Hi everybody
I'm searching a complete trim set (woodden) or aluminum for my S typer R
Do you have anything to sell to me?
Wodden - I will rewrap in alu or carbon
Alu - I will keep them like they are

I need all the pieces Door/instrument/Airbag/Gear/Ashtray

Thanks for any help and suggestion

NOTE I want to keep safe my original ones that are beautiful but not matching with my new interiors

 

Carbon fiber would be cool!

I seem to remember a few threads in a porsche forum (6speedonline?) that referenced a bmw forum where people were wrapping interior components in a "carbon fiber" cloth that looked really cool. It was the same cloth that BMW used in their M cars that was more compliant, streches, and looked better then the cheaper vinyl "carbon fiber" print. The DIY instructions where pretty easy and you just needed scissors and 3M spray adhesive.

Real carbon fiber enhanced trim parts are also really popular on that forum and I believe there are a few vendors with experience doing custom parts that may be useful in getting the jag trim parts covered with real carbon.

For STR owners with the aluminum panels, how do they hold up? I thought they looked really cool when I was buying my car but the one car for sale with it in it was a demo car that belonged to an exec with 10k miles that had dents on the shifter panel. We seem to have a few in a 2 year old Volvo XC90 around the shifter too.

 

Here is a link to the US version of ebay, maybe you check out the european ebay.
Good Luck
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Real-...Q5fAccessories

 

Heres a wooden one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jagua...Q5fAccessories

 

Thanks for your help, I think I will head to the carbon fiber wrapping ( stype RS4)
Will be perfect with my interior
I will keep you informed

 

wrapped in carbon.......Uahu!!!!!
It's increadible!!!
Asap you will get pictures

 

Here you see the first picture
I think it's amazing!!!!

Carbon wrapped, italian leather with silver gray stitching
Very beautifull!!!

 

Yes, that's the 3M Di-Noc vinyl. I've started wrapping my trim pieces in it and have found that is pretty easy to do. The material is as tough as nails and excellent quality. IMO it looks far nice than the real carbon fibre wrap.

This what the real carbon fibre wrap looks like on a XK8

http://www.jaguarforum.co.uk/viewtop...8&hilit=carbon

Vid show the real stuff being applied http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rTWaV1imzs

Vid showing the Vinyl being applied http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYWfHpmKIPw

 

Looks awsome! What did you do for the airbag light on the passenger airbag terminal? Anyway to get a close up shot? Also, how much material did you need?

 

Yes is the 3M material
I like it much than real CF because it is mat
We use a lot of CF on our race cars but for this use (esthetic) I prefer this one

It is very easy to wrap

For the Airbag light I used a special round cutting tool used for leather
The most difficult think it's to match the direction of the stripes on the gauges bezel part and the airbag part

Take car of the stripe directions before cutting each part
Plan your pieces before in order not to have wrong directions estetically not matching
You need 50X75 cm at least
Better more

I will make in short time a silver printing on this part with written on it
AIRBAG and JAGUAR wil the leaping cat

But I need to have time

The leather interiors are perfect what I have done
But I have been sure of the results because my supplier is the same who makes Lambo interiors and Alfa 8C and many other custom interiors
He works for Bentley too

It's not cheap but the results are incredible

As soon I will have time to take them I will post pictures of the final result

 

Having a car with full leather and carbon, I think the plastic dash and etc in the leather looks good but doesn't quite have the feel and warmth of real leather, especially with contrasting stitching. What did you cover in leather? The top of the dash?

Can't wait more pictures!

 

I didn't use leather in dash
I reupholstered all the parts that has been in leather or synthetic leather
I had a very bad opinion in Jag interiors, the leather they use it's bad quality and only the upper part of the seats are in "thick" leather, the rest was in synthetic leather (gross)
I reupholstered in italian leather (pieno fiore the same as Lambo uses) stitched in light silver
All the seats
The armrest
Door center panels
door amrests
surrounding profile (NAVI/Gearstick)
That's all of what I did
I want to maintain an OEM look of my car

 

You've done a fantastic job!!!

I totally agree about the real CF, the gloss look and the distortion of the weave isn't for me as the 3M matt finish looks so much better. The quality of the 3M vinyl is top notch.