I am looking for a 99 XK8 shift gate. Jaguar calls this a bezel, and wants $435 for a $25 piece of black plastic. I bought my car used, and it came with the right side of the shift gate broken off. If nobody here has one for a good price, I will be checking with breakers in Britain, who are willing to ship overseas. I almost messed myself, when Jaguar quoted me the price, and wanted a core back on top of it. I asked them if that was the correct part, and not the whole assembly. When they quoted me that price, I did mess myself. It would be cheaper for me to go to a machine shop, and have them cut out a thin piece of brushed stainless, with their laser, that I can glue over. It would probably look better too. Just an outreach of frustration.....Be cool....Mike

 

Two things - surely the shift gates are the same throughout the 1990 to 2002 range of cars - so one from from any XJ will also fit?

Secondly - look on Ebay for a suitable car (selling any part) but which says 'breaking'. I send a message stating what I want and offering a sum of money to the Seller, and, if they agree (and they usually do), they put it on as a Buy It Now for an hour or so.

 

Jaguar's parts prices are developed for their target market of new car buyers/leasers a large percentage of which have the acquisition and maintenance cost subsidized by other than personal income.

That's why there is such a large and appreciated secondary market supplier network. Plus, most of us on the forum would not own Jaguars without the ability to do most of the maintenance and repairs ourselves.

A previously owned Jaguar is best owned by a hobby mechanic.

 

^^ What he said....

 

try 707 autoparts (ebay store - currently has 2 XK8's being dismantled)

 

Ebay is your friend...there are plenty of used parts out there....just shop carefully.

As for the brushed stainless repair overlay, someone was actually selling something similar on ebay for a while, but seems to have stopped.

 

There's a thread here to brushed stainless bezel WhiteXKR mentioned. This is what I did to my XK8. I looked and did not find this currently on ebay, maybe there's a hint in the linked thread to another source.

 

If I'm reading you right, you could always do a "wrap"


I did this on my A6




Centre console BEFORE...





Centre console close up AFTER...




Not a lot of money, decent finish

 

There are different types, depending on cruise control / non cruise control / SC / NA etc., but if it's this :

BEZEL, SWITCH GEARBOX MODE ,Std (non-adaptive) speed control, Exc 4.0 Litre S/C, From VIN (031303) - Terrys Jaguar Parts - LJA6221DE

is what you are after, then $150.00 seems a bit more reasonable ?

 

Check the marketplace for sale section. Member Autobankid is parting out several cars. He's listed a 03 I think in the for sale section but I've emailed him in the past and HE has several different years.

 

Is it just the cover for the J gate you need? These rarely come up on Ebay, but whole J gate assemblies do. For a 99 model, you could remove the cover from an XJ8 assembly as they are more numerous. Here is one available in the UK at present: JAGUAR XJ8 GEAR SELECTOR | eBay

 

Do you know anyone with a 3D printer?

 

I wrote the seller, to see if he would ship to the USA......Thank you....Mike

 

That was suggested to me yesterday, by a computer guy, but after looking at what I had left, we kind of nixed the idea....Thanks....Mike

 

I got in touch with the proprietor, and he will send me the J-Gate plastic for 25 pounds sterling, which is a little over $37, including shipping. I told him he had a customer for life......Thanks a lot.....Be cool.....Mike

 

If it falls through let me know - I have one with cutouts for sport mode and cruise control switches off my 2001 XKR (I installed an alloy one).
Steve