Hey Blair, Welcome to the forum. Almost e-mailed you yesterday (we met on Facebook)… Had a great drive on Mulholland.
Steve’s Jaguar in Canoga Park is THE place to go. He’s the man. Reasonable rates (all things considered), very honest, and most importantly, he know’s his stuff.
Busy shop so you have to make an appointment, but couldn’t recommend more.
I don’t know them, but I’m certainly not an authority. There’s also a guy in the Westlake/TO area who does amazing work. I met him at one of the British Car meets, but haven’t been to his shop.
If that was George, I’d recommend swinging by sometimes. Steve will likely take one look at the Realm and be fine with it. Will try and find the Westlake guy for you. He’s a little less of a traditionalist and does some pretty nifty fuel injection work.
Im assuming you have wire wheels with spinners(knock offs)…most shops do not have the correct fittments to balence wire wheels correctly…although they will tell you they do becaus they dont understand the wire wheel hub…google balencing wire wheels…and check if your shop had the correct fitments…lots on the forum about it if you search balenceing wire wheels…Steve
Ok, going out on a limb here due to some non-believers, but this works………balancing beads!
Came across these things several years ago while still riding bikes. Got some, added to tires as directed, perfect balance.
Used them on the wife’s Mazda6 following a puncture repair, worked great!
Fast forward….had my wires balanced using the correct equipment. Ok but still got vibration. One week ago I added 2.5ozs of beads to each tire. Vibration gone!
Believe it or not but if the OP has problems and nothing shows up, go get the beads. YMMV.
Hi Les…i have no opinion on balance beads…i havent used them …if you have wire wheels balanced correctly with the correct wire wheel cones and weights fitted correctly then they will be balanced…the poster needs to look at his front end and asses what the problem is…Steve
Agreed, but if nothing comes to light, my suggestion just might work for him. But as mentioned, I agree, he should rectify any mechanical issues first.
I had a shake/vibration in the steering wheel of my E-Type at about 50 mph. Turned out the shims in the upper wishbone had come loose. If you are still looking for a shop, contact Dane at British European Auto in San Pedro, CA. Good luck, James.
Awesome. I’m in Austin and looking for a shop to work on a Heritage Engineering C Type.
There are two great shops in town but we need someone non-traditional since we’re open to fuel injection and a few other options to make the car more drive-able without having to fuss with the Webers.
Have you looked into Team CJ in Austin? While they certainly do an excellent job with originality, they seem up for interesting projects. Their work is excellent and very nice folks to deal with.