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  1. Check to see the transponder aerial cable is connected to the security module. Mine was unconnected after having some welding done on the back wings and the key fob would only operate when I was standing right next to the o/s rear wing. Once reconnected normal six-foot service was resumed. The connector is visible between the fuse box (the security module sits underneath it) and battery, the cable has a push fix connection like a sat-nav/DAB aerial. No brake lights at all sounds like the pedal switch.
  2. Black/silver added. Had an issue lining up the body crease and lower lines on the front wing, this put the start of the upper line slightly out with regard to the position of the new silver line. I think a cut 'n' polish will remove the half-inch that shows. Overall, whilst not original it looks OK. I have to bear in mind that after the rear repairs there were no lines from the rear doors back. At £4.99 for a roll, which has done both sides, it seems VFM. I will reserve judgement until after a couple of jetwashes.
  3. I'm edging towards the upper black/lower silver one. If you (I) put the black line right up to the body crease it looks like a shadow, unless looking dead-on like in the photograph, and the silver line follows the existing line almost exactly. Same 'measurements' apply to the upper blue/lower silver, but it draws attention away from the crease. On the car, I think the black/dark blue/light blue is the weakest choice.
  4. After replacing both front wings last summer, both in the right colour and about £100 each from eBaY, I thought it time to have the rear arches sorted out. I did try in the autumn, but my go to bodywork man was ill and I never got around to it until winter had arrived. Alas, he succumbed to his illness (RIP Les), and the back arches got put on the back-burner. FFWD to June. Got the car booked in and after a time in a Golf diseasel, got the Jaag back. As stated during the estimate stage 'I won't be able to do your coach lines', which didn't bother me too much as i. the n/s front wing is from a Daimler, ii. the o/s front wing can have either the double lower lines, or single upper line lined up, but not both. So this week I decided to come up with a cost effective if non-original, solution. Three rolls of pinstripe tape have arrived and I have to decide which ones to use, to i. put lines on the rear arches, ii. cover the extra thick Daimler line, and ii. cover the fading upper line of the o/s wing. The arch panels were about £30 each from SNG and both rear bumper brackets were replaced too (about £60 from SNG too). Attached images show the state of the o/s front wing before replacement, o/s rear arch area after good powerwash (at which point I replaced the tired looking bump stops), and the old n/s wing with the coach line selection roughly affixed.
  5. Last stage, now everything seems to be working OK I can hide away the signal and trigger cables running from the head unit to the boot mounted amp. A by-product of which is to try and 'flatten' the n/s door tread plate which seems a little untidy. A quick attack with a trusty blade and the chrome tread plate was removed revealing the fastenings and trim tape used to secure it. T30 Torx bit made short work of the locking plate and, after removal the tabs holding the carpet down can be seen. The cables were then routed with the rest of the cars wiring behind the carpet and other plastic trim panels behind the dash and into the head unit. Plate bolted back down, and cover secured back in place, hopefully looking better than it did before, but still a little shonky looking from previous attempts to stick it down, or being caught when getting in or out. Did the same on the rear door plate trim, which oddly enough has more Torx fasteners and an extra piece of plastic trim (running across the car over the heel fuse boxes) which you need to secure under the trim plate before bolting it back down.
  6. Success! There are now sounds to go with the SatNav. Bought three 5m signal cables to run to a new amp placed a top the bracket that held the old Premium one, and ran the cables up the LH side under the parcel shelf and into the boot behind the fuel filler neck. A seat squab out and backrest lifted effort to get access to the boot. Had to chop the speaker connector off and then solder some new cable in to extend it to the new position of the amplifiers speaker out terminals. Found some old Bluespot Velocity crossovers in "the shed" so can split the front signal from the amp into a mid/high as there's wiring for both the front doors and front tweeters. Once everything is working, it'll be time for a tidy and hide the cabling away, probably under the door sill covers, then up and behind the dash.
  7. Well the new unit has arrived, alas I'm no closer to determining which cable does what at the back of the Jaguar unit. If I can't get the pinouts for the connectors, I feel I'll be off to a specialist for the radio install, something I've never had to do in any of the cars I've owned (including my SAAB 9-5 with Premium HKsystem) and I've had many ALFAs.
  8. I've had my XJR for a couple of weeks now, and although the sound quality from the Alpine system is impressive, the lack of modern functionality is less so. I do have the Motorola, or rather DID have, in the centre cubby, and although the unit is NAV compatible there's no Nav drive in the boot. So I've bitten the bullet and gone for a replacement unit. As I understand the situation from posts on here, whilst putting a more modern double DIN unit in place of the standard one isn't impossible, it is rather difficult as there isn't actually a double DIN amount of free space behind the fascia. Solutions have ranged from cutting and welding bars and supports out of the way, and detatching the touchscreen from a unit, mounting it in the boot and running a cable to the screen in-dash. Alpine seem to have come to my or even our rescue with a series of double DIN sized touchscreens with a single DIN chassis. http://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/dab3842/ine-w997d and, http://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/navigation-systems6/x801d-u To make them a single DIN fitment there are no mechanical drives in the unit (CD/DVD), but you can buy another hideaway unit, like the multichanger in the boot, to do that job if you want. I've plumped for the W997 unit as it looks to have the chassis in the position closest to the Jaguar Alpine. So now the trick should be, how to wire it up so that everything works? I've ordered the iPod lead and DAB aerial with the unit, I think the iPod will go in the centre console, bit not yet any wiring kit or fascia replacement. Would I be better off purchasing a kit or is there someone with more Jaguar know-how than I with an idea of how the wiring should go, and how to make it look neat once installed?
  9. I have recently acquired a 2000 XJR. Bought, unseen, from the interweb and brought home last weekend. A couple of issues, standard bubbling on the rear wheel arches, edge of the sunroof and behind the front wheels, slightly droopy rear headliner and a small wisp of smoke on start-up which clears almost immediately. I hope to get the rust/scabs sorted, and headliner fixed. There's mixed perceived wisdom on the smoke issue, some say leave it until oil consumption is much greater than normal, others strip down the head and replace the valve stem seals, time will tell which route I'll take. Her it is, next to my SAAB 9000 Carlsson.
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