New used Starfish rims and tyres

Last weekend I purchased a complete set of rims with very good tires. They were located in Germany not far across the border. I had spotted them already a while ago and decided to go for it. The guy in question had in fact 2 complete sets but 1 set was with good tyres. So I agreed with him a fair price. I nicely could combine this with a city trip to Düssseldorf and do a little shopping with the family, win win.

The reason for purchase was two fold. With a spare set I could easily get the one on the car reconditioned with little hassle. And now I have as well a complete set of good tyres. Last year my car passed the MOT but it did had a remark on the rear tyres, see blog:

http://erwinxjs.blogspot.nl/2017/03/mot-pass-apk-goedgekeurd.html

The remark was only about the profile being just sufficient. But knowing the overall state of them it is even more surprising there wasn't a comment about them being dried out and worn out, or should I say torn. I would expect this would be a MOT fail. Have look yourself:

Surprisingly the previous owner had only the front tyres replaced with new expensive Sprint Classic tyres.

As said, I collected them and the guy was a friendly Jaguar/Daimler nutter :-)
The tyres were indeed very good and the rims were pretty good too. As you can see on the tyres, there are still "hairs" on it with sufficient profile:

So now I need to find a company who can recondition and repaint them. But again, I'm still not in a hurry.

Car Cover & Wing cover

It has been a while. I ordered this car cover already a few weeks ago. It turned out it was no longer on stock and new ones had to be made. And finally it arrived earlier this week. And today I visited the car storage to put it on. As posted earlier, I have this Jaguar flag but am not sure if I will stitch it on:

http://erwinxjs.blogspot.nl/2017/08/jaguar-flag-car-cover.html

Oh, shortly after I purchased my car cover I noticed these tailored made covers with the Jaguar logo printed onto it. Pretty cool but a bit pricey too:

http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Jaguar-XJS-Bespoke-Luxury-Indoor-Car-Cover-/252734171469?hash=item3ad821694d:g:5xkAAOSwNnRYgiJJ

And talking about covers, I also spotted these nice Jaguar wing covers:

http://www.xk8-parts.com/2013/09/jaguar-xk8-xkr-x100-protective-wing-covers/

Anyway, my car collected a bit of dirt and dust so before putting on the new cover I had drove it thru the car wash. A nice opportunity to make little drive. It started instantly and ran very smooth.

And clean back at home:

And unpacking the new car cover:

As for the cover, I have ordered it at this company: https://www.autopyjama.com/home-engl/

It's the Satin version, very good quality with soft flanel fleece on the inside. It costed € 133,- + € 20 shipping costs. So I will update the cost spreadsheet as well. At the time I bought a similar cover for the 400 (the Pyjama Extra - cotton).

MISS DIOR – The new Eau de Parfum - XJS Convertible cameo

I'm not a huge fan of convertibles (except true spiders) but thought this cameo was worth sharing.
I got triggered by this FB post:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/350319041788353/permalink/948589381961313/