I worked for Jaguar at the dealership level for 49+ years and we often used JagBits for parts that were NLA. I retired a couple tears ago, but since the 'Jaguar Reimagined" strategy came to be, our local JLR dealer decide to work on nothing older than 2010 vehicles. Well, I have some customers that I have personal relationships with and have worked on their Jaguars for some 40 or more years. With very little in the way of independent repair shops in our area, I started a business to see to their needs. So a 2007 Supercharged X150 comes to me with lean codes the owner cannot find. Turns out the rubber between the throttle motor and the aluminum T-pipe (AJ811188) had failed and because the part is not available separately from Jaguar, someone fitted a straight piece of hose to join the two when it should be a double-diameter hose. I looked at every parts source I typically use and came up empty...until I found a 'trim-to-fit' double diameter hose available from JagBits. It cost $349!!! Surprisingly my customer OKed the purchase and the vehicle was fixed. The supplier that drop shipped the part did not try to hide the p/n or dimensions of the hose...HTSR-325-375-BLK is the p/n and produced by a company called HPS. Google it or find it on Amazon for less than $60!!!!
JagBits was not willing to provide any compensation so obviously I really doubt I will ever do business with them again. A nearly 600% markup is totally out of line, so BEWARE!

 

Are you talking about this rubber coupling?

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...needed-188498/

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...please-282407/

I did this exact fix to mine a few years ago and (knock on wood) it’s still working.

 

Yes, guess I should have scoured the forums instead of the parts suppliers.
Thanks...lesson learned!

 

notorious scalpers

 

@azvikingdrvr
Thank you for the warning about Jagbits.

 

Sad. Aren't they a "sponsor" on here. I think I have looked up parts with them for certain things to compare. I have never purchased anything from them, which I suppose is telling.