JML407 - Clarion E951 car radio surround trim / frame

Last week a friend of mine shared this photo of a car radio with me via Instagram:

Oh cool, I replied, that's the exact same radio as in my XJS. I mentioned to him that I was still on the hunt for the matching radio surround trim.

So he did do a search, apparently he must have looked it up on my blog, as he used the part code nr. And thus he found it instantly for sale in a Dutch online shop:

https://smalldetails.nl/wordpress/product/jlm407-radio-surround-trim/

I was baffled. Trust me that I tried everything to hunt one down. Apparently this must be a very recent online shop. It does not look professional either. It's created by someone who purchased a leftover NOS stock of Jaguar parts. I just checked the senders address and it's coming from this company:  http://www.brabocars.com/  This company is still alive though.

Oh well, the price is very reasonable. But the shipping costs weren't. Despite the item can be send via regular post using normal rates it was send by default via UPS for a fix rate of € 10,-   I asked if he could offer a cheaper postage option but this was not possible as he also wanted to be assured items were tracked and delivered to avoid claims. Bummer. So I bought both frames. Meaning I have a spare now.

I have to admit, despite I all worked it out at the time, this radio is the correct one my XJS. But my friend also remarked the analogue version would be a better fit. Now I have gone through all this hassle I have to admit I do concur with him. So maybe I might change it all together. STAY TUNED!

This is how the radio is currently fitted. At the time I could slide it in entirely, I suspect the radio frameholder is not good.

So now I have taken it out completely - it was quite a hassle as the frame was stuck.

And with the radio out I now did put the surround trim on it. Looks good now. Guess I now need to find either a proper radio holder so it slides in nicely. Or, find the proper analogue Jaguar radio.