Dear XJ8 Folks

Having pulled the interieor out of my XJ8 for some welding work enevitably some of the fixings broke yanking them out. In particular in getting the trim off the B door post (where the front seat belts run from) some of the Grommets into which the "Fir Tree" fasteners fix broke. I.e. They appear to be made of natural nylon and the washer type head to them seperates from the body of the grommet as the Fir tree comes out. So you end up with just the washer head and other part of grommet drops off inside the sil somewhere.

Having looked through JEPC I can't find the Grommet bases anywhere. I have look through this site Grommets, Nylon Screw but can't see anything I am sure is correct either. The hole in the body is 8mm (5/16") diameter. Many of the grommets you see around are for screws and so require a square hole to stop them rotating.

Has any body found a source for these grommets ?

This is pic of a good one in place with the "Fir Tree" in shot.


Edit :

I managed to fish out the bit that dropped in the hole. Here is the picture of the grommet bits put together. The grommet is on the right, for reference the Fir Tree fastner that fits into it is on the left.

 

Is this what you are looking for?

Interior-Trim | Jaguar XJ8 - XJR | British Parts UK

Regards

Gary

 

They look pretty similar, or atleast if they are 8mm they should work.

The problem I find with looking for stupid bits of plastic is knowing what terminology to search for. ie Screw Grommets, trim grommets, moulding clips, fixing bush ......

 

Bresco have just got back to me and they have an equiv part also. The part ref is 12445P


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