I bought a set of them, going on 2 years ago, but just haven't gotten around to installing them.......

 

Just a note on the install?
I just waded in and pried the mirror cover off but the instructions I got with the lights are not exactly correct and there is a chance of plastic damage to the mirror cover.
The shop manual is not much help either?
But here is what is shows. They want you to remove the mirror glass first and then use a screwdriver to pry on the mirror cover in the right place.





Here is the mirror glass removal.




I did not remove the mirror but there are some plastic pins on the mirror cover that can be broken if it's just pried off.
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I replaced the wheel, as The Wheel Specialist told me that it was buckled as well as dented, and couldn't be repaired. I wouldn't have trusted it even if it could have been, though.

 

I just my Jag a few days and something I did not like was all the letters in the trunk ( XJ50 Jaguar )

so I finally removed all but .. what a pain

 

Thanks for the info!!

 

I added tray tables today. Very easy project. Only 3 parts required which I bought used on eBay. Total cost ~ $300

 

Love it. I've been wanting to update mine from this style tray table to the newer larger surface area ones, but I'm not sure if it's as direct fit.

 

interesting can you describe the process more, is it just prying out panels and replacing?

how do you feel about the functional usability in the SWB (also trying to envision what my passengers would actually use them for)? only seen them in LWB, but suppose the wood adds aesthetic

see your pic shows the right side replaced with driver side original, how do you feel the look compares with the changed pouch

 

Hardest part was getting the original seat back off. The top tabs are a bear - I found a youtube video that helped. After that, it's 4 screws to secure the table, attach the new seat back - it just clips on. Finally, one screw to attach the latch. The whole thing takes 30 minutes for both sides.

t's definitely usable on the SWB, even with the front seat far back. I did the driver's side after I took this picture. Let's face it, they're not a necessity, but I think they look good.

 

I just did a quick search on ebay and found a few picnic tray tables available but the listings say they're only for model years 10-13. Does anybody know if they switched to those bigger tables starting in 2014? And thus would the more classic ones not fit?

 

I'd be curious to know the answer as well, but not many used/breaker parts out there for facelift models with trays (I think standard on Autobiography?) which is what I hoped to update my burlwood trays to.

My XJL is in the dealership for the first time in quite awhile - I hate going to the *********** but in this case I finally took some time off work due to my wife's surgery and have the ability to leave the car there for some time. It's getting the roof creak TSB completed, I grilled the service scheduler to verify if their tech's had done this before and when I dropped the car off yesterday, the service advisor was worried no one had completed this due to employee turnover. I expressed the need to verify, if I'm paying dealer rates, I expect at least the technician to be the expert. He called back today stating that I have to wait 3-5 days for the kit (then why did I give you the TSB # and offer to prepay parts 2 weeks ago) and that one tech has done the TSB once before. I said give me that guy, and I'll wait. This whole experience didn't leave me a with a whole lot of confidence.

 

Hi everyone

I would like to replace some normal bulbs in the interior by LEDs
Does anyone have done it in a XJ 2018 2019 2020, I would like to do it in my 2019, but I don't find any info on what lights I should take

 

I did mine not too long ago: all
dome lights=194
front visor mirrors=t5
Front footwell=194
​​​​​rear footwell = 6418 & I think 578 will fit also
trunk light = 578
rear vanity mirrors are OEM led chip & cannot be changed... at least on mine

 

Thanks

 

Replaced exhaust tips

 

[QUOTE=EliteZags;2611792]interesting can you describe the process more, is it just prying out panels and replacing?

how do you feel about the functional usability in the SWB (also trying to envision what my passengers would actually use them for)? only seen them in LWB, but suppose the wood adds aesthetic

see your pic shows the right side replaced with driver side original, how do you feel the look compares with the
IMHO, they should have never gotten rid of the wood, it's classic, as is the leaper. Both should have come stock in my opinion. They also should bring back the XJ-L, they have nothing to replace it with, and I'm sure they still have the equipment ,so keep making them until they have a replacement. Believe it or not, I was looking for a big sedan when I found a frost blue XJ-L, with 20,000 miles on it, and grabbed it, and it was the biggest thing out there, which to me makes no sense. There are no shortage of SUVs, which are like pushing a barn door through the air, I know, I had a Lexus 460,which at it's best got between 11 and seventeen miles per gallon. Give me a big car that gets twenty five miles per gallon, and has lots of HORSEPOWER, since it can be aerodynamic, this shouldn't be hard, especially since I'm just going for twenty five mpg. And since I'm wishing, just build me a New Coupe de ville, one that looks like it was designed in the seventies, as it should get really great gas mileage, as we have better engines now, and it's more aerodynamic than a SUV.

 

Got my car back after waiting for a week. Total cost was ~$350 labor, $220 in TSB parts as the vehicle is obviously out of warranty.
Most of the snap crackle and pop is gone. I found a few conditions where I can faintly hear it so I'll foam tape the corners again and call it good.

I'll be contacting the dealer to resolve a few things, suede headliner was mighty dirty (obvious miss) and it looks like someone broke my rear vanity mirror. I hate going to the dealer.

 

Finally got myself a set of XJR Farallon wheels and new tires for the spring. Got them at a steal I might say, but buying new shoes is always yay/boo.
I'm trying to decide between the following powder coat colors from Prismatic:

Ink Black (gloss)
Black Jack (matte)
Nocturnal Gold (some low light bling)

 

always thought black wheels make cars look dirty/low class

 

Typically I'd agree, but the XJR offers them as stock options alongside Technical Grey (might as well be black) and they look better to me than the flat silver.