I am looking to buy celebration model and during my search I noticed that the side stripes on cars have different positions. Some have these on upper part and some cars have them on lower parts on the side. And many don't have these at all... Does anybody knows why these are so different? Was this some option you could buy from the factory or was it dealer addition or these have been painted afterwards by owners?

 

I believe that no car left the factory with them on, however Jaguar offered pinstripes, which I suspect was installed by dealers.

 

It may have been different for the various markets. AFAIK, all UK Celebrations have pinstripes. At least I've never seen a UK Celebration without stripes. And they are hand-painted rather than tape. That makes me think that for UK cars they were all done at the factory.

I've also never seen any XJS with stripes placed high on the body as in that second pic! Is that common in the US?

Paul

 

https://parts.jaguarlandroverclassic.../brand/jaguar/

 

In the US the Celebrations were delivered without a coachline. In the place where the coachline normally sits, protective strips were applied by many dealers and therefore for customers who wanted a coachline, it was placed higher.

 

Tks for that Pete,

A quick look at Jaguar's parts website seems to confirm there was definitely differences between the various countries.

It seems that in everywhere except the US, the standard 2-colour coachlines in various colours were fitted up to the introduction of the AJ16 engine at VIN 194774 as per this link:
Genuine Coachline Tape-not Usa ((v)to 194774) For Jaguar Xjs Sports Coupe/convertible 1975 - 1996 Classic | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts

From the intro of the AJ16 engines, no coachlines were fitted in the UK as standard (at least on 4 litre vehicles. I have one of these with no coachlines). But double coachlines could be hand-painted and Jaguar sold the relevant masking tape as per this link:
Genuine Painted Coachline ((v)from 194775) For Jaguar Xjs Sports Coupe/convertible 1975 - 1996 Classic | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts
And I THINK that all UK Celebrations (post VIN 221855) had them painted this way.

But as you've shown, Pete, the US seems to have had single colour twin coachlines fitted (or available) from VIN 188700 (not sure of the significance of that VIN?)

As regards those coachlines fitted high up on that US car, it seems it would have needed a single long line on the front wings, rather than the Jaguar lines which split at the wheelarch, so I guess that was some after-market tape used for that purpose?

Paul

 

Tks for that Keesh. That's interesting. I've never seen any of those mid-height protective strips on a UK car.

Paul

 

My 94 6.0 litre has twin stripes at about the crease of the door. My understanding is they were factory applied see pic.

 

.. and sometimes even lower and thicker protective strips.

 

Keesh,

Yes, you VERY occasionally see those lower rubbing strips on UK cars (a matter of personal taste, I might politely suggest!) and they do have Jaguar part numbers. I've never seen part numbers for the US ones at coachline height.

Paul

 

You see them a lot in the US but they weren't from Jaguar. I did a search once and came across another company that made them for the XJS. Company no longer exists. I wanted to replace mine because they are mounted with screws, so holes in sheet metal. Have now chosen for chrome adhesive stripes over the holes.