Jaguar has left a lot of us high and dry

[magic Monkey Dust]

As a serial Jaguar XJ owner of all types since the 80s with a 2020 XF / 2005 XJ6 current line up I was used to getting my X350 wiper blades from the local dealer , in this case Hatfields. The X350 wiper is made by Lucas with a built in washer jet, Halfords don't do a compatible one. I don't really buy anything on line but have access to Ebay Its a quite old demographic in my suburb with a good selection of Jaguars in XJ and X type format and the nearest dealer is possibly now 40 miles away.
There are a couple of Jaguar /LR independents but really they are busy rebuilding Ingenium engines and Range Rover suspension so they dont stock parts. One suggested I cannibalise a wiper blade from another new one the same width. I can do this but most cant.
Jaguars reputation and the loyalty of its base is now in the toilet. I have had to buy bits and bobs on Ebay but its a sad end to a great British institution. My X350s are twice the car some newer A8s and 7 series are , light, responsive, reasonable MPG and great comfort on rough roads.
Without support these cars will go to aluminium huggets a lot faster than they should. Or deserve.

[ARHarh]

Time to just buy them online. As the car is 20 years old it is going to be more and more difficult to get parts locally.

I can highly recommend this place for wipers, https://www.wiperblades.co.uk/products/lucas-premi... these might even be what you are looking for.

[mickrick]

I buy my X308 parts wherever I can get them.
I will always buy genuine Jaguar parts when available, as most of the time, they are not that much more expensive.
However, I am having to resort to pattern parts more as time goes on, and more parts are becoming NLA.
My local Jaguar parts department are really nice helpful guys, and we are now on first name terms 😆
But now my car is 27 years Old, so Jaguar are under no obligation to stock anything.
I suppose eventually the independent's will start to stock more parts for the X308, as they become older.
Sometimes I wish I'd bought an XJ6.....

[magic Monkey Dust]

I will buy more online but my worry is that as the obstacles become greater to a hassle free ownership , less non committed owners will return them to the junk status, numbers will dwindle fast and parts that make a cheapish enjoyable drive will become more work than the happy bits give you.
Chinese will remake parts only if demand worldwide is profitable.

[ARHarh]

Jaguar has always been one of the better supported car makes, when the cars become older. There are plenty of specialists and most cater for your age of car.

I have in the past used.

https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/uk/home
https://www.berkshirejagcomponents.com/

The worry though is as always with classic cars that the parts are produced to a price rather than quality, but that is just how it is.