2012 XK tyre repair kit - what should i have ?

[OddCat]

Hi all.

My recently purchased XK has no spare and has just a kit with a can of gunk and a compressor which is plonked in the otherwise empty space saver wheel well. The locking wheel nut is just loose.

Was wondering whether this was normal or whether, on a car where the space saver wasn't specified, I should have some sort of foam / plastic moulded thing in the wheel well ?

Why every buyer didn't select the space saver option I have no idea ! Why wouldn't you ? I now gave to try to source one but that's a different issue !

Thanks

[OddCat]

Hmmmm. Thats what I need. But I'm wondering what, when space saver wasn't specified as an option like with mine (maybe space saver was standard in 2006?) what I should expect to see. Or not see. Seems odd that the gunk kit and locking wheel nut key would just be left to roll around in the spare wheel well.

Need someone with same 'non space saver' situation to have a look in their boot and maybe post a pic...

[OddCat]

honestbob said:

My 2010 XKR , ex demo , does not have a spare wheel . There is an air pump in its own case with straps or velcro to hold it in place
at the rear edge of the well. The locking wheel nut stud is on the left in a slot in a block of polystyrene. I think there's a towing eyebolt
in there as well.

Ahhh. This sounds more like it. I don't have a polystyrene block nor, thinking about it, a towing eye (unless the towing eye is hiding somewhere behind a panel on a 2012 model). I think the previous owner bought a space saver and must've taken out the poly block / eye when putting that in. But he kept the space saver when he traded it (for another newer XK) but must've not put the old block back in.

Any chance of a photo of the polystyrene block ?

Thanks

[OddCat]

The Bodyman said:

No spacer saver in my 2010 XK or in my 2012 XKR. Bought a second hand spacer saver from a Jag breaker with jack etc. Mind you. The one for the XK didn't fit the XKR. (bigger brakes) .

Also bought a large wheel bag to put a damaged wheel in if needed. We don't want to dirty the seats do we.

Jon

Hmmm. If I do try to buy a space saver kit I need to make sure I get the right one then. Its a 2012 facelift XK Portfolio on 20" wheels but I assume with normal brakes not some high performance ones (calipers are plain but last owner had them painted black).

Re tyre bag to protect the seat, does a full size wheel not fit in the boot then ?

[OddCat]

Simpo Two said:

The diameter must be the same so it would just mean the floor panel sticks up a few inches, no?

I'm sure I could fit a wheel and tyre in the boot of my old X100 XKR. Assume then that the X150 boot is shallower towards the back where the tailgate is lowest.

We must be mental to buy such impractical cars (but they do look, and sound, so great !)

[OddCat]

Simpo Two said:

Nothing about the XK makes any sense. It's big, it's not economical to run, it costs £500+ to tax, it has a tiny boot and back seats that only a chihuahua could use. That's why it works; it says 'fk your boring zero-road-tax politically-correct box, I don't care and this is beautiful'

Now ^^^^ THAT should have been Jaguars sales slogan. It perfectly sums things up !!

[OddCat]

Update. The place from whom i bought the car have spoken to Jaguar and been told the there was no polystyrene block or anything like that on a car where a space saver was NOT selected as an option. This being the case does anyone know where the locking wheel nut key normally lives - and where the towing eye is (assuming I should have one) ?

Thanks

ETA what I really need is someone with a 2012 facelift XK that was not specified with a space saver to tell me what is in their boot ! What are the chances such a person might read this ?

Edited by OddCat on Friday 25th August 19:18

[OddCat]

The Bodyman said:

Not sure about an insert without the space saver.

This is what I have now



That's the wheel bag I mentioned under the wheel

You should have that small insert in yours with the tow eye and locking wheel nut.

Jon

Thanks Jon. The handbook says I should find the towing eye in a 'tool kit' under the luggage compartment (by which I assume they mean in the wheel well). That could well be the small insert in your pic with the place for the locking nut key and towtowing eye (although not sure they can call that a tool kit !)

[OddCat]

The Bodyman said:

No spacer saver in my 2010 XK or in my 2012 XKR.

Sorry, I forgot to ask. What actually was in the boot then (tool kit wise) on your two cars and what did that look like ?

Thanks

[OddCat]

Simpo Two said:

OddCat said:

The handbook says I should find the towing eye in a 'tool kit' under the luggage compartment (by which I assume they mean in the wheel well). That could well be the small insert in your pic with the place for the locking nut key and towtowing eye

I think so. You can see the spaces for the towing eye and wheelnut jobbie in the main tray as well - so I'd guess cars either had one or the other.

Yes, I think you are right

[OddCat]

The Bodyman said:

Just the wheel well shaped carpet which I removed to fit my space saver wheel and that small foam towing eye carrier that you can se in the picture.

I have two wheel well shaped carpets if any one wants one. Free to a good home.

Jon

That sounds good. I just have exposed metal wheel well. Should I have carpet in there ?

[OddCat]

Sorry, I was being a numpty. I do have the shaped carpet ! Dont ask ! But I definitely don't have the shaped polystyrene block that should live under there in the left hand side (with the tow eye etc in it).

Just wondering how you have ended up with a spare carpet. Did you forget to put it back in one that you sold / part exed ?

[OddCat]

...just to finish the story, the dealer eventually sent me the small poly block with tow eye. The prev owner had removed this when he installed a full space saver spare. He took the space saver out to put in his new XK but forgot to put back in the original poly block when he did so.

But....i'd really like a space saver kit like the below. Does anyone know the correct Jag part code for this. EBay seem to have a few (sometimes wheels only without the jack / brace ?) but not sure which exact wheel wil fit my car (2012 facelift XK with standard brakes runing on 20" Selena alloys). Thanks all.