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So a common problem with the jaguar headlights is that the halogen light bulb gets soooo hot that it melts inside the base so you cannot take out the bulb to change the light. Frustrating!

I went to the jaguar dealership in Walnut Creek and they sold me some preterminated connector cables so I could re wire the two wires that make it to where you can change your bulb. They sold me two positives and that set me back a week or so because I could not get them to work ( I went back in and they gave me one brown one and one white one). So...they are different colors but they look the same as far as there design.

The issue is that you'll look at the other side of your car's light housing and notice they look nothing alike. You'll think you have the wrong part. You'll have each cable that is one wire going up to a plastic harness looking piece (not the easiest to describe but the dealership knows the part once you explain your situation...again, its a preterminated connector cable for your headlights). The X-type does not have the HID...they are regular old halogen lights, which is better $$ to replace. I'll save you the work and tell you this IS the Jaguar replacement part for this common but annoying issue. Don't panic, they do work but they do not exactly give you instructions on how to do it, I mean how to install them. I had to do a lot of trial and error but I figured it out. You'll get the two cables that physically look the same. You'll have to obviously cut off the burnt/melted base on the effected side and you'll have a yellow and brown wire remaining (eeeeehhh, I'm 100% sure it was a yellow wire...the other one was brown or orange I think. Its obvious thought because when you take off the melted piece, only two wires remain). Once you strip those wires to expose the actual wire, use a clamp connector (not electrical tape) because that is the proper way to do so (I guess you could use electrical tape but it might not last forever???). You can get those at any autopart stores...those are the ones that you put one of each end of the wire in a tube looking piece and then using a wrench, you clamp them down in the middle but make sure the wires are inside touching eachother (both connector cables are a red wire but one was a white plastic head and the other was a brown one I think??). I did this 4 months ago so its a little foggy trying to recall each detail. One is a positive and one is a negative and but after a little trial and error, you'll find which one was which. I believe the positive brown preterminated connector cable was to go with the brown wire..again, if it does not work then just switch it around. I'll check it out one day and ammend my post for accuracy. Anways, here is the million dollar secret on this repair. Once you have both preterminated connector cables on there you'll need to set the negative to a metal ground to activate the proper electrical flow so the current can work. The Negative base that you plug the preterminated connector cable into is actually the metal housing that the bulb actually sets into (the metal plate that the bulb rests on when your bulb is in place). there is a little metal piece petruding form the back of that metal base that actually holds the bulb (I'm talking about that piece that you have to set your bulb into and use that wire to clamp it down on....make sense? The one that you see if you are looking at your light from the front, the place where your bulb goes when you are done). Well, you set your wired bulb in place and clamp it down like you were if you were done. Connect the other negative preterminated connector cable to the little metal piece that is sticking out from where you bulb rests when its ready to turn on (its right next to the spot your halogen bulb goes...the metal piece fits into the female connector and that works as a negative). The key is that the preterminated connector cable femal plug portion fits exactly onto that little metal piece that I am poorly describing. Its the only thing that actual made sense when you try to hook it all up (the only place a negative ground would fit). After you have the bulb in place and the negative hooked up, you should see the light turn on. both connected pieces fit and you can put that plastic cover back on over your light bulb and negative conncetion so its all covered up.

I did not describe this as best as I could. If I see someone ever wanting more clarification, I'll actual get the names of each part and piece I was trying to describe and repost on another thread if someone desires. I was frustrated when I had this issue beucase there is NOTHING out there in google world or this forum that talks about this and always paying the dealership heck of money does not make sense.

I'll check for additional questions in the future but hopefully this set someone in the right directions.

steven