Dear friends,
My soft top need to be replaced. Im thinking about buying one of the aftermarket wersion from ebay:
New Jaguar XK8 / XKR Convertible Soft Top HAARTZ GERMAN A5 SONNENLAND CANVAS | eBay
New Jaguar XK8 / XKR Convertible Soft Top HAARTZ Stayfast Canvas Cloth / mohair

https://www.convertibletopguys.com/c...Jaguar-XK8-XKR

Any ideas? Any expierence? Any Advice?

Br, Fishman

 

I have no personal experience but ........... I don't think the interior headliner is included, and I understand (from other posts here and elsewhere) that the headliner is VERY difficult to fit as a DIY job.

Also - you have to transfer the glass window from your old hood to the new one - again - my understanding is that this is also not an easy job.

I would be more inclined to try and find a complete good used soft-top - could work out as a better option in the end.

 

if your looking for a replacement top - check with forum member mrplow58 (Mike) - he has a tan one - see classified link below - not sure where you're located but worth a try

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/p...2/#post1699485

 

Thank you for your reply.
I`m from Europe, from Poland. Transport the whole roof would be to expencive. Another think is that I would prefere to have it brend new instead of having used one.
None of you have expierence with aftermarket solution?
Br, Fishman.

 

Its surprising that I have never seen a thread on replacing the soft top.

 

sorry fishman - didn't realize your location. I did a quick forum search - there are several threads requesting info on replacement tops but not much in the way of DIY replacement or experience with a specific vendor.

 

Thanks a lot for your help ;-)