My 1996 didn't have one when I bought it. I just got one from a 1997 xj6 at pick n pull along with various other bits and pieces but it doesn't seem to fit which has me scratching my head a bit. Does anyone have a picture of theirs and where it attaches to the car?

I got a brand new unused spare tire, two perfect rear light lenses, a load of door clips and the piece of trim that goes under the chrome strip on the drivers side wing which is missing on mine

I think I'm going back for the front and rear bumpers which were in really good shape to keep as spares.

 

I posted this a while back to show off how I plugged my battery maintainer pigtail into the accessory socket.


Here's a full-res crop.

 

Thanks! So the big bracket with two very long screws that clamps down on the top of the battery in a 1997 xj6 that I wrestled with to detach in the yard isn't needed by the look of it, just two bottom brackets that you tension fore and aft at the base of the battery, Which I have on my car but didn't understand that was how they work? <rolls eyes...>

 

Mine was missing so I obtained the cross bar and 2 J hooks from a salvage X300

So there seems to be 2 versions dependent on the securing point ( s ) in the battery tray

I'll have to look closer at mine in the morning

Vin # 755xxx

 

When pulling the bumpers try to obtain the bolt receptacle on the car side that is susceptible to corrosion and may need them

Many threads on the matter including removal

Have you swapped over your headlights for the better X308 ? You will need the bulb sockets and back plastic bracket holding the lenses as I think they are different ( 3 palls vs. 4 )

 

See item # 1 in the parts illustration

re front wing /fender removal - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum

and

My homemade rear bumper repair - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum

See post # 2

Rear Bumper removal (success) - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum

And

Rear Bumper - replace - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum

 

Mine has the fixed holding clip on the front of the battery tray , must be spot welded on

And then 3 sets of 2 rib nuts in the rear for different sized batteries

So it would be the same as in the pic on post # 2

So the top cross bar wouldn't work for mine as it would need a rib nut at the front which I didn't find