2004 XKR dash fascia

[yeti]

Hi,

Just paid my deposit and as of next Weds will own an 04 XKR Cabrio in black!

And so the questions start... I have the elm dash but may prefer the birds eye maple (with ivory leather?) or maybe even brushed alloy or piano black. The question therefore is; are these fascias avaliable aftermaket to swap out? Googling has produced nothing so far...

TIA

[NormanD]

My machanic can get that done for you
He is near Reading so not to far from you

Tom at TLJaguar 0118-973-7779

[yeti]

So it is doable - but at what price? And anyone know where i can posurce a facsia myself? Breakers? Afetrmarket?

A dealer told me that it would cost £1200 for a new fascia plus 6 hours labour which seemed outrageous on both counts. However, same dealer also confidently said the XJ weighs one ton, yes one ton as it's aluminium. So I have some doubts with regard to his knowledge!

[Triple7]

TBH, you can get aftermarket wood trim kits, but they will be no where near as good as the Jag product, and will devalue your car. You could find a breakers and rip the wood out, (being very carful not to kill yourself with the airbags going off!) IMHO you should have bought a car which you liked the wood, or live with it. Elm is only found on the last edition XKR-S, or do you mean the burr walnut, which I am not a fan of either?

Edited by Triple7 on Tuesday 2nd December 09:15

[eldudereno]

Another option is to remove all of the wood trim and get a furniture expert to re-colour it for you.

[yeti]

It's probably burr walnut then. I like it, but would prefer the piano black or even the walnut stained darker. There aren't that many cars about to be honest, I got the one I wanted in black with the right wheels and a sports exhaust found near where I was working. I will see if I can live with it! My father is actually a furniture expert so we are looking at doing this... just wondering how hard it is to get the wood off the fascia?

And these aftermarkets kits... do you have a link?

Thanks

[eldudereno]

Tinting spray as used on light clusters might be worth considering.

[eldudereno]

http://www.jaguarforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=16438

[cardigankid]

For pity's sake man, you are going to ruin a superb car. I used to have an '05 XKR Coupe before I got credit crunched, and it was superb, the only thing wrong was it had grey stained maple veneer, when I would really have wanted elm or walnut, Incidentally, I am certain that I have seen XKR's not 4.2S LE's which had elm. In fact I think there is one a hundred yards from where I am sitting.

Your car sounds perfect the way it is. The thought of paying a fortune to change it, or your dad, the part time french polisher, setting about it with a sincere but daft grin on his face makes me cringe.

Do yourself a huge favour and leave the thing be.

[SFMXKR]

Try this lot, may be worth a look..

www.designxkr.co.uk