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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 04:57 AM
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Hi I noticed that my XJ6 has 2 different front indicator lenses(see pics.)
Just wanting to know which one is the correct type for my year model(Australian spec car).

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Old Nov 17, 2012 | 05:23 AM
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I've never seen one with a white lens section, except in Series 1, I think the correct front marker lens for the Series 2 is the all-Amber lens.

interesting though, looks like the other one has a white lens for Parking/Driving light and the Amber section for the Turn Signals. Does the lamp housing itself have 1 or 2 bulbs?
 
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 05:57 AM
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I pulled the lens off today and there is only one lamp for the turn signal. There is a hole for another lamp but it is blank. The side/parking light are in the headlights.
So I will try and find a pair of all-amber ones to put on it.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 06:23 AM
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Michael,

You have partly sorted it.

Somewhere in 1977 Jag moved the park bulb to the rear of the outer headlamp, as in S3 cars, and fitted the all amber lense/lamp units.

All of my S2 cars were '76, and early '77 and had the amber/clear set up.

It was/is an Australian thing, and maybe UK, NZ. The USA market got the amber, and different headlamps etc.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 06:32 AM
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Hi this one is a 78 so I guess it should have the all amber ones or did they still fit the orange/white ones to the cars with the parking lights in the outer headlight(as my car has)?
 
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 06:54 AM
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Nope.

If the parkers are in the headlamps, then the car would have had the amber lense fitted.

A damaged lamp has possibly occurred, and the amber were hard to find a few years ago, and since the clear/amber fits the base, were fitted, as something was better than nothing.
 
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Thanks Grant, I will go with the amber ones. Do you know who in Oz would most likely have them??
 
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