PM me your email and I'll email a document with step by step instructions and pics describing how to do it that I emailed someone else a few months ago

 

Removing front bumper on a 2006 XJ8


Hello
Would it be possible to get a copy of the document you mention above please? I need to remove the front bumper to fit a new chrome trim section.
Many thanks
David

 

Sorry im being a bit dumb here.

what bulbs are you replacing to need to remove the front bumper...????.....

 

He's replacing the headlight bulbs.

 

So why does he need to remove the bumper on a S Type to replace the head light bulbs.

Just changed all mine in 20 mins with no problems.... :? :?

 

You got Xenon or Halogen? My money's on Halogen, 'cos I changed mine too, in no big time.

 

Yes i had standard halogen...changed to the Philips bulbs...and there excellent.

 

I'd like that info too. Not for changing bulbs though. My front bumper has the dreaded micro-blisters and could do with a re spray. I haven't bothered up till now because it looked a bit of hassle. So please share the information you have, it will be very helpfull.
I did change my bulbs a year or so ago without problem though.
Cheers Andy

 

Front Bumper Cover
REMOVAL S TYPE 2004MY

1) Remove the radiator splash shield<<501-01>>

2) Disconnect the front fog lamp electrical connectors and detach the wiring harness.

3) NOTE
Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.
Detach the front fender splash shield.

• 1)Remove the front fender splash shield retaining screw.
  2)Detach the front fender splash shield.

4) NOTE
Left-hand shown, right-hand similar.
Remove the left-hand front bumper cover retaining bolt.

5)Lower the vehicle.

6) NOTE .
Left-hand shown, right-hand similar
Remove the bumper cover left retaining bolt.

7) Remove the front bumper cover.

INSTALLATION
1) To install, reverse the removal procedure.

Tighten to 7 Nm.

Tighten to 7 Nm.

Tighten to 7 Nm.

 

Thanks for that Buck, I have some damage very low down on mine and will be a lot easier to fix with it off the car....

 

Does anyone know where the "front bumper cover retaining bolt" shown in VUJ0000815 diagram is?

 

If you remove the inner wing arch covers its behind there, it will become apparent when you look, I removed mine quite easily without jacking car up, little tip on reassembly the bolts that are low down by the headlights it's hard to put in. I.e can't get you hand in there, so what I did was a long socket extension with socket on it put the bolt in socket and a piece of insulating tape on edge of socket and down one side of the thread of bolt to hold it in place. Hope this helps

 

Thanks very much - I will have a go tomorrow

 

It's a bit late but...

It's in our S Type Stickies too now: http://www.jaguarforum.co.uk/f104/s-type-front-bumper-removal-procedure-66717.html

 

Finding the bolt as in drawing VUJ0000815 is a bastard. You have to feel up and around inside just below the joint between the bumper cover and the wing. Best done with the wheel over hard lock to get it as much out of the way as possible. .

Access is not easy, but I found that a 10mm ratchet ring did the job best. Then putting it back afterwards is something of a mission too . . .

My car is a 2005 V-6 2.5L with satnav and I found most of the fixings underneath rusted solid. WD-40 didn't help very much and I had to drill out the heads on 4 of the torx screws. You can get new clips from Barrett's and the bolts are just standard 6mm x 20mm, hex or torx head, doesn't matter.

NOTE:
Put coppaslip or copper ease on ALL the bolts when you replace them, to save grief in the future. At a pinch, Vaseline is OK too.

I see that RS (and probably others) sell M6 stainless steel machine screws. I think replacing the underbody fasteners with these would be a VERY GOOD IDEA

 

Good idea Charles I always put Vaseline on my bolt !

 

I'm sorry. I can't let this one slip by unnoticed

LMAO.

 

And put back on with 2 people one each side or you will scratch the wings

 

Hmm sounds like someone has done that before,:roll:

 

Yep guilty after the missis parked in the side of the garage new wing bumper needed laugh about it now

 

Trust you sexy lol missed that one

 

Yeh, keep calm, follow the recommendation, and protect your bumpers sexyXF ! :mrgreen:

 

Before I remove my front bumper, can anyone who has done this tell me if there is any form of adjustment?
I think mine is a little too low which creates a gap between the bonnet and the grill. Although I have had the bumper removed resprayed and refitted, there was a gap there when I bought it.
Thanks.

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Update.
Having removed the six bolts at the top of the bumper and the plastic trim above the rad, when I lifted the bumper up I could see that the bumper sits over the energy absorbing foam which seems to have some sort of spacer between the foam and the metal bumper. Could this have been fitted upside down or incorrectly?
Thanks

 

no adjustment at all.

TT

 

My email address is david.allder@btinternet.com

 

https://www.mediafire.com/?u37wd2qfkcs0s3u download this file ;-)

 

Hello from Florida. In this post a moderator offered to send this chap an e-mail with step-by-step in how to remove. However his PM account is maxed and cannot accept more. Would anyone else send same to me? Looking to replace headlamp assembly Ty

06 S-Type

http://www.jaguarforum.com/showthread.php?t=26474

roger

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