'04+ XJ. Anyone know how the front door weather seal that is attached to the body, not the door, is attached? A friend is replacing his and we can't determine how it is attached. The replacement seal is a one piece rubber seal (C2C2386). I spent an hour in the JTIS and could not find a reference to it. I found the one that is attached to the door, but not the one attached to the body.

 

Anyone know how to do this??

 

What is it you are looking for? Glue, tape, adhesives or clips….

 

It should just pull off. I have removed the portion around the dashboard to get the dashboard end cap off a few times. The rubber seal is connected to the coloured material trim though so the whole lot comes off as one piece.

It then just pushes back on again.

I think you will have to remove the plastic sill piece as well to get the whole thing off.

 

It kind of looked that way, but the seal is available without the coloured trim, so it must detach from it. Strange that it does not have an explanation in the JTIS manual.

 

Gus, just trying to find how to replace it with a new one.

 

I would be interested to get one myself if it is available separately but the parts manual only seems to list Mocha, Sable or Warm Charcoal, no plain rubber.

 

From parts manual:

 

If you look at an X350 door, you will see that there are actually two seals on it (margin + primary) plus the one on the body so what you picture shows is all three.

I am therefore still not convinced the rubber is available separately for the one attached to the body which is the one you were after.

 

My shop is saying that the dealer is asking $400 for the door seal is that accurate? Seems ridiculous - did you ever get this figured out?

 

Ask your shop to give you the part number, then check www.parts.com

 

Hi
need one for my car
I have a guy that works as a jag technician in a jag dealership
will ask him how to replace and get a price for one

 

I had to replace mine also. The former owner was a large man and must of rubbed against it every time he got out. All you do is carefully pry up the plastic threshold across the bottom of the doorway. Watch for the clips. Lay out the new gasket in warm environment so its flexible. You'll see that the joint is under the threshold. You just pull up the old gasket off the ridge around the doorway. Then just press the new one around the doorway. I used a clean putty knife to get it to lay flat over the trim. Press it into the corners as you go. Snap the threshold back down. Done it ten minutes

The aperture seal is one piece that has the black seal attached to a trim color band in Mocha, Sable or Black that presses on ridge around the doorway. Pick the color of your interior. No glue needed.

Jaguar APERTURE SEAL IN SABLE FOR LH/RH FRONT DOOR - C2C15636AEK

Fits: Jaguar 2004 AND ON XJ8
Code: C2C15636AEK
Price: $137.70

Got mine at Jagbits.com

 

I did mine a couple of days ago. I sourced the seal from David Manners (part no - C2C40006LEG - Front seal in warm charcoal).

You simply pry off the plate that covers the join on the sill area and then pull the old seal off. It becomes obvious how it works when you get the new seal! I started from the sill join area and worked my way around towards the rear of the door and then up and around to the front and down. In retrospect I think I would work in the opposite direction. Do not be tempted to trim the seal if you appear to have extra. The seals are meant to be fitted on a production line, so should be an exact fit. When pushing on the seal make sure it is firmly seated all the way around. And make sure that you have tucked all other trim parts under the felt side of the seal.

Replace the sill area plastic plate and you are done.....

 

I had/have the same issue. Prior owner was a larger man. In the end I removed the seal and reinstalled it, but put it in so most of the the worn area was covered under the plastic sill plate. Prior to final install of the sill plate I put some RTV (actualy an excellent color match) on the damaged area and smoothed it out with a gloved wet finger. Not perfect looking but one doesn't notice unless they are looking for it plus most of the damage is under the plastic sill palte. The seam joint is no longer in the original place, but I have not noticed any change in water intrusion or wind noise. Worked for me and costed me nothing as the RTV had to be used before it went bad.

 

Swap it over with pass side.

Damaged area ends up in passenger side foot well and disguise it with black tape etc,

The join will still be under the foot plate.

Cost $ zero!

 

Just replaced mine, both sides, with used ones in great condition from Ebay.