Just installed the new mesh stainless steal grill on my 05 Jag and wow, what a differance it makes! Got some tips if you are installing it yourself....was a little tricky but got it done in 45 minutes......

Well worth the 89 bucks!

Hey, anybody know where i can get some performance engine tweaks at?

Thanks
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No2 vaporizer

 

Man she looks sweeet....think i'm gonna go and give her a bath again
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Wendie 99

 

and uhhh...where are the pics??? i wanna do the mesh grilles too, but the black powder coat instead of stainless, upper and lower.

 

Definately do the upper and lower grills, makes the car look WAAAAY better! I wud have done the black powdercoated ones, but when i got mine they wernt available, had to make do with the stainless.

 

 

Man that's an old post...it's like a year old i think...
Anyway, she needs a bath bad, but that's what it looks like...

 

thats a good look!

 

http://www.jaguarxp.com/jagxp/Jaguar...h%20grill2.htm

Try them...

 

You can get the lower one a jaguarxp.com, and arden.de have it, also if you type jaguar lower mesh grill in a search engine there shud be a few sites with em. Imstallation is a little hard as you have to take out the lower bar which i had to cut as i wanted to keep the part that held the foglight wires in place. (it took me about 4 hours to do, but that was because i didnt really know what i was doing, and didnt have the rite tools. The grill comes with instructions, which are pretty simple enough, just that i didnt read them. One the lower bar is out, the mesh is a simple install. good luck

 

Good job ,lower grill is even nicer

 

Both upper and lower grills can be had from Jag. They are both available in stainless (doesn't rust... not some cheap chrome that will chip off) or black. The lower grill is the "R" grill, which seems funny to me as there isn't a X-Type R...

The Arden piece has a black rubber strip around the lower grill. I'm not a fan of it. Plus, it's a lot more expensive.

The upper grill comes with a chrome surround over the parts counter. I think I paid $200 for it, but I removed the surround and replaced it with my color-coded Sport surround. The lower piece was about $350. But I think it looks pretty good. Plus, it's more protection for your radiator, condensor, and trans cooler. I picked up a rock through my stock lower grill and ended up with a $1000 bill to replace the slplit radiator. Jag wouldn't pay and the car was stranded 100 miles from home.[:@] After the replairs, the service manager reccomended the "R" grill. Of course I had to buy the uppe rone to match!

 

The lower grill that has the blcak surround is not the arden one, it sit the one that jaguarxp have. The arden one has the chrome or stianless surround

 

Nice Job racer......looks good mate
Love the look of the upper mesh grill and of course if you're doing that you need to do the lower to match.
Me personally, it'd have to be the black mesh.....soooo sexy.
Its sumthin I need to get around to doing, thats if I keep the X for much longer.

Jim

 

Com'mon Jim, u cant seriously be thinking about gettin rid of the X. Remember when Racer was thinking that a little time ago, look how happy he is now that he kept it

 

Hey 04..............sorta considering it mate[&:]
Dunno, we'll see.......she's doin on about an Audi A4 convertible or a Saab 93 convertible for the summer............although the way I feel now.........it'll be neither.
she'll either be lucky and keep the X or it'll be a 10 year old piece of s**t as she doesn't look after it anyway.........lol

Jim