Hello Thanks for allowing me into the Jaguar Owner's Club.At the age of 75 I have recently bought my first ever Jag. OK it's "only" a 2017 XF Portfolio,but it has achieved a dream of mine to be a Jaguar owner.It's a beautiful red with Grey (Oyster?) interior and it looks a million dollars-or at least it did when it left the showroom-not so much with all this lousy weather.

So far I am very happy with the car apart from one thing-the headlights are pretty poor.I thought they would be halogen but I think they must only be LED. I believe they can be upgraded-has anyone done this? How much would it cost?

Any help and advice would be appreciated

regards

David Spenley

Yorkshire

Hi David,

Welcome to Jaguar Owners Club.

I have just sold my XF.

Yours sounds beautiful in grey, do you have any photos please? would love to see it. 

Glad you are enjoying it,

Kind Regards,

Julie.

 

 

Hello Julie  Many thanks for your email and your welcome to the Club.The XF is actually red,with a grey interior,and at the moment I don't have any photos.When the weather improves and I get it cleaned up ( it's outside,not in a garage) I'll post a couple.

Thanks again and best wishes for 2022

regards

David

Hi David,

Sorry .yes my mistake red with grey interior -Its a good colour combination it must look stunning😀

I am the same no garage to keep a car in, bit of a pain when you want to work on something.

All the best to you for 2022 as well.

Kind Regards,

Julie.

 

 

4 hours ago, David Spenley said:

Hello Thanks for allowing me into the Jaguar Owner's Club.At the age of 75 I have recently bought my first ever Jag. OK it's "only" a 2017 XF Portfolio,but it has achieved a dream of mine to be a Jaguar owner.It's a beautiful red with Grey (Oyster?) interior and it looks a million dollars-or at least it did when it left the showroom-not so much with all this lousy weather.

So far I am very happy with the car apart from one thing-the headlights are pretty poor.I thought they would be halogen but I think they must only be LED. I believe they can be upgraded-has anyone done this? How much would it cost?

Any help and advice would be appreciated

regards

David Spenley

Yorkshire

David

Welcome, I am a young 72 years.

As regards your headlights; Are you sure they are LED`s, as I would expect LED`s to be brighter than Halogen.

I very recently posted an article in "Non Jaguar" section regarding headlights and the swopping of bulb types and still being legal.

My S Type had what I thought was poor headlights and I was considering changing to LED`s , which incidentally would have not been road legal. It would however seem that not everyone is concerned about that. Anyway, more to the point and may be helping you with your lack of headlight power. With my S Type I eventually found that my poor lighting was mainly due to the fact that the headlights were not adjusted properly for beam level. Having put that right it made my headlights very good. I also fitted RING Xenon 200 bulbs (readily available from Ebay and not expensive for Halogen) to the dipped beam for improved performance. They are Halogen and therefore legal for the S Type. I do not actually know for sure what genre of headlamp bulbs are fitted to your XF, but they should be readily identifiable. If you read the article I posted you will find a well known bulb supplier "link" on there and they are very very helpful with providing assistance in choice of bulbs and giving you information on what your car will need in the way of bulbs. I actually purchased my bulbs direct from them on line.

Hope this may assist a little. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Hello John  Many thanks for your reply and the info. which is most useful.I'll check what lights I have on the car ( I was obviously wrong in my thinking),and check the beam level too. Your associated article about changing headlight bulbs is also very helpful. 

Thanks again,and best wishes for 2022

regards

David

David, Many thanks for your best wishes  and the very same to you and yours.

Hope you get the lights sorted soon.

Regards, John

I am also a noob here 🙂 

Welcome to Jaguar Owners Jhon🙂

Love the XJ - looks a beast!

Kind Regards,

Julie.