1975 Jaguar XJ Coupe 6.0 V12
Discussion
craigjm said:
Crazy money isn’t it. Think I will stick with the shifter 
I realise it's not my car but I have 2 very clearemories from being a 7ish year old petrol head, a ride in an V12 XJC and a ride in a Nova kit car. The Nova sticks in the memory because the whole frigging roof opened like a space ship and in the XJC it was the noise and the shiney t-bar gear selector I remember most vividly. For me it's part of the distinct character and should be kept. Will you use anything but drive anyway?JimbobVFR said:
I realise it's not my car but I have 2 very clearemories from being a 7ish year old petrol head, a ride in an V12 XJC and a ride in a Nova kit car. The Nova sticks in the memory because the whole frigging roof opened like a space ship and in the XJC it was the noise and the shiney t-bar gear selector I remember most vividly. For me it's part of the distinct character and should be kept. Will you use anything but drive anyway?
Well i will probably use reverse occasionally Yeah i know what you mean the T shifter and the umbrella handbrake are the character of the car. Im not going to change it at that kind of money I will just veneer the handles to match the piano black wood everywhere.
The car is going to have a switchable ECU with two maps to provide a sports mode for when you want to press on. I was never really interested in manual control. It will also have a switchable exhaust so silent when you want it and loud when pressing on
TooMany2cvs said:
It looks like somebody nicked the floor buttons from a lift.
Yeah what I was looking for was just P R and D really the rest is unnecessary. Still decision made I am sticking with the shifter. All systems go on the car now I have the final lump of money so in to the trimmers it goes next month
Audio system ordered to provide 9 inch wide screen functionality with DAB+, Carplay, Android Auto, Spotify, Tom Tom maps, bluetooth, TV, voice control etc. All hooked up to a 11 speaker JL audio amplified setup and linked to a really discreet reversing camera
https://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/SingleView/X90...
https://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/SingleView/X90...
craigjm said:
Audio system ordered to provide 9 inch wide screen functionality with DAB+, Carplay, Android Auto, Spotify, Tom Tom maps, bluetooth, TV, voice control etc. All hooked up to a 11 speaker JL audio amplified setup and linked to a really discreet reversing camera
https://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/SingleView/X90...
3 way components up front, 2 way in the rear and a cabin mounted subwoofer?https://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/SingleView/X90...
RobXjcoupe said:
3 way components up front, 2 way in the rear and a cabin mounted subwoofer?
Yep, tweeters mounted at the bottom of the A pillar and the sub in a bespoke casing where the rear arm rest is on the rear seat Remove armrest and reshape the seat (which its having anyway to more match the XJS fronts) mount the sub in there and panel over the front craigjm said:
RobXjcoupe said:
3 way components up front, 2 way in the rear and a cabin mounted subwoofer?
Yep, tweeters mounted at the bottom of the A pillar and the sub in a bespoke casing where the rear arm rest is on the rear seat Remove armrest and reshape the seat (which its having anyway to more match the XJS fronts) mount the sub in there and panel over the front Bass enclosure in the rear arm rest space could be a tad small unless you boot mount the sub with the enclosure port within the rear seat armrest space perhaps? I like my sound a bit bass heavy as it gives more room for adjustment. Easier to turn the volume of certain frequencies down rather than up.
RobXjcoupe said:
Will your headunit time align the components. Having the tweeter a fair distance from the midrange won’t give a good stereo image. You will hear a better sound using a pair of 3.5” co-ax speakers on the a-pillar/dash top with a mid-bass/bass speaker in the original door panel position. Technically you won’t need rear full range speakers but if you did, perhaps a 6.5” two co-ax on the rear shelf for added bass. Usually a high quality setup would not hear rear speakers when sat in the front. Just something for possible rear passengers to hear.
Bass enclosure in the rear arm rest space could be a tad small unless you boot mount the sub with the enclosure port within the rear seat armrest space perhaps? I like my sound a bit bass heavy as it gives more room for adjustment. Easier to turn the volume of certain frequencies down rather than up.
They know what they are doing chap they do 40k installs on cars worth half a million quid. The bass enclosure wont be in the arm rest hole the seat will be modified at that point because the centre seat is useless and then it will go in there so you are talking about a decent size box for say a 10 inch sub. The Alpine units have a sound analyser setting where they can compensate for the interior shape of the vehicle and completely programme the output from the amps to individual speakers this is not a £500 job Bass enclosure in the rear arm rest space could be a tad small unless you boot mount the sub with the enclosure port within the rear seat armrest space perhaps? I like my sound a bit bass heavy as it gives more room for adjustment. Easier to turn the volume of certain frequencies down rather than up.
Edited by craigjm on Friday 12th October 16:09
craigjm said:
RobXjcoupe said:
Will your headunit time align the components. Having the tweeter a fair distance from the midrange won’t give a good stereo image. You will hear a better sound using a pair of 3.5” co-ax speakers on the a-pillar/dash top with a mid-bass/bass speaker in the original door panel position. Technically you won’t need rear full range speakers but if you did, perhaps a 6.5” two co-ax on the rear shelf for added bass. Usually a high quality setup would not hear rear speakers when sat in the front. Just something for possible rear passengers to hear.
Bass enclosure in the rear arm rest space could be a tad small unless you boot mount the sub with the enclosure port within the rear seat armrest space perhaps? I like my sound a bit bass heavy as it gives more room for adjustment. Easier to turn the volume of certain frequencies down rather than up.
They know what they are doing chap they do 40k installs on cars worth half a million quid. The bass enclosure wont be in the arm rest hole the seat will be modified at that point because the centre seat is useless and then it will go in there so you are talking about a decent size box for say a 10 inch sub. The Alpine units have a sound analyser setting where they can compensate for the interior shape of the vehicle and completely programme the output from the amps to individual speakers this is not a £500 job Bass enclosure in the rear arm rest space could be a tad small unless you boot mount the sub with the enclosure port within the rear seat armrest space perhaps? I like my sound a bit bass heavy as it gives more room for adjustment. Easier to turn the volume of certain frequencies down rather than up.
Edited by craigjm on Friday 12th October 16:09
craigjm said:
RobXjcoupe said:
Indeed regarding home audio also. Maybe I worry to much with stuff I shouldn’t lol devil is in the detail as they say
Aye... you need to get yours on the roadEdited by RobXjcoupe on Sunday 14th October 19:29
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