Application of Stone Chip Protection
APPLICATION OF STONE CHIP PROTECTION
Apply approved material to the areas indicated by hatching.
REPAIR OF PAINTED COACHLINES
Panel Preparation
Existing painted coachlines can be removed using a suitable soft cloth moistened with thinners and/or acetone.
New coachlines must be applied over the lacquer coat, using two-pack 'solid' paints (ie non-metallic).
NOTE: Lacquer must not be applied over the coachlines.
Where applicable, refinish the repaired panel(s), following Jaguar approved paint re-finishing procedures, including application and drying of the two-pack lacquer coat.
Tape Application
Apply a suitable length of 3M "Fine Line Striping Tape" to the panel. Having suitably applied the tape, which is slit into 8 strips, each 3 mm wide, the appropriate strip may then be peeled away to expose the lacquer coat below (Refer to Application of Striping Tape Drawing). The paint may then be applied by hand brush or a suitable air-brush. The remaining tape provides masking during paint application and drying. Careful positioning of the masking tape is necessary, particularly when the repair is confined to a single panel and the newly painted coachline must conform to coachlines on adjacent panels.
Where it is necessary to match an existing 1.5 mm coachline, two techniques are available:
Proceed as above, to expose a 3 mm strip of lacquer coat. Using either a standard masking tape, or a 3M "Fine Line Masking Tape" applied over the striping tape, reduce the width of the exposed strip to 1.5mm.
Use a suitable combination of standard masking tape, together with 3M "Fine Line Striping Tape" if desired, to achieve an unmasked strip 1.5 mm wide in the correct position on the panel.
After application of the tape, use a fine-grit wet-and-dry paper to lightly 'flat' the exposed surface, before application of paint.
Application of Striping Tape
Coachline Locations
The coachline locations on the side of XJ Sport and supercharged models are illustrated below, for all other models refer to the drawing under 'Other Models'.
XJ Sport and XJR8
Inset A, shows the 25 degrees - 35 degrees angled cut-away at front edge. The front end of the coachlines should terminate 50 mm - 60 mm behind the headlamp apertures and the two sides must be symmetrical.
The 1.25 mm - 1.75 mm wide coachline (inset B), terminates with vertical face and ends 10 mm - 20 mm forward of tail lamp aperture.
Inset C shows the upper edge of the coachline positioned 6 mm - 8 mm below feature line along the body side. Inset D shows gap dimensions and lower coachline width.
Details of front end lower coachlines, including position of the lower coachline relative to door mouldings and front wings are shown in Inset E.
Inset F shows lower coachline rear end detail.
Other Models
Inset A, shows the angled cut-away at 25 degrees - 3 degrees at front edge. The front end of coachlines terminate 50 mm - 60 mm behind the headlamp apertures. The two sides must be symmetrical.
The 3 mm - 3.5 mm wide coachline shown in Inset B, terminates with vertical face and ends 10 mm - 20 mm forward of tail lamp aperture.
Inset C shows the upper edge of the coachline positioned 6 mm - 8 mm below the body side feature line.
Paint
Two-pack solid color paint can be applied. Following application of paint by hand brush or suitable air brush, allow the paint to dry fully before peeling away the remaining strips of Striping Tape. The paint takes in excess of 12 hours to air dry and fully harden, curing can however be accelerated by careful application of heat from infra-red lamps.
NOTE: Masking tape must only be removed when the paint has hardened.
For the repair of minor damage (cuts, etc.), Paint Touch-up Pens in the colours required, are available via Jaguar Parts Operations.
Coachline Dimensions
Coachline Colours
NOTE: The above table refers to water borne paint introduced on 1998MY vehicles. This paint is identified by a four figure number commencing with a 1. Solvent-based paint is identified by the same succeeding three figures, but this is followed by three different letters. E.G. JBC1712 JHG Westminster Blue is a water-borne paint. JBC712 JFG Westminster Blue is a solvent-borne paint.
