New aftermarket headlining is the way to go.

 

Not the starlights lol.

My S4 is starting to drop in the rear, crazy on a '21 with only 33k miles but I drive a ton with the windows down and it lives outside, the heat and humidity is not kind to the glue. I have to fix it as it will drive me crazy, I briefly thought about getting one of those kits in there at the same time. Not really my style though.

 

I am confused by what I am seeing: What are all those optical fibers doing there above your headliner?

There are headliner fabrics, you can buy and you use adhesive spray to glue it onto the old headliner from underneath (while being removed from the car).
The are youtube videos of how to do it.
Important is how to apply the adh. spray - if you soak the new headliner with it, you will mess everything up.

If you use the wrong adh. spray, you will mess everything up.
Good is "Carbuilders" adhesive spray.
An absolute disaster waiting to happen is Kwik Grip (which e.g. is being sold at Bunnings): That stuff is so bad, it should be made illegal! It soaks the headliner (and thereby destroying it), but it has no adhesive strength whatsoever.

 

Thankyou ACE,

All 3 of my jags have sagging headliners. It is very depressing and on the to do list.

My manual says you have to remover the rear window (????) to remove the hard liner.

THX Peter for the adhesive info.

If anyone knows a good video, how to guide, materials source, or just has suggestions pls let me know.

Ace , can you pls elaborate on the procedure you used? (what are those fibers/)

THX, jeffxj8

 

Jeff, about your suggestion to remove the rear window to remove the hardliner, I am sure that that is not necessary.
I know that the question here are about the X308 (where I myself have not yet done the headline (was no need)), but I have done it on the X-Type,
There were also suggestions to remove the rear window on the X-Type, which is utter nonsense.
I rolled down both frt. seats (see correction below (PS note): Removal of seats), and pulled the headline out the rear door, and after doing the headline up, I pushed it in by the front door (which was even easier).

I wrote a thread about that - obviously it is about the X-Type, but I think it can still be useful for the X308:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...x-type-272953/

PS:
I just recalled that I took out both frt seats and the rear seat completely, plus the ctr. console. This gives you a whole lot more space to work with and definitively beats removing any glass (windscreen or backlite (=rear window))

 

Many newer cars require pulling the front or rear glass to remove the headliner without bending. I have personally taken one out of an XJ through the rear door opening, removing the front passenger seat and coming out the right rear door was perfectly fine, no need to bend it at all.

 

THX fellas, any further suggestions are appreciated.

I've got sun roofs in them that are also sagging.

jeffxj8

 

Have you talked to a shop about replacing the headliner? It's pretty common and no shop will be taking out windows to install a headliner!
Too much time and expense.
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We do it all the time at the dealership. Windshields usually now.

 

I'm generally against paying anyone for anything I may be able to do myself. (caused by growing up with little extra money)

So, I have a "to do list" that's so overwhelming I feel I'll never get done and I'm doing too many things at the same time, that takes the fun out of the projects.

I am retired so this condition solves the "nothing to do" problem but the list seems to be getting longer instead of shorter.

Good idea, I'll check with a local restoration shop, maybe get it done professionally.

 

I currently have the headliner out of my Tundra as it was sagging, only takes about 20 min to pull as it's an old regular cab truck. Had it recovered shortly after I bought it, but like all my cars baking out in the sun and humidity it won't last. I got some cheap suede material on amazon and recovered it, came out like ****, so now I'm wondering if I peel it all off and start over, or just throw it back in and wait until the next time it drops. On my S4 I will let someone repair it, slightly more picky about that car than my old shitbox truck.