Bargain Barge gets a makeover (Jaguar XJ40)

[W00DY]

I thought I'd see what reaction I'd get to my current daily driver. Bought it in Feb whilst still at uni and missing driving from the PH classifieds after a <10 miles <£500 search. It had no MOT and was up for £200 and was just a short train and bus ride away from Cardiff in Newport. I knew practically nothing about them but i thought i may as well have a look (Having bought all 3 of the cars I'd ever been to look at previously). When i arrived it was looking quite sorry for itself but seemed solid enough and mechanically decent. And besides I'd already decided i needed it so I handed over the cash and drove back to Cardiff which resulted in me being called an idiot by my then girlfriend.

I'd arranged an MOT with a very ropey looking garage because it was opposite my flat and I'm lazy, thankfully they were great guys and £140 some welding and a new wiper blade later it was MOTed. It has needed nothing other than some power steering fluid since then. It's a 4.0 Sovereign with all the toys and drives so smooth it's unreal, with a decent amount of power too although usin it means rather frequent visits to the pertrol-station

Now I've finished uni and without a job I got slightly bored, so a trip to homebase to fetch a tin of blackboard paint, some red insulation tape and some microfibre rollers resulted in this:



Not sure if I'll keep it 2-tone or go completely stealth yet. Thoughts?

[W00DY]

Also bought some Compomotive MO 5 spokes with 2 nearly new Kumho Ecstas for £50 from eBay. Need new wheel nuts and a pair of front tyres, so they'll have to wait until I'm employed.

[XJR500bhp]

Go all balck and dump it

[NateWM]

Keep the two tone! It looks awesome.

[The Nur]

Bargain! I would go all black. Why not?

[Shaw Tarse]

Go for black matte all over.

[MiniMan64]

Matt black all over would look much better. Stealthtastic.

[Dr G]

Looks like something that would be driven by someone with an ominous nickname 'sawn-off simon' etc.

Edited by Dr G on Sunday 8th August 19:27

[mrdelmonti]

My vote is to go all black and "murder it out"

[pits]

I would go for the pressure washer the black off and stop ruining cars with chalkboard paint as it looks utterly awful on anything, personally

[RetroCosworth]

The original colour was fine, now it looks like it was driven through halfords.

[Brickborg]

pits said:

I would go for the pressure washer the black off and stop ruining cars with chalkboard paint as it looks utterly awful on anything, personally

This.

Was the paint in good nick before the chalkboard paint?

[soad]

Looks odd as it is (paint wise) at the minute

Go all black then?

[deeen]

Fix a little box on the boot, put some chalk in it, and invite passers-by to write their own graffiti.

[CraigW]

all black, clean the wheels as well as you can, put really good tyres on and lose the tow bar.

[W00DY]

I think I will paint It, but will need some more paint. It is just a cheap laugh and the paint is really tired. Tow bar stays as it is a work horse primarily.

[W00DY]

Not got round to painting it all yet, but here's my new favourite pic:



Was looking at Merc CE coupes but seeing this reminded me why I don't want to sell it.

[Mr.Jimbo]

you need a massive chalk "COCK PISS PARTRIDGE" on the side

[shalmaneser]

Ahem,

As mentioned before I believe you best bet is to...

...As I'm told the 'youth of today' say...

'Murder it the f*ck out'

To homebase with you!

Death to any chrome that isn't gold!!!!!

[OMNIO]

I really really really REALLY like this lol.

You need to get some arty mates who are handy with a bit of chalk and turn your car into a mobile canvass / promotional tool lol.

How easy is it to wash? will the chalboard paint rub off rather than just the scribble if you clean it?