No idea what I am doing! Suggestions on where to get parts and good prices! Any help would be AMAZING!

 

It's quite a job. Read up a lot on it - existing posts and workshop manual - and decide if you're up to it.

 

Its definitely going to get done and we have some friends helping with the labor. I was just hoping to find some suggestions on where to buy parts.

 

Take it to a professional specializing in Jaguar. Not an easy job...

Mileage currently?

 

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Actually, those areas are supposed to be that way. Mine have always been the like that. Attempts at removing the stickiness might ruin their appearance. One irritating thing is if your finger nail hits that start/stop button, it will eventually wear out and look awful.

 

Odd?

 

Extremely odd indeed

 

I saw this yesterday. I think it's a wrong thread reply of some sort.

 

Looks like a victim of the suggested thread feature.

I strongly suggest switching it off.

 

I like dogs and it has been unseasonably warm here in North Texas.

 

Here is an update to my sticky interior. Yesterday I spent a couple of hours yesterday taking care of the stickiness.

The product I used was Dunlop 65 fretboard ultimate lemon oil. Amazon sells the stuff.
I also used Guitar picks as mini scrapers and flat wooden toothpicks to get into tight spaces the guitar picks could not.
A spray bottle with clean water and microfiber towels.

The areas I worked on were the steering wheel buttons, trim piece below the lighted grab handle and the backside of the door handles.

I would suggest doing one part at a time, pick a switch or button to start with to get a feel for how the film comes off.

Apply the oil and let sit for 5 to 7 minutes approx. Take your finger and move the oil around and see if it lifts any of the film Take the edge of the guitar pick and
scrape gently to see if it picks up any film. It should and the film will stick to the guitar pick once this happens spray some water onto a section of the microfiber cloth
wet but not dripping. Wipe the area, I wiped in one direction down is what I did. then take a dry section of the same cloth and wipe the area to see how it looks.
Repeat until the part has no film left on it. You will be able to tell the clean area from the area with any film left by both feel and sight. As any film will still feel sticky and look raised up
and dull looking. Last step is when you are close to full removal save a clean cloth and spray with water for a final wipe down

For larger trim pieces I did the same as above but there is a lot more scraping involved as well as lots of wiping in between scraping. It works and the results were impressive.

The backside of the door handles on my car were terrible sticky and as that's what you grab to shut the door they had to be done imop. I did this without removing anything from the door.
The oil I used has a blotter on the bottle top and most of the time I blotted the oil on my finger tip to be able to control the amount of oil I dispensed. I did this on the back side of the handles as well
I then blindly scraped the film off. The guitar pic was perfect for getting behind there. By using my finger to apply the oil I also kept the oil off the leather to a minimum.
Wiping the leather with a damp cloth to remove any oil. Just to be fair I have Jet (black) leather and I saw no reaction from the any oil that got on the leather. I would be carful with other shades
test in a very small area. to see if the color lifts if any oil gets on your leather.

It does work and my wife was amazed how good the parts felt after. The plastic on plastic scraping will not scratch the parts either.

 

That's a lot sticky interior!

Please tell...What brought you to this lowly state?

 

Lowly state!!! Please educate yourself and do your research on this issue before make comments like that.

Its a very common problem with a lot of Jaguar models and other brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes just to name a few.

No the sticky interior is not suppose to be sticky. This is and has been an issue with at least the early cars. I believe Jaguar has replaced lots of interior parts under warranty and issued a tsb I believe as well. You should be able to dust your interior with a microfiber towel with out the towel sticking to the interior. Again the car is not suppose to be that way!

I have seen varying degree's of this problem from a few buttons all the way to what looked like a melting layer on parts. My car although not terrible needed attention
for me to be happy with it.
There are lots of ways to resolve this, from paying Jaguar thousands of dollars, buying the parts yourself doing a major tear down, as some parts replacement would require major tear down. Or going the route a lot of people have gone and done it similar to how I did.

So no lowly state here, but a real issue with these cars. I am not willing to accept it with my car and resolved a economical solution.

Have a great day!

 

This has got to be one of the most scattered threads I've read in a while.(what was the title again?)

A year later I still like dogs and it is again unseasonably warm here in North Texas.