Would appreciate any tips on this, my sunroof works perfectly but the roof paint is really bad and I am planning on painting it. There's a thin rubber seal around the sunroof panel. I can either mask this or remove the entire sunroof panel,take the seal off, hopefully reinstall it (would I need to replace it?) and put back in car.

Advantage of removal is also replacing the headliner material. Anyone who's done this info greatly appreciated

 

There are a couple of X300 headliner replacement videos on Youtube

There are a couple of TSBs on the sunroof seals and the crimping tool

You may find some more info in the X308 section as this area is the same

3D printing or other replacement options on the small part that commonly fails / breaks ? to be ahead of the game

 

Yes thanks the headliner shouldn't pose a problem, was more concerned with taking out and putting back sunroof so it still works as intended!

 

Genuine Sunroof For Jaguar Xj 1995 - 1997 (from 720125 To 812255) (x300) Classic | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts

Someone made a Youtube video on it's X300 specific proper operation from an external view

Motorcarman ( Bob ) has dealership experience to get them to work right

 

While you are at the sunroof ensure the drain lines work , rear quarter panel rust if not

 

HNG1727AB - JAGUAR SUNROOF LID SEAL £166.16 is a bit nose bleed to replace the seal, can they be refitted?

 

G'day Oliver,

When I bought my car the sunroof panel had a ding in it and I removed it and had it repaired and repainted. I reused the seal and although a special tool is supposed to be used on the seal to fit it correctly I just squeezed all around the seal with multigrips and it has been quiet and water proof ever since.

With panel out it is a good chance to inspect the whole mechanism and service it where needed and as mentioned check the drains, one in each corner I believe. Access to the rear drains is difficult with the roof lining in place.
Also with the panel out refit the inner lining panel, with the mechanism in the tilt position, to see how it all goes together and when refitting the outer panel place the mechanism in the fully closed position and refit the panel and position it properly before you tighten the six screws.

Some pix for your enjoyment. In one of the pix you can see me pointing at part of the mechanism with a large silver coloured spring, well for the life of me I could not see what purpose this spring had other than to break the plastic drain channel fitting so I disconnected it and the sunroof operates just fine that way.

The inner trim panel can be removed, with the sunroof in the tilt position, by giving the trim panel a sharp tug rearwards.

Cheers,
Jeff.

 

Cheers Jeff, this is super useful appreciate it!!

 

Here is a paint color for you

Shows the chrome and more modern than the original X300 plain / old teal color as that color shows her curves , she has slight hips curves ( from the earlier XJ6 series from a rear view ) , brought back original Jaguar designer after the boxed X40 ( X to 95 )

Pearl Teal

Honda has a current color / availability / price