What do you call this? Where can I buy one? (Worth it?)
#21
The handle was an example where it wasn't worth my time going elsewhere for a 5 UKP part. At the opposite end of the scale, the tweeter housing which has similar plastic tabs is a staggering 230 UKP and I did a repair until I sourced a used part.
Repairing Jaguars used to be my living but for many years now it's just been my hobby. For me, the car has to be right - everything working and parts used either OE or equivalent standard. Before they began pressing panels for the aluminium bodies models, Jaguar hadn't manufactured any parts for years so it's often worth finding their suppliers. For example, the AC filter is manufactured by micronAir and this can be obtained at considerably lower cost from other outlets.
Graham
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#22
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.
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.
#23
I posted above that I usually check parts prices at the dealer before looking for alternative sources and this seems to have attracted a combination of scorn, incredulity and even hostility. I do this to ball park the options. Sometimes a part is so low cost, it's not worth going elsewhere; sometimes it's so terrifyingly expensive that I'll work hard to find an alternative source. If I don't even know the Jaguar price, I can't make a comparison and an informed judgement.
No idea why your comments earlier sparked such a round of negative responses, What you said just seems like common sense to me.
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