Actually, sometimes the adhesive does seep through the grain. In that case you can wait until it gets hard and scrape it with sand paper.

 

I used 3M 77 to adhere the raw wood to the metal, set it upside down and place some weight on it, not sure how much weight I used because placed some large pieces of walnut I had around that I use for turning. the wood to wood I used Elmers wood glue, the kind that is water proof and can be stained and painted. Remember you also have to "Soften" up the raw veneer before using, you can find out ways on the internet. Hope this helps.

 

The Wood Whisperer is a great resource, I follow him

 

Thanks Guys --- very useful--- My next taks after my cylinder head task on my S3 and need to get it done for my XJS Conv. RHD conversion

Thanks

 

novice question here:
what did you use to pry the pieces off of the dash? screwdriver?

ive taken off the two pieces that have the buttons, but the others seem attached quite tightly, and i dont want to destroy either the panels or the dash.

thanks.

 

A while back I bought an auto trim removal kit. Just search it and you'll find plenty. It was the one of the best tools I have bought for working on vehicles. Its basically a bunch of plastic wedges and things made exactly for this kind of work.

 

Some of them are on there pretty tight, but they did come off after you can get up underneath and get started. I just took mine off this morning. No damage !

 

After a lot of thought about re-veneering and finishing the ski slope myself, I decided to remove all of the wood trim and have it professionally done so it would all match. And boy I couldn't be happier. I sent it to Britishautowood.com and he did a fantastic job! Between removing the wood pieces and him returning them, I put a walnut steering wheel from Myrtle Products on the car and posted a pic on the forum. Saul from Britishautowood used that photo and was able to match the newly veneered wood to the steering wheel. It looks fantastic! The attention to detail is superb. He bookmatched the ski slope with the most detail in the middle to produce some great patterns. The center dash and the glove compartment veneer came from the same piece of wood that carries the grain over between the 2 trim pieces. Very high end, very professional.

 

Beautiful!

 

[QUOTE=jnporcello;926547]After a lot of thought about re-veneering and finishing the ski slope myself, I decided to remove all of the wood trim and have it professionally done so it would all match. And boy I couldn't be happier. I sent it to Britishautowood.com and he did a fantastic job! Between removing the wood pieces and him returning them, I put a walnut steering wheel from Myrtle Products on the car and posted a pic on the forum. Saul from Britishautowood used that photo and was able to match the newly veneered wood to the steering wheel. It looks fantastic! The attention to detail is superb. He bookmatched the ski slope with the most detail in the middle to produce some great patterns. The center dash and the glove compartment veneer came from the same piece of wood that carries the grain over between the 2 trim pieces. Very high end, very professional.


Wow, that is excellent work.

 

I still kave that mismatch on my dash between the two larger pieces (my XJS gallery), but I have been lazy to tackle the removal of the pieces to get them refinished, as one involves pulling out the whole faschia to gain access to attaching bolts and with the air bag in the middle of things, (yes, all XJS' '94 and up). I did manufacture and finish the radio surrounds, myself.

Other than that, Saul's work is the standard, hands down.

BTW, has anybody removed the (LHD) "airbag" wood piece lately?

Cheers,

 

Perused with awe the above posts. I have a simpler question. I wish to exchange the wood trim on the console from '95 XJS with another '95 XJS. Once I have remove the various bezels, will the veneer wood just lift out, or is it glued to the console structure.

Thanks to whoever has knowledge and time to respond. Gary

 

Here you can see the pics of the procedure.
All written in Japanese and you won't be able to read, but the pics will give you an idea what it is like.
Undo the screw under the center console box catch lid, remove all the bezels and remove 2 bolts on the side. Then pull the veneer and it comes off.

http://jaglover.web.fc2.com/XJSmaint...erremoval.html

 

It is held in place with one single Philips head screw that will be visible once you remove the armrest cubby and two tabs that fit into two slots just under the radio.

No glue. No mess. No problem.

 

Really looks super nice

 

That's Pretty!!
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