Purchased 2003 XK8 missing Radio Faceplate. Can anyone tell me where to buy replacement Faceplate.


Thanks

 

Congrats on the new ride.

Can you take a picture of the radio and show us what's missing?

Best!
dsd

 

 

Don't think that's an original Jaguar Radio - more likely an "aftermarket" upgrade !!
Probably cheaper and quicker to replace the whole radio than to try and track down a replacement front for a Sony/Kenwood/JVC/Hitachi/DingDongSingSong/Anonymous head unit.


If you want to keep (or go back to) original Jaguar fitted kit - it would almost certainly have been Alpine - plenty on Ebay and elsewhere.


Edit : have you checked in the trunk (boot), glove compartment, and the little sunglasses/cocaine holder just below the steering wheel - might be there.

 

I have the complete Radio setup for a 99. I haven't seen an 03 so I don't know if they are the same or not. If interested contact my ad in the classifieds.<br/>https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/p...ng-out-176942/

 

BobRoy - not contradicting - just curious. Is that from an XK8/R ? Totally different from the UK headunits which are "single din" size and only have 6 pre-sets.

 

David you're right. That unit is from a 98xj8. This reminds me I loaned out my 99xk8 unit so a local could test their system and haven't go it back yet. Sorry for the mix up. Would a 99 unit work in a 03?

 

I think so - I'm no authority on the subject but I think that the very early cars (and mine is one of them) had a Harmon Karden branded (but made by Alpine) installation in which the head-unit is sort-of "mission control" and everything is wired thought it. Sometime in 1999 (?? not sure) - this was replaced by an Alpine branded installation where the head-unit could be switched between "standard" and "premium" according to whether or not there was a separate amplifier in the trunk (boot) and it uses th Alpine Ai-Net protocol which uses "bespoke" plugs and sockets and isn't easy to bypass.
So ................. can't be sure but a 99 might be OK in an 03 PROVIDING that both have either the "poverty spec" or "superior-spec" system in term,s of donor and recipient.

 

I think this unit is what came with the car. The CD Changer is in the Trunk.

 

I can assure you that is an aftermarket headunit.

I believe the 03 is different than the 99 offered by bobroy (but I'm sure it can be made to work).

The real question is what did they do to the wiring. There are no stock harnesses for the xk8, so they probably cut and spliced the new radio in. They may have also bypassed the amp (if premium sound) and run into head unit.

Even if you pulled the head unit and found the model, finding the plate would probably be difficult.

I'd be looking at a new head unit.

 

Hi Bob!

Congrats to the new to you car. The original Alpine Radio looks like this:



Greetings!
Wolf

 

Thanks for the help. I'm sure I will have more questions shortly.

 

I checked to see how the radio was mounted. When I pulled on it the Radio Came out. I'll be looking for a Radio I guess. It doesn't look like they butchered the wiring to badly.

 

I was going to say that's aftermarket and JVC but you say it so much better

Here's what it might have looked like:



M

 

When I did my conversion I found out that Mazdas aftermarket connector worked to our standard harness, just a matter of moving the wires round a little. Se my build thread to find out which one I used.