MadaboutKitcars

thanks Chris sills did arrive and fitted sent you a follow up email.
WCA the link dose not work for the hubs, been shopping around looking about 150 per hub plus spinners 30ish each dose that seem about right

Speak to MWS, they do custom drilled 52mm splined adaptors for £84 per corner, and they do a nice range of two and three eared spinners to suit -

http://shop.mwsint.com/product_details.asp?id=23

Do check with them that they'll fit your Jag wheels before ordering them though.

Very jealous of those wheels btw, bit of a bargain at that price.

Yes- note that the 52mm does NOT refer to anything you can measure on the wheel. It's to do with the bearing on the axle (MWS told me).

just got back with the wheels turned out to be fatbloke off the forum selling them very small world. I will get onto MWS in the morning try to get the hubs on order. tar for the advice everyone

Nice to meet you Andy and I hope you sort the adapters. I planned to put Vredestein Classics on these as they seemed to be in keeping with the period but took a different route with the wheels on my MX.

turns out going off the code on the rims they are Aston martin not jag as we thought fitting wise its the same. hubs on order will be here Friday 87 quid each ouch. anyone bought some plane spinners as in not having jaguar carved into them 52mm 8TPI. jag spinners on a bmw that's trying to be a Ferrari that would cause a few tuts. lol

I bought my plain spinners from MWS at the same time as the adaptors. Could be had a bit cheaper elsewhere but MWS ones are guaranteed to fit.

On the bright side, my Aston adapters were £120 a corner.

With luck though, someone else on here should take the,
M off you at cost. Jag wheels seem more prevalent and can cope with modern torque

coil overs and wheels but no spinners

fitted the coil overs today I would have liked it a lot lower at the back but its set at the lowest. front is about spot on but until the wheels are changed and have driven it round the block to settle I not know the finished hight.
hubs and wire wheels are ready to go on but I am waiting on the spinners but I had to do a trial fit , well you would wouldn't you


new toys



after fitted


trial fit new hubs

need to work on the rear off set

front wheels fit the arch for hight grate the back is sticking out a good 60mm plus so I need to get around the off set. I think the easiest way is just to flare the top of the arch.has anyone else come across this and dune anything different before I get the angle grinder out.




still on the jack

back on the floor after a bit of bouncing on the rear end

look no spinners lol

Bill Dutton ("Plastic Porsche" forum name) has come up with a way of narrowing the z3 rear axle 22mm per side using different hubs and discs. Have a look at the "250swb wheel information" tread. Or you could just split the arch all the way round with a grinder, leaving the bottom edge attached, and pull out at the top to cover them. Does Look great on those wheels btw.

You will find that the TA Technics rear springs will settle a little with use. You can remove the adjusters, as long as you fit a spacer inside the spring to centre it on the seat.

thanks I have seen that on the forum some time ago about changing some of the rear end. I think the split arch is the way to go it will give it a more aggressive look and add a few more curves.

Wow, if I had known those wheels would look that good I would never have sold them ;-) Car looks great.

ha...as I said I dont like wires but they do fit the car style at round 900 a pop its not a cheap option but some things are worth going that little bit more. just don't tell the wife

look away if your squeamish

I have split the top of the arch and pulled them 50mm so the top of the wheel is just proud .




I measured a block of wood and propped it open using the shocker as the support

gaffer tape on the rear of the arch just to give the glass some support till it hardens

3 lairs of 600 gram latter

mans best friend a good bit of body filler to smooth over

still needs some work but its getting there, looking down the side front to back it reminds me of the old mk2 jag with the flair on the top of the arch

That is looking great! I went to the Tribute premesis last week, saw the two being built and have decided I will be doing a SWB ! Will be using mine for sprint / hill climb competition so working out a few details, currently thinking of using a Z3. 3.0 as a base, and hopefully at the end when finished supercharging it. Going to sell my bike engined car to make room first.

Nice build looks like the rear adjusters need to be removed. Are you planning to stay with black? Looks good. I would like a like kit next year. Jeff

exhaust sorted

thought I would have a pop at the exhaust while I am killing time waiting on the window frames and grill to arrive. I had a back box off a Audi avant kicking around with some good bends on little bit chopping a grinding and this is what I come up with.








tail pipes are way to small ebay clanger they did look a lot bigger but they were ok for the mock up. the audi has a wicked tail pipe so I may need to find a other to match it.


my spinners came this week 50quid with delivery off ebay bargain of the month.

jeff for now I want to run it rat look in black but it will be in silver if not before Christmas just after. andy

Andy, i think i bought the same tail pipes off ebay! And they did look a lot a lot bigger on the advert!

lol, the Audi one is spot on but it means buying a box just to cut off the tail pipe. I feel a visit to a scrap yard coming on

D seemed

spent the weekend rubbing out joint lines from the moulding bit of before and after for you.






The plan never was to get it perfect but at first glance it is passable for now. as you can see form the pics I had to do some filling I did try to cut it back but the step was to big and I went through the gel coat and some.



The pictures make it look better than it is but experience has tort me to get it passable then let the experts do a proper job when I get it painted.
The boot latch handle has gone in favour of the original bmw latch on a boot pull off a mx5. I like the smooth look of the rear, I moved the handle twice then just took it off a filled in the holes .

but it is looking good.



Oh the beauty of GRP bodies- just keep the filler as thin as possible so it won't shrink in future.

must be old age or just the fact that I now try to do it right well most of the time , I glassed it over first then used a bit of good old gobo to smooth it out

Your car is looking brilliant Andy, the stance and wheels are spot on.

Really sorry for the delay on side windows and grille, I have been let down by suppliers of glass and grille slats as you know, but they will be finished this week and making their way to you via courier. Keep up the great progress..

quick update

I have just been in for an opp so the cars not had a lot dune but sitting around is driving me mad as the windows and grills come time to have a pop just slow.
I recessed the rear of the door handles to make them look like they belong on the car.




fitted the side widows door skins are now bonded on and the grill and side repeaters are now on .

roof lining fitted ive run it all the way down so it matches in the back when you look through the window

the original internal door panel has been reworked so it will fit with the new lower window frames


just waiting on the good old DVLA to pull there finger out so we can get it back on the road and start looking for a show or two.