Hi folks,

My eyes are bleary from reading all the threads about swapping out a stock, non premium Alpine stereo for an aftermarket head...however, all of them appear to be for pre 2002 XK8s. This wouldn't appear to be an issue, except all the conversion harnesses I can find ( for example Autoleads PC2-55-4 ) seem to state "for 1998-2002 XK8". However, sometimes they say "for 1998 onward". I would certainly LOVE it if it were as simple as just purchasing the PC2-55-4, however I'm not real comfortable ordering a harness from Great Britain and waiting a few weeks for it, only to find it won't work for my 2004 XK8.

Would anyone here have any experience with swapping out a 2004 XK8 head, and if so, did you use the PC2-55-4 harness, or another harness...or possibly just went to town with the wire cutters and electrical tape?

I'm currently looking at purchasing an Alpine-UTE-62BT and for the steering wheel controls.

Again, I currently have the Alpine "non-premium" radio tape deck with 6 CD changer ( which is coming out as soon as the new head is installed ) in my 2004 XK8 convertible.

Anyone have experience with this task? Any information would be sincerely appreciated, thank you in advance!

 

Ok, maybe a different approach...I have the stereo wiring diagram ( non-premium ) for the 2003 XK8, would anyone know if 2004 is the same pinout/wiring? Or possibly have the wiring diagram for a 2004? I'm not worried about the color codes, more so the pinout on the connectors IC19 and IC20.

Thank you in advance!

 

AFAIK the 2003 wiring diagram is the last version released by Jaguar. I've certainly not seen anything more recent.

 

Thank you michaelh, appreciate it!

Just by pure chance, I happened to stumble across a wiring harness that WILL work for a 2004 XK8.....

InCarTec 29-700

Only available from the UK, but hopefully they will ship the to the US.