Buying New Rear Differential, Two Part Numbers?
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Buying New Rear Differential, Two Part Numbers?
So my rear differential is on its way out at about 41K miles, I've gone over what I'm going to be doing with a few independent shops and they recommend ordering the part myself and coming to one of them once I get my hands on it. I'm perusing the interwebz figuring out which part I need, but it seems like there are two part numbers that would work for a 2016 F Type R:
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...UtMGwtdjgtZ2Fz
--and--
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...Y4LWdhcw%3D%3D
I see that the description for the more expensive one says "New. To Chassis/VIN K31173." and both entries are highlighting the exact same components, but what exactly does that mean? My VIN ends in K29645, so my first guess is that the more expensive one may not work for my car because my VIN precedes the one listed. Does anyone have any kind of backstory they can give me on the difference?
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...UtMGwtdjgtZ2Fz
--and--
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...Y4LWdhcw%3D%3D
I see that the description for the more expensive one says "New. To Chassis/VIN K31173." and both entries are highlighting the exact same components, but what exactly does that mean? My VIN ends in K29645, so my first guess is that the more expensive one may not work for my car because my VIN precedes the one listed. Does anyone have any kind of backstory they can give me on the difference?
Last edited by MrKhacheerio; 03-21-2022 at 12:14 PM.
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I just replaced mine last year and was wondering the same thing. The dealer told me the cheaper one was just the diff, didn't come with the motor our mounting plate for the LSD functions and a couple other parts. the more expensive was basically the plug and play. I went to Car-Part.com and searched for a salvage yard diff with low miles. Ended up picking one up that had 3K miles on it for less than 1K shipped to my door. If you do search on the site I listed make sure to search Carrier Assembly, as it wont pull up any results when you look at differential.
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uncheel (03-21-2022)
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So my rear differential is on its way out at about 41K miles, I've gone over what I'm going to be doing with a few independent shops and they recommend ordering the part myself and coming to one of them once I get my hands on it. I'm perusing the interwebz figuring out which part I need, but it seems like there are two part numbers that would work for a 2016 F Type R:
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...UtMGwtdjgtZ2Fz
--and--
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...Y4LWdhcw%3D%3D
I see that the description for the more expensive one says "New. To Chassis/VIN K31173." and both entries are highlighting the exact same components, but what exactly does that mean? My VIN ends in K29645, so my first guess is that the more expensive one may not work for my car because my VIN precedes the one listed. Does anyone have any kind of backstory they can give me on the difference?
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...UtMGwtdjgtZ2Fz
--and--
https://www.jaguarparts.com/oem-part...Y4LWdhcw%3D%3D
I see that the description for the more expensive one says "New. To Chassis/VIN K31173." and both entries are highlighting the exact same components, but what exactly does that mean? My VIN ends in K29645, so my first guess is that the more expensive one may not work for my car because my VIN precedes the one listed. Does anyone have any kind of backstory they can give me on the difference?
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I just replaced mine last year and was wondering the same thing. The dealer told me the cheaper one was just the diff, didn't come with the motor our mounting plate for the LSD functions and a couple other parts. the more expensive was basically the plug and play. I went to Car-Part.com and searched for a salvage yard diff with low miles. Ended up picking one up that had 3K miles on it for less than 1K shipped to my door. If you do search on the site I listed make sure to search Carrier Assembly, as it wont pull up any results when you look at differential.
Last edited by MrKhacheerio; 03-22-2022 at 06:47 PM.
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Jagauf (03-23-2022)
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I am with you on this. I've looked at both parts you listed. Even if the lower cost one doesn't include the motor and support, it still doesn't add up to the higher cost one. The fact they are both showing the same picture and parts is crazy. They are not very good at explaining or showing what your money is paying for. I would probably call a few different dealers and see what their opinions are as to why the cost difference.
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Jagauf (03-23-2022)
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I am with you on this. I've looked at both parts you listed. Even if the lower cost one doesn't include the motor and support, it still doesn't add up to the higher cost one. The fact they are both showing the same picture and parts is crazy. They are not very good at explaining or showing what your money is paying for. I would probably call a few different dealers and see what their opinions are as to why the cost difference.
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Rondog (03-24-2022)
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