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What do you call this? Where can I buy one? (Worth it?)
This is the little “pull-down handle” in the trunk lid. Like everything plastic in the car, it’s cheap. Tabs snapped off.
the part # is in one of the pics. I tried to find it without success.
Any and all help appreciated....
Me, I used some JB Weld putty and made my own tab. It's been in place for probably six years now, no issues. Cost me ten cents worth of goop and about five minutes time.
Yeah, I was thinking of using short finishing screws where the head of the screw would be the "tab."
Was simply trying to get an idea of price/availability.
In America.
The impression given in many posts across our Model forums is Jaguar plastic is always expensive but this is not true.
The C2C1539 - Handle was broken on my XK two years ago so I just ordered one from Jaguar at 5 UKP. It's gone up to 7.22 UKP ($9.42) now but I still wouldn't bother with a repair or fix:
It amazes me the amount of time and effort some members will put into avoiding going to a Jaguar Dealer. I always check price and availability at the dealer first - it's the only way to gauge if a repair or an aftermarket source is actually a better deal.
I get it Graham. I don't want to waste my time plastic welding or rigging something up that I actually never use anyway. Mine lays on the floor in the boot. I just looked it up at a couple of Jag dealers. It's the shipping that pisses me off and it's the principal of the thing. $11 for the part. $11 to ship. No way that costs them $11 to ship to me. No $22 will not break me but that's the biggest problem I have with buying from dealerships. Same goes for my wife's car - GM parts suppliers do it all the time.
It amazes me the amount of time and effort some members will put into avoiding going to a Jaguar Dealer. I always check price and availability at the dealer first - it's the only way to gauge if a repair or an aftermarket source is actually a better deal.
Graham
I assume this was pointed at me.
Yes, I did spend five minutes avoiding going to the closest dealer which is 100-mile round trip.
Yes, I did also avoid who-knows-how-long researching the replacement part, then I also avoided ordering a $10 part, then the $10 shipping, then the three weeks to get the part.
I guess I'm dumb because I took five minutes and ten cents worth of stuff I already had to avoid hours (at least) and literally 200-times more cost.
I assume this was pointed at me.
Yes, I did spend five minutes avoiding going to the closest dealer which is 100-mile round trip.
Yes, I did also avoid who-knows-how-long researching the replacement part, then I also avoided ordering a $10 part, then the $10 shipping, then the three weeks to get the part.
I guess I'm dumb because I took five minutes and ten cents worth of stuff I already had to avoid hours (at least) and literally 200-times more cost.
There's no way of knowing how long it's been for sale and how eager the seller is to get rid of it. But you can find out by making a low-ball offer, negotiate, and see what happens.
You know what a new one costs and so does the seller. His is used, so he should be realistic about how much it's really worth.
NO - it was a general observation intended to counter the view so often expressed on our forums that Jaguar Dealers must be always be avoided and the misconception that OE parts are always hugely expensive.
NO - it was a general observation intended to counter the view so often expressed on our forums that Jaguar Dealers must be always be avoided and the misconception that OE parts are always hugely expensive.
Graham
Totally agree Graham, always my first port of call to check on the price of an item before going elsewhere. I’ve been surprised at times how low dealer prices are on certain items. Equally, some prices are ridiculously high but at least by checking one then has the choice.
If inexpensive repair parts are your goal, you should have bought a Yugo. It's cheap new, and so are the replacement parts.
Cars that are expensive when new are built with expensive parts that don't depreciate as the car does, since those OEM replacement parts are still brand new regardless of the age of the car. If you can't afford the replacement parts, you shouldn't have bought a Jaguar. Or a Porsche, Aston, MBZ, ... the list goes on. That's why breakers (junkyards) exist - used parts are cheaper than new parts, if you can find them.
If inexpensive repair parts are your goal, you should have bought a Yugo. It's cheap new, and so are the replacement parts.
Cars that are expensive when new are built with expensive parts that don't depreciate as the car does, since those OEM replacement parts are still brand new regardless of the age of the car. If you can't afford the replacement parts, you shouldn't have bought a Jaguar. Or a Porsche, Aston, MBZ, ... the list goes on. That's why breakers (junkyards) exist - used parts are cheaper than new parts, if you can find them.
+1. I have always been mystified by guys (it's nearly always guys) who buy a $100,000 car for $20,000 second-hand but then somehow expect that the cost to maintain it, run it, repair it and so on will also have depreciated along with the car! *There is a reason it was a $100,000 in the first place! I look at it a different way: I have gotten a $100,000 car for $20,000. So I have $80,000 'spare' to play with to look after the car. I know that is an imperfect analogy etc, but you get what I mean.
I admit I am among those who default to pricing outside a jag dealer first, from experience (with filters, etc.) Honestly, I didn't even know how to describe this thing to ask about it.
And yes I included a photo with the part number for those with greater facility about such things.
(And yes, I rarely use the thing and mine's also shoved in the trunk somewhere. I just wanted to cross it of my "things I want to fix" list....)
Anyway, there are three Jag dealers within 20 miles of me. I shall call around and report back my findings. My over/under is $14 all in.
By all the reasoning above that says "Don't do it yourself, buy a new part instead, nearly everyone in this forum now has a brand new entire Glove Box Assembly for $2988 because Jaguar does not sell the Box Open Damper Cable and Attachment Arm as a separate part.
You guys are ludicrous. I am appalled at the unmitigated gall that "We have a nice car, we HAVE to buy new or replacement Original Parts instead of easily fixing the broken minor part".
That embarrasses me. I am now sad that I have had to hear that statement. Is every screw you lose on the road replaces with a Jaguar Certified Replacement OEM screw???????
These vehicles, while pretty dang nice cars, are frikkin' CARS. They aren't Magical Beasts that can only be serviced by Pixie Dust. Criminy
I'm outa this thread, it's ridiculous.
RUSNAK (PASADENA): 12.50
HORNBURG (LOS ANGELES): 22.50
-- "but there's one in stock in Newport Beach"
HORNBURG (SANTA MONICA): $24.50
Graham: I have all my major service work done at a dealer (Rusnak). You'll never hear or read anything negative from me on that front.
But in terms of parts.... this is an almost 100 percent variation in the same part within a 25-mile radius. If I see something I need at a home depot I know that tool will be the same price, or close to it, at a different home depot. I think it's this wild price variation that makes parts shopping at a dealership more feel like a rug bazaar-- and do I really need to make all these crazy calls?
I had to have the Cooling Fan Sensor replaced recently. It's part of that plastic shroud assembly around the fan (also has the motor built in). One thousand, one hundred dollars. For the part. It's this sticker shock that makes people shop around.
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