Stevenmckinlay

Jag stypes go for little money, nice cars with heritage and looks. The stype r are expensive but they are worth it. Supercar territory. Only obvious downside is small boot, shallow although long to rear seat.

Gearbox needs serviced even though jag says its sealed for life. So buy a good one and get the gearbox fluid changed and the filter asap. Macron 3 fluid I believe. Maybe not but I've got 10litres waiting to put in my gearbox as its playing up.

Rusty sills, suspension bushes, front and rear, rear tie rods, vacuum leaks, You'll know its a good car when it drives smooth and without effort. But look out for rusty sills as they are covers by plastic will that is what you see. Oh and brake pipes!! Well that's what I'd look out for. Plus the usual other stuff, kick here, kick there! Lol

I have a 2000 jaguar stype sport 3.0. I want to know if anyone can tell me what the codes mean on struts about spring and shock. I notice codes like kas603, kas403 etc and spring colours red blue white etc. But I would like to know differences as I have 20" rims, with front 4.0 springs. And I want same height at rear. I want to buy used rear struts but which ones.......??? Thanks

According to the alignment guys, the fee I pay is for full four wheel alignment, camber, castor etc. Should I not receive a printout with everything in green? I know what it needs to adjust camber and Castor on the style. Just seems these alignment guys aren't up on there game, as in toe is easy and common adjustment but castor and camber isn't? If I could I'd adjust the car myself, if I could get 1hr on a hunter machine!! I'm gonna take the car back to redpath tyres, as they said a couple of hours to do camber. Fed up with visiting alignment shops, especially when its so called professional and accurate!!! From what I've read online, I'm not alone when it comes to getting proper alignment. Some people accept the way the car handles even though its all over the shop. Do you think the camber is out that much to affect stability? I've swapped front and back over and seems to drive better but maybe due to tyres having full width tread pattern, the tyres that were on front have slight feathering off inside edge..... Also I've thought that there's been play in the steering rack but is it or is it the camber affecting the stability?? Thanks for the replies guys.

Hi, just joined! 3months into my first jag! I'm loving the feel! I'm used to big cars, some crap but mostly decent, bmw, Volvo, mainly Saab's though! And the style is lacking on space but its still a nice ride!! Anyway, I'm doing my usual on my cars, go through the checks! I like a tight car. I've replaced front springs, drop links, front lower wishbone bushes, n/s upper wishbone, front antiroll bar bushes,front and rear trackrod ends, I have 20" chrome alloys on the car, look superb! I have visited a few tyre shops every time I do work on the suspension and it has been a nightmare with alignment. Farmers Autocare was the place I took her, now I'm at a place called redpath tyres, just had another second opinion from redpath tyres and they've adjust the toe etc but the guy says he needs 2 hours to adjust drivers side front and passenger side rear camber!!! I've read up on the jag stype and and alignment details, spec, process and special 4 wheel alignment machines. Looking at what's been done, how its being adjusted and end up with so called aligned wheels, when I'm in fact not? If i can I'll put up a photo of the printout. This issue makes me mad cause it makes the unstable at speeds of 60mph plus, handles crap. I thought replace parts, take her to a tyre shop, wheels balanced, alignment done with right equipment and should be sorted! Any info, advice would be great Steve