Beautiful car!
I really love it without the over riders, well done 
And so, I finally unwrapped the āone-piece S1 bumperā I bought 2 years ago and stored awayā¦ Well, it turns out that it is not what the seller said it was. It is just a good old Euro style S2 bumper, 3 piecesā¦ Much ado about nothing. Thank you Mr āthejaguruāā¦
So I trial fitted the bumper andā¦ the holes in the brackets fall about on inch away from threaded rodsā¦ Noone said this would be easy right?
From memory, the rear mount is your fixed point and you adjust the slotted side brackets to fit. I would have thought a one piece bumper package would be markedly different to a blade and two side pieces. If it has been mailed in an āassembledā state it may be bent/distorted?
It was shipped assembled as one piece, at great cost, all wrapped up. I opened the package today onlyā¦ Ah wellā¦
The rear brackets are welded to each side piece (it looks factory), there is no wiggle room, this is gonna be fun
And i just detest these bulbous overidersā¦
The side brackts are fixed to the body vial slotted holes so the bracket itself can be adjusted for a fixed hole side piece.
Eric,
I looks like youāve got a SI three-piece bumper. It has the mounting brackets right behind the bumper.
SII three-piece bumpers sport a round mounting located about one inch underneath the bumper level and fitting over the bumper mountings:
(sorry, only conclusive pic I could find)
Iām very surprised though that Jaguar obviously changed an integral part like the bumper mountings from SI to SII.
Good luck
Jochen
75 XJ6L 4.2 auto (UK spec)
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May have been a result of the new legislation that also dictated bumper height and hideousness, the impact absorbers must have dictated the new position.
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Iām quite sure Jaguar did it gladly, Jochen - it was likely forced on them, as David impliesā¦
Frank
xj6 85 Sov Europe (UK/NZ)
Just curious ! My dead center distance betyeen the two attach points on āmyā car is 36.5 Inches. Off by just a bit matching either of the two large holes on the tab provided on the Asian bumpers, but workable. Is that measurement consistent with other XJās ?