The upholstery shop I took my car to originally to check on renewing rather than replacing the headliner material, couldn't provide a very good material color match, so I am looking at replacing my 99XJ8 headliner with an OEM part for a few more $'s. In researching the part number, I see a qualifier about "with security system". While my 99 has a security system, it appears that in later model XJ's there is an "intrusion detector" mounted somewhere on the headliner. Does anyone have an XJ8 (swb or lwb) or R with this intrusion detector installed, and is it an indication that the headliner has a hole in it to accomodate the detector? I certainly don't want to order the wrong part and have a hole in the headliner.

Alternatively, does anyone know of where I can get an exact match to the Oatmeal colored headliner material to recover the existing headliner board myself?

Thanks in advance.

 

Ive never seen an intrusion sensor in a us car, and for the cost of a new 1. You can have the upholstery shop do everything in a suede clotch like the new jags, no excat match needed then and looks/feels way nicer