Hi All!

I love the F-Type and have been lurking on this forum for years. I am getting near the point where I can actually get a lightly used one to replace my 15 year old Saab. As this will be such a big deal for me, I am planning to get Paint Protective Film and Ceramic Coating on it first thing and am budgeting for it.

With all that said, I currently rent a house that has a long, steep gravel driveway that gets rather lumpy between gradings. Since the housing market has gone nuts, I am likely going to have to stay at this house for at least 1.5-2 years and I am concerned that the front splitter will take abuse. Does anyone have any information on what it costs to replace that if it were to get damaged?

This forum has a lot of knowledgeable people and always seems to be super helpful and I am glad to have a reason to finally pipe up here and say hello regardless.

Thank you for your thoughts!

 

The lowest part of the front spoiler/snowplow consists of three pieces.

When we bought our F, all three pieces cost less than $100 USD total from the dealer.

Good Luck!

 

Thank you so much! That isn't bad at all and makes me feel better about picking it up even with this driveway.

Many thanks!

 

There are also several different scrape protection systems on the market. My Alfa 4C has Sliplo:

https://sliplo.shop/

There is also Scrape Amour which is more expensive, but has more complete coverage. They don't seem to have Jaguar listed, but you can always contact them:

https://www.scrapearmor.com/

 

I destroy mine every 2 years or so and just shell out for the 3 pieces CarBuff2 mentioned after grinding most of them away.

 

You got a smoking deal on em cause those are usually ~$150/ea

 

First: we purchased ours 3 years ago. Nowadays they probably claim to have computer chips in them...

Second: pays to shop at the online dealers. If you can't be bothered, ASK at you local dealer's parts counter to see if they will give you a 'club discount'...

 

We also have a relatively steep driveway.
Grounding out on entry would have been a deal breaker for me.
We were actually permitted to test drive a used F-Type to check it out.
My wife watched from low down as I very gently drove the car up the incline.
No problem.
The 4 inch ground clearance (20 inch wheels) is actually better than you expect.
The key is to take the slopes slowly until confident theree is not problem.
We even did a 2,250 mile road trip recently around the Canadian Maritimes encountering some rough and under repair roads, and 2 ferries - no problem.

 

I just bought these three pieces from SNG Barratt and triple checked the prices with several other sources.

 

If that was the case they'll be on back-order for a year!