I cant speak for anyone's else experience owning this Jag but only speaking for myself since I do not wish get into a battle of endless debate as I know some people will say that their Jags are pretty low maintaince

I love this car and since Highschool I told myself that one day I would get one and I did 6 years ago.

Eversince my ownership, I have changed/replaced/upgraded. most of time becuase of isses not becuase I want to . very painful experience

engine mount
valve cover gasket(2 times)
all speakers (alpine)
timing belt
tensioner
all lightbulbs to LED or HID
right headlight
right talightlight
2 front door cables
a few air vents
headliner(saggy)
entire shifter assembly with shifter cable
Mina shifter ***
electrical plate inside of transmission becuase of p0715 code
coolant tank with new level sensor
MAS sensor
converted to cold air intake
car battery
power steering pump
alternator
intercooler fan
inter and outer tie rods
rack and pinion
***** joints
coolant hoses
steel brake line
brake rotors
2 calipers
metal plate pedal set
third brake light
cut the mid muffler to stragith pipe then X pipe
smoked talilight
trunk lip spoiler
lower front mesh grille
painted upper and lower grille in gross black
halo fog light
spark plugs
retrofitted side markers
overhead console
under tray cover 2 times
windshield wiper hose 3 times
one control arm
one wheel arch liner
chrome shifter surround
red and R racing trunk emblems for my green color body


plus hiting nails and flaten my tires countless times and calling towe trucks .so finally I gave me OEM Asteriods wheels
changed to 20 inch Senta Chrome but had to convert bolt pattern

a set of wheel adapter with bolt pattern conversion from 5X120 to 5X108 with jag spec 74 mm borehub
a set of 20 Senta Chrome Wheels

Finally 2 times of bodyworks with paint job because of damages.

 

Wife's 99 XJ8L: Purchased in early 2004
When purchased had the headliner replaced, interior rear view mirror replaced, front and rear bumpers repainted as a condition of purchase.
All timing chains and tensioners, thermostat all under select edition warranty within 4 weeks of purchase.
I had then do the water pump at the same time, cost for part only no labor.
The three main issues with the 4.0 V8 were now taken care of.
New set of tires, 5 years ago, will replace this year good tread left rubber just got hard.
one battery in 10 years done last year.
trunk release button
I replaced front rotors, full set of pads, last year.
Oil and filter changes at regular intervals.
Transmission oil and filter last year
flushed and pressure filled the brake fluid
coolant flushed and replaced.
I replaced the plugs.

 

Did you do the headliner yourself? How much did it cost you?

 

Quite an extensive list there, and I'd love to see pictures of your ride!

As for myself, a month into ownership,
-I have spent the first two weeks addressing the throttle body positioning sensor to get it to run reliably without the intermittent failsafe.
-Then replaced some bad bulbs
-An ancient windshield wiper too
-Repaired and attempting to set my trunk lights (still a work in progress)
-Repaired the fairing for the sunroof that prevented it from closing.
-Attempted to create a stand/shelf for the third brake light, but thats just a temporary fix.
filling in the the two nicks in the steering wheel using wood putty and will just hand paint and blend the color.

Other things needing to be replaced-
-Rear view mirror, as I have the dreaded leak
-as of two days ago, the passenger side mirror after some clown sideswiped me and knocked the glass and a few internal parts out of its housing
and perhaps a control arm bushing or shock, or whatever else up front is resulting in a squeak after hitting a few bumps.
Girlfriend broke the cup-holder trying to make it a dock for her phone, so that needs to be replaced.
And many speakers don't work, and those that do need to be grounded, so pretty much need to repair or replace most if not all of the speakers.
Need to do the headliner too

Moving on to my custom touches,
-I have deleted the center and two resonators before the axle, but I now need to get new mufflers out back as the added flow and force has blown off a baffle or piece of a or several baffles at least inside creating a rattle within.
I- have also since smoked the light lights and retrofitted HID headlights and fog lights.
-I changed out driving bulbs and interior bulbs to LED's too.
-Detailed the interior and started doing the engine bay.

Also, I've also been contemplating painting the grille mesh, and window trim like the Euro XJR's but not sure if I'm ready to commit, so maybe I will just try it out with the more readily removable Plasti-dip and while I'm at it, I'll also try a coat on the wheels too.