica Dunlops make them for the MGB LE

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2ono said:

Wolfrace alloys with the bits picked out in red!

Can you find an example wheel pic?

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klunkT5 said:

Right, Dont crucify me but if you decided on modern have you considered Rota grids, In the right colour i think they could look spot on?

Nobody gets crucified on my thread
Hmm I think they look more modern than even the current ones and have too many gaps for a car with in board brakes

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Breadvan72 said:

I was surprised by how bad the Kents looked in the mock up above, as usually I like those wheels (they look good on an XJS), but maybe, as someone suggested above, the extra size doesn't suit the design.

That blue car with the 17 inch wheels on it isn't a mock up its a real car built by Miles Classics. 30 grands worth of real car too

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HaylingJag said:

I wondered how long it would take for you to turn up

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Found somewhere in London that makes bespoke wheels. Thought I would message them on facebook.... check out the outstanding customer service from a company that charges minimum £1400 plus vat for a set of wheels

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I think the word bespoke was me giving them too much credit

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OK boys and girls free reign here and nobody is wrong or gets crucified

So you have the base car and you want to remove the vinyl roof (sorry) and the interior needs an overhaul so what colours would you do the following -

Exterior paint (remember no vinyl roof)
Interior carpets
Interior seats and door cards
Interior upper doors / dashboard / centre console
Headlining
Dashboard veneer

What's your dream combo and be as creative as you want!

Someone on another forum suggested an entirely purple velvet interior!

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I have three in my head at te moment

Option 1

Exterior paint - metallic black
Interior carpets - charcoal
Interior seats and door cards - dark red
Interior upper doors / dashboard / centre console - charcoal
Headlining - charcoal
Dashboard veneer - piano black

Option 2

Exterior paint - metallic black
Interior carpets - charcoal
Interior seats and door cards - Ivory
Interior upper doors / dashboard / centre console - charcoal
Headlining - Ivory
Dashboard veneer - piano black

Option 3

Exterior paint - Amaranth (jaguar very dark purple colour)
Interior carpets - charcoal
Interior seats and door cards - Ivory
Interior upper doors / dashboard / centre console - charcoal
Headlining - charcoal
Dashboard veneer - piano black

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CABC said:

another +1
Craig, where does the idea of black come from?

as there are so few of these around in good condition you have to buy what you can get colour wise. I didn't even consider not buying it over that kind of thing. The black comes from the Arden car pictures earlier in this thread. I've wanted one of these cars for years but the mean look of the Arden car was what made me up my search recently

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Pickled said:

Option 3 for me

BMW (I know the sacrilege) do a nice metallic black - Ruby Black, it got a dark red flake that looks really nice when the sun hits it.

I will say this quietly but if it ends up black it will probably be Mercedes Obsidian

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Alfa Pete said:

Another wheel option for you: http://www.kwecars.com/services/kwe-options/the-hd...

Yeah I had spotted those as an option before. I have contacted KWE a couple of times though and got no reply

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P5BNij said:

The darker shades certainly suit the XJC...

Interestingly if you wanted black from the factory it was not on the list and had to be ordered specially

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v8250 said:

Forget the XJ's for a moment. This sage green Eventer is fantastic. First time seeing an Eventer in this colour, damn...she looks sexier than a sexy thing on sexy tablets. Is this for sale? How much are Eventers these days? Off to search ads...

About 70k for a good one

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rtz62 said:

consider a wiper motor that clears the screen at a decent rate and when parked doesn't leave the wipers looking like a Crane or other wading bird is trying to disappear headfirst into the scuttle.

Would love to do this it annoys the crap out of me! Any ideas how?

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Rangeroverover said:

I seem to remember from my childhood that the vinyl top was fitted for a good reason, Jaguar found it almost impossible to make the XJC roof without mnir dings in it.......vinyl was a cheaper option than lots of labour to leadload or fill

Probably best left it place

Lots of rumours and old wives tales about the existence of the vinyl roof many assuming there is some kind of weld line. It's all rubbish. There are quite a few in existence now with no roof and nobody has found any issues.