My car is in the parking garage and I am in the office. Can anyone give me some measurements on the start stop button? From the outside edge of the chrome ring across and also the red button from the outside edge across? It would be much appreciated!

 

Can you work it out roughly from these?

 

It was very helpful, thank you.

 

Soooo what are you planning? ....

 

I actually couldn't stand how mine looked. It was scratched up, the white lettering was rubbed off in spots etc... so I decided to figure out what I could do to replace it without taking everything apart. Believe it or not, the button is the same exact size as a fidget spinner thumb rest ! I took one that my kids had laying around, popped it off the spinner, sanded down the little protruding socket, and painted it red with some acrylipro plastic spray paint. Then printed out a quick little sticker on clear backing with a label maker I have at work... wasn't sure if I would leave the button plain red, or add the sticker. I chose to add it for now and like how it looks. It overlays over the existing button with a very thin 3M double face tape.
The spinner button is actually even contoured the same as the original button it sits on and is almost impossible to notice when sitting in the car. I'll take some pics of how it looks installed later today -

 

oh I doubt y'all would approve. I like a little bling in my ride and eBay has some blingy rings to go around the buttons. But not sure about it yet.

 

Good job.

 

Button overlay ... sure beats the before look

 

nice!

 

Its ingenious!
You have taken the only thing that tells the car's age and made it look new without surgery- which would have quite counterproductive during the honeymoon stage.

Have you seen this? if not, get it while you can, the only one on ebay and its your woodgrain and in better shape than yours. I would buff it before reinstalling.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-XKR-...1Ww3eQ&vxp=mtr