I love the interior of my VDP, however, I really think a leather dashboard would be appropriate, as the rest of the interior is covered in leather. How much do you think this would cost? A few hundred? Is there anyone who has seen this done on these Jags before?

 

Agree with you. A few years back I even bought a full hide of Connoly Autolux leather for this project....But, the few quotes that I got ( and that was for labor only) were north of $3K with NO garanty that it will look good/last due to the shape and texture of the dash.
The 2 main issues were the parting line ( the horizontal line where the texture change and the fact that, due to the leather thickness, all the plastic trim pieces ( vents, switches, etc) would not fit correctly.
One of the guy told me that the only way to do it correctly was to do a mold of the dash and buit a new dash out of fiberglass

 

Jaguar cut corners on the dash/door panels. The plastic is not the best quality. I believe the X350 Vanden Plas has a leather dash?

 

I pondered this while doing the trim on mine. The only way I can see it done correctly is to use Nappa/kid leather under 1mm thick, and several of them meaning stitched and fitted. Like an XFR dash. A real PITA, it's dash or screen out to do it right. I've not bothered just too much work to get wrong.

To make it look factory, the leather would have to extend to the centre console, and that's twin stitched, hard to do meaning expensive.

 

I asked a similar question on my Jag and they said it would cost me more than $ 2K .I also would like to have upper door panel trims as well .
Hey , you can also consider of alcantara / suede . They will look cool but it's surely not a cost effective option .
XFs come with leather trim and it really gives you a feeling of more quality than other rival models