After much travel and stress on my wife, I pulled the trigger on a nice 1994 6 cylinder XJS.
Almost showroom condition. 67,000 miles. An ex-Jag mechanic had it and took really good care.
I am curious about one thing.
I had an 86 years ago, and really didn't pay much attention the the Face-lift cars till the last couple of weeks..so, can you tell by the photo, did they put on some blacked out tail lights? Looks so dark..and by the way reverse light is out. Will check the fuses if my wife ever brings it back today.
Glad the search is over, and am enjoying this nice Jag.
107 here today, by the way..NO air conditioning works well here with these temps.

 

Gorgeous Jag :-)

Some of the 90s vintage XJSs and XJ40s had "smoked" lamps from the factory. I suspect yours is one of them....although, to me, they look exceptionally dark.

I'm not an authority. Others will chime in.

Cheers
DD

 

Hi, nice find.

The rear lights are dark as standard on the facelifts.

 

Yep, my 1996 XJS rear
light lens are very dark. I would have preferred they not be.
Bobby

 

Thank you for the replies.
Good to know someone didn't try to trick things out.
I don't really like that, but hey, it's there. Must have been a Ford thing.
Might do the headlight swap, but right now just enjoying searching for burnt fuses in 107 degree heat.
Found one! Back up lights. Off to Autozone.

 

@oktober

Congratulations and welcome to the club. The car looks great. Very nice color. The later 4.0 cars are probably the easiest to live with, should be much easier than your previous 86. Of course you will miss the V12.... :-)

And as everyone else has said, the lights are correct..... also note they are extremely difficult to find and expensive, so take car of them

 

Thanks all for the conformation on the lights.
I'll do my best to keep them crack free.

 

My '95 has smoked tail light lenses that are very dark as well, I like 'em.
BTW I prefer the facelift cars especially the coupes.
Congratulations, you have a very nice car. Well done!

 

Thank you sir.
Now getting wax, leather cleaning, and alloy wheel products to keep it nice and clean.
Needs floor mats too.

 

CONGRATS!! That's a beauty!

 

does anyone know of an aftermarket tail light that is not smoked? i find it to be a period fad that doesn't age as well as the rest of the car.

thanks-

 

I can see why. I believe on the darker cars, blacks and greens, the smoked out lenses seem fine. On the lighter color like yours, it does look out of place. I doubt you'll find any lens options, if anyone offered them, they wouldn't be so darn expensive for the few that can be found from parts cars...

 

Only place I know that I've seen of on the 'net is at v12sales.com.

Price page for body parts is here:

Jaguar Home Page

Part number for the taillight panel and lights is JM016-8


Link for pic (if it works):

http://www.v12sales.com/images/jag/jag3.jpg

Never bought anything from them, so I can't comment on quality or delivery time.

howlinowl

 

am i correct in assuming that there were some 'facelift' productions that had clear tail lights?

 

Well, the tail lamps are an essential part of the facelift design....

What you could do, is remove the end dummy lights and make it look like a UK spec car, that way you would still have an original car, but less black out lamps.

 

Nope. All the same

 

XJS looks superb. I thought it deserved a full size pic!



Enjoy it. That's if you do see car and wife again!

Graham

 

Hey how did you do that..thanks!

I'll stick with the smoked lights. Getting used to them now.
Got a set of headlights to install..the US type. I'll post the change when I get them in.
Also, got the hoodliner from Gonzo. Just need to pull the bonnet, and stick it on.
Some small oil leaks front and rear. Our dry climate most likely fried them. Shouldn't be a big deal.
Oh, tinted the windows. Dropped the interior temp big time!
Lovin the car and appreciate all on this forum. Very helpful.

 

Here's it's big brother

 

Is that yours?
It's a beauty!