I'm now 2 months or so in to ownership and invariably a few niggles/questions have come to mind so hoping some you lovely peeps can shed some light and/or offer some advice. Not to butter everyone up but this group and the FB groups I've joined I think are brilliant, it's rare to see negativity/criticism and the like towards other members and their posts. I'm loving the car thus far the items below are only a minor detraction from the enjoyment, I could reel off many positives that I'm sure have been written before so will just get to the nitty gritty!!
In no particular order...
1. Speakers (370 meridian) I feel are either inadequate, need some attention/insulation or the user is not setting them up to the optimum settings! I get buzzing/vibrating from the door and rear speakers along with some bass that just feels the speakers can't cope or are cheap. I have seen a Topix fix for sound deadening/padding but am wondering if anyone has other words of wisdom, apart from open the windows and press the LOUD button!!
2. Rear number plate: I see some cars have the shaped number plate and some cars have regular sized ones, mine has the former as the dealer use them as a routine. I personally think the shaped ones are aesthetically more pleasing as they fit the gap perfectly. What I'm after is somewhere I can buy a blank template of the perspex/acrylic so I can manipulate the spacing a little at my local number plate printing place. As it stands they can't get the right size from their usual supplier and the Jag dealer understandably won't provide a 'blank' as their logo and postcode is embedded in it. Apparently it's the same size at the old XK8 plate, I did order one but I got a cheap bit of black plastic with a barely reflective yellow stickered surface requiring some black stickers to put the letters/numbers on! I've seen one done like this in the flesh and it looks plain awful and the lettering withers with heat from the sun!
3. Rear diff, cross brace, subframe area rust: Essentially how bad are we talking to be unacceptable insist on replacement parts? My car only has 700 miles but was built in 2016 and has some surface rust.
4. Rattling trim!: My pet hate! I do seem to get a fair few trim vibrations/rattles that just plain irritate me. Mostly from rear towards parcel shelf and boot strut area but hard to pinpoint, even the rear centre console trim has it's moments! There can be some from in and around the top of the dashboard but again, hard to pinpoint.
5. Tyres: I have the factory Pirelli's but have read amongst the threads the benefit of MPSS's, are we talking ride/grip/handling/noise or all of the above?!
6. AP Velocity upgrade: I believe several of you have gone down the SC pulley and remap via AP and used David Appleby Engineering, I'm considering doing the same but wondered if any other SVR owners have done it yet and their thoughts. I also understand TImbo has done it to his R along with the 200 cell catalyst, what exactly does that entail and what are the effects? I see there are plenty of positive comments Tim, looking forward to hearing the sound for myself if I can make a breakfast club at some point!
Any other common things I should be checking as it'll be heading to dealers soon to hopefully address the OSF wheel arch panel gaps and overpaint!!!??
Thanks all in advance, I'm sure I've got more questions stashed and to come!!!
, yes I'm a tad OCD but guess there are worse flaws!!
