Call me picky, but every pic I ever viewed of the XFR clearly showed very nice looking Bowers & Wilkins Yellow Kevlar Woofers behind the grills in the doors...looks good. My 2012 has black one's, you may say crazy...I say big let down.

 

I have never noticed yellow behind those grills on my 2011 XFR... are you sure?

 

If it is yellow , it is B&W . If it is black, it is standard speakers made by Alpine

 

Yea my 09 NA Premium has the bowers system and it has the yellow woofers. A friend of mine noticed them the other day and thought they were sweet. I personally like them because they are hidden out of the way but unique. Sorry to rub it in but if you really want I would trade cars. I would make that sacrifice haha.

 

The Bowers & Wilkins system uses yellow Kevlar cone drivers for all woofers and full range speakers, including one in all 4 doors and the center dashboard and two on the package shelf. These are not always easy to see, but shine a flashlight through the outer grill and you can see them easily. For 2012 the Supercharged model no longer comes with this standard, instead it has a very good "Jaguar" system with subwoofer and black drivers and the B & W system is optional. The R model still comes with B & W standard. Note that tweeters and midrange drivers in the doors do not show yellow through the grills. If you truly do have an R without the B & W drivers it is possible that an idiot former owner or test driver "blew" the originals and they were replaced with the (same exact size) standard system drivers.

 

I thought that Jaguar went with Meridian for MY2012? If so, that would explain the speaker changes...

--Dim

 

The meridian is on from 2013 models year.

 

I guess I will have to take a look. Can't sayI have paid it much attention tbh - too busy enjoying the superb sound!

 

When I got the car it only had 6mi on it, some of the woofers are yellow. I shined the light in and they are woven Kevlar...but black? When I get it back from dealer will question this. Thanks for the input. And no I will not trade you because of woofer issue. Haha. It's still B&W and the most amazing system I have ever heard:-)

 

How much is it to get an upgrade to the B&W yellow kevlar sound system?

 

I think it's an additional $85,000
Good one

 

Does anyone know the actual Jaguar part numbers for the B&W yellow kevlar woofers to fit a '12 XFR?

I just shined a light in my XFR's door speaker grills and did not see anything resembling yellow. I know that the dealer had replaced some speakers, so my assumption is that the wrong ones were installed.

Is there any place to confirm the part numbers on all the speakers in a 2012 XFR? Come to think of it, my dealer has swapped out other speakers and I need to make certain that the correct parts were put in for all.

 

My 2010 XFR has the yellow drivers in the doors. I like it a lot but very few have noticed them.

 

My '12 XFR has the black speakers and the dealer says it is the correct ones for the car.

They say that there were yellow ones in the model until the VIN break of: S20752. From that VIN forward, the speakers were all black. Does this sound right? One of the previous contributors to this thread mentions that all Rs should have the B&W yellow speakers.