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Can you explain to me what power source you used for the door sills?
My 2013 XJ was pre-wired wired from the factory, including the proper connectors, even though my car was born with non-illuminated sills. Removal of the old sills and installation of the illuminated sills is easy.
So even though your car didn't orginally have illuminated sills when you removed the original non-illuminated sills the connectors was there for you to install the new illuminated sills?
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I guess my question is should I expect to see the pre-wired factory connectors when I remove the existing non-illuminated door sills? And if not where would I locate them on the car? Your look so good that I went on and ordered them...Also what made you decide not to do the rear?
I guess my question is should I expect to see the pre-wired factory connectors when I remove the existing non-illuminated door sills? And if not where would I locate them on the car? Your look so good that I went on and ordered them...Also what made you decide not to do the rear?
Yes, here are a few pictures of what you will see once removing the factory connectors.
I did the rear on my 2012 but it's kind of pricey for what you get.
You will have to remove the entire plastic rear cover.
You can do a search to help you with your decision.
I really like the illuminated door sills, where did you find them? I would love to get some for my XF.
Originally Posted by H20boy
I wanted to share this with y'all! I've barely driven her in the 3 months that I've owned her. That's because it spent one of those months getting the rear bumper replaced and the front bumper and hood re-painted. Too much paint damage for my OCD mind to accept, so I had to fix it.
A little before going to the body shop, and a few weeks after returning, I managed to do some other minor modifications that suited my personal tastes. Here's the list... with pics!
1. Video in motion module installed.
2. Illuminated door sills (front only)
3. Signature light hack, using the detailed instructions provided in the forum
3. Red grille badge
4. Rear boot spoiler (Mina Gallery) - after purchasing this, the body shop had to do a lot of prep to the fiberglass piece as it wasn't consistent thickness and didn't sit flush to the boot lid. In retrospect, I would have rather bought the OEM spoiler for $100 more.
5. LLumar Air 80 tint all around - why, you ask? Here in Texas, I wanted the benefit of the heat reduction allowed into the cabin without losing ANY visibility ... i.e., no light reduction. This film produces a very small tint change, but its barely noticable. In fact, if you look at the pics, you would never guess it has any tint on it at all. I must say, however, it was pricey, but it really really works on blocking the brutal sun and its heat.
6. Jaguar accessory rotary knob with leather topper
7. Steering wheel swap. I don't know if anyone else who owns an oyster colored steering wheel, but my wheel was CLEARLY showing the wiring for the heated feature. I was going to have the wheel re-furbished with new leather, and in the meantime, I purchased a black wheel on ebay for $90 as an interim wheel and allow me to drive it during the repair. Well, after installing the black, I found I ACTUALLY like the contrast, so I'm keeping this wheel on permanently!
Old wheel -
The black wheel installed-
8. Red wheel caps, spacers from Motorsports Tech (26mm rear) and jaguar's Selena wheels, with new Hancook Ventus Evo 2 tires. The front Selena wheels from the XF/XK are the same 49mm offset as the XJ. The rear however, were 66mm vs the XJ's 46mm. As such, I needed at least a 20mm spacer, and I chose the extra 6mm to compensate for the extra 0.25 in the loss in wheel width. Also, I didn't like the way the 9in and 10in OEM aluetian wheels 'pushed' the bead of the tires outward. Anyone else notice this?
9. Ceramic brake pads front and rear to control the brake dust. Akebono Euro for the rear, Centric on the front. I also needed new rotors on the rear as the wear showed a huge lip on the outside edge. As such, I purchased R1 Concept rotors to install. See the pic above.
10. I painted front calipers and brackets gloss black; rear brackets I only painted the brackets as I liked the contrast with the silver caliper.
11. The old floor mats, though cleaned a million times to try to 'freshen' them up, were letting the interior down. I purchased new OEM floor mats from the UK, of all places, for about $100. The nterior looks like new, now.
Here are the exterior photos. I'm really pleased with the new ebony paint on the front and the rear. I haven't had a black vehicle in over 20 years. Yes, it gets dirty really easily...but it looks really slick when freshly detailed.
Oh, and this car looks sooooooo much better w/o a front license plate!
If anyone is interested in upgrading their steering wheel. Please take a look at this thread on the F-Type forum.
Just superb workmanship and any color and material you can think of! From mild to wild.
Pricey as always but I may someday try one out. I see Xdave has already put one on his XJR too!
Pretty subtle but I have always thought the XJR had a very plain wheel for being the absolute top of the Jaguar food chain? Custom Steering Wheel
Here is a sample that Xdave did to his XJR;
Really like the perforated leather and the contrasting stitching. Since I have the CF interior option I might add some CF to the wheel as it would be a natural tie in.
Some of the wheels in that thread are too much for me but still look great!
Oops! I see he has posted this before so maybe a second time won't hurt?
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Well, I'll answer the easy question first. There is not special modifications to swap out these illuminated tread plates with the standard ones. The old ones are only secured with plastic fasteners, and pop off. There is a small electrical connector already pre-wired under the old ones that are used to power the lighted sills. Easy to do, very.
As for where to get them, I purchased mine on ebay, new. There are still a few on there now, but prices seem to keep going up on these things. You can also order online through a dealer like JPLV, https://www.jaguarmerriamparts.com/Jaguar/ or Potamkin.
I usually compare prices before I buy, sometimes one source is better than the others.
I tried your links and they don't work, any new links on where to get these?
I wanted to share this with y'all! I've barely driven her in the 3 months that I've owned her. That's because it spent one of those months getting the rear bumper replaced and the front bumper and hood re-painted. Too much paint damage for my OCD mind to accept, so I had to fix it.
A little before going to the body shop, and a few weeks after returning, I managed to do some other minor modifications that suited my personal tastes. Here's the list... with pics!
1. Video in motion module installed.
2. Illuminated door sills (front only)
3. Signature light hack, using the detailed instructions provided in the forum
3. Red grille badge
4. Rear boot spoiler (Mina Gallery) - after purchasing this, the body shop had to do a lot of prep to the fiberglass piece as it wasn't consistent thickness and didn't sit flush to the boot lid. In retrospect, I would have rather bought the OEM spoiler for $100 more.
5. LLumar Air 80 tint all around - why, you ask? Here in Texas, I wanted the benefit of the heat reduction allowed into the cabin without losing ANY visibility ... i.e., no light reduction. This film produces a very small tint change, but its barely noticable. In fact, if you look at the pics, you would never guess it has any tint on it at all. I must say, however, it was pricey, but it really really works on blocking the brutal sun and its heat.
6. Jaguar accessory rotary knob with leather topper
7. Steering wheel swap. I don't know if anyone else who owns an oyster colored steering wheel, but my wheel was CLEARLY showing the wiring for the heated feature. I was going to have the wheel re-furbished with new leather, and in the meantime, I purchased a black wheel on ebay for $90 as an interim wheel and allow me to drive it during the repair. Well, after installing the black, I found I ACTUALLY like the contrast, so I'm keeping this wheel on permanently!
Old wheel -
The black wheel installed-
8. Red wheel caps, spacers from Motorsports Tech (26mm rear) and jaguar's Selena wheels, with new Hancook Ventus Evo 2 tires. The front Selena wheels from the XF/XK are the same 49mm offset as the XJ. The rear however, were 66mm vs the XJ's 46mm. As such, I needed at least a 20mm spacer, and I chose the extra 6mm to compensate for the extra 0.25 in the loss in wheel width. Also, I didn't like the way the 9in and 10in OEM aluetian wheels 'pushed' the bead of the tires outward. Anyone else notice this?
9. Ceramic brake pads front and rear to control the brake dust. Akebono Euro for the rear, Centric on the front. I also needed new rotors on the rear as the wear showed a huge lip on the outside edge. As such, I purchased R1 Concept rotors to install. See the pic above.
10. I painted front calipers and brackets gloss black; rear brackets I only painted the brackets as I liked the contrast with the silver caliper.
11. The old floor mats, though cleaned a million times to try to 'freshen' them up, were letting the interior down. I purchased new OEM floor mats from the UK, of all places, for about $100. The nterior looks like new, now.
Here are the exterior photos. I'm really pleased with the new ebony paint on the front and the rear. I haven't had a black vehicle in over 20 years. Yes, it gets dirty really easily...but it looks really slick when freshly detailed.
Oh, and this car looks sooooooo much better w/o a front license plate!
really look great!! I did some of the upgrades that you did and it make a big difference.
