The leaper emblem fell out of it's fixture (the silver part) . All the replacements I'm seeing on ebay include the silver fixture.

How do I remove the the fixture?


This is the passenger side. The black part with the leaper fel out of the drivers side.

 

80% sure it's fitted like the repeaters on the X300:

 

Larry, mine was missing when I bought my car seven years ago; as I recall, the new one had double-stick tape. Try dental floss.

 

From this eBay listing's pictures, it seems like the assembly clips in:

IDK, I don't have an XJ8.

 

The full badge does just “clip in” to the rectangular hole in the middle of the depression in the fender, at least the one I replaced did. My guess however, is that if just the face has fallen off that the body of the old badge might have to be removed “from the back” which probably requires removing the wheel wheel liner to get at it (or just leave it in place and try and find a replacement face for it).

 

If you wanted to eliminate the badge all together you could get some European Spec side repeaters and fit them. I think the wiring is already there behind the badge on US cars if I recall.

 

I got tired of finding and replacing the motifs on my sedans so I bought a few sets of X300 repeater lamps to replace the broken plastic badges.

The right side of the X308 has all the correct wires and connector but the left side needs the addition of the circuitry.

I just got a compatible connector/wire harness and tapped into the wire loom in that fender well aft of the front wheel.

Wire color and the electrical guide are all you need.

 

I've noticed that and always wondered why only on one side. Any known reason?

 

i’m going to try and find a new face.

 

Let's other Brit (and OZ, NZ, and Nippon) drivers know you are shifting lanes to the right.

 

Maybe they don/t need to know if you are shifting lanes to the left.

 

actually, it is assumed (it's the law; slower vehicles stay in the left lane or get ticketed). But my first X308 was built for the Canadian market and markers worked on both sides. Neither of the last two had lights.

 

Pretty sure it's fixed with something like strong double-sided sticky tape. If the a.m. dental floss is not strong enough, it depends, how confident you are in the art of using a little cutter knife. That's what I used.
Alternatively: I actually could not find the correct badge for my X308 (where also only the inner fell out) and I created my own (copying a picture from the internet, printing it and sealing it with laminate) and I put that into the remaining frame. This looks pretty original.

 

Thank you! This will be very helpful if I wind up having to replace the entire repeater.

I’m hoping to just replace the black face and not the entire repeater.

 

gently use plastic trim tools to remove the old one. I think you push down, but you can confirm that from looking at the new one. The new one snaps in.