All right so a cople months ago, i had rust and other probelms, now im hunting doen the rust. So i purchased these mud gaurds from ebay and it said for all years for the jaguar x type, so yesterday i went to plce them on the rear and its seems the wholes for the bolts are a bit offf, wtf, its said all year. So my question is are the 2002 rear and front mud gaurd a abit different then the 2004, and what can i do about it if they are, just drill new holes in the mud guards ?? any hepl is appreciated, spent a hour and half tryin to get them on.

 

Thought only the estate ones are different to the saloon whatever the year????

 

apparently, but according te hthe jag tech closet too me, the 2004's have a slightly different body style.

 

Drill new holes. You're not trying to put the fronts on the back are you?

 

no dude, there only off a couply cms, but what about he existing holes, there kinda in the way, if i drill it may become loos, and the reatining clip, should i just forget them

 

Are they definately the correct mudguards for an X-type (with buying from ebay wonder if someone else perhaps is struggling to fit their new mudguards to their car as well if they were mixed up unless they were sealed with the instructions relating to the X Type in the pack perhaps!)?
They should go on no problem if correct I would have thought.

 

Sounds like the manufacturing tolerances are not quite up to par.....are these OEM or aftermarket?

 

oem, it says for the jaguar x type, and the outside fit perfect witht he contours of the car

 

that's odd then. They should fit all model years except as previously stated the wagon body styles.

So, looks like your choices are:

1) drill new holes as needed and bolt them up. Are there bolts or screws in the existing holes that you state are in the way? If so, remove them and run them through the mud flaps as well. Ain't nuthin hard about drilling through a mudflap.

2) F it and go without mudflaps and pawn them off on somebody else.

 

Okay, so option A is more practical too me right now.
Problem with option 2, is theres a bout 15 jags in town, i know only one owner, and i've seen them over a month ago. 7 are x types, myself included, 3 are the old v12 xjs, 2 are the new xj's, and one is a xkr

 

By mudguards... do you mean the plastic/rubber mud flaps that fit at back of each wheel arch?

If the holes don't match up I wouldn't go drilling any new ones in anything but the rubber mud flaps themselves. Is it possible you've got the front and rear mudlaps mixed up somehow? (just a thought)

When you do get around to fitting them, it is worth partially removing the plastic arch liners and having a clean out behind these.

Mike

 

yeah i checked whic ones go were, and that was the first hing i did, claning th rear end of the arch liners, and unbolt and clean behind it.

 

So what are you gonna do about this "serious mud guard problem" ??

To be honest I don't care for the looks of them on just about any car, except for a classic body Saab 900. They seem to fit those for some reason.

 

lol yeah, well im going ot try again to figure someting out, probally end up drilling new holes, but im really busy with school