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Old 10-23-2013, 03:41 PM
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Default X308/X350 front window aperture

Strange question I know, but bear with me.

I have an X350 which I'd like to fit wind deflectors to, but they don't appear to be available for my model!
Anyway I have found some for an X308 and so I'm trying to find out how different, if at all the front window aperture shape is?
Does anyone have both models, or maybe the information that I'm after?
This is what I'm looking at.........
JAGUAR SOVEREIGN XJ 308 4D 97-02 Wind deflectors 2pcs | eBay
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Old 10-25-2013, 04:12 AM
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Mmm I guess no one has tried this before and Heko, the people who make them are not replying to my question either!
Maybe I should just buy a pair and if they don't fit sell them to a 308 owner on here?
Any takers??
 
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Old 10-25-2013, 05:44 AM
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I'm sure if they definitely do fit, HEKO would have added X350 to their list.

No X308's advertised for sale locally for you to compare window apertures?

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Originally Posted by GGG
I'm sure if they definitely do fit, HEKO would have added X350 to their list.

No X308's advertised for sale locally for you to compare window apertures?

Graham
To be honest I haven't looked, but that's not a bad idea.
I had a set on my previous car (Volvo S60) and actually offered them up the my Jaguar, but there was a huge difference.
I'm guessing that the 308 and 350 are indeed different, or as you say Heko would list the 350 too. I'm just wandering how different?
Given that these wind deflectors wedge into the rubber window channel and require no chopping/cutting or drilling of the car and are made of polycarbonate, my thinking is that I may be able to chop/file/grind them to make them fit?
 
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Given the X350 is a substantially larger car in all dimensions than the X308, I think it fairly safe to assume that X308 wind deflectors would not fit a X350.
 
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Originally Posted by rhankey
Given the X350 is a substantially larger car in all dimensions than the X308, I think it fairly safe to assume that X308 wind deflectors would not fit a X350.
I suspect you are right, but that won't stop my investigations until I know for sure.
I'm going to make a template of my window aperture and carry it around with me until I find a friendly 308 owner. Or indeed any car!
 
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