1996 Jaguar XJS | Projects

1996 Jaguar XJS

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The Project

This 1996 Jaguar XJS arrived into Carrosserie HQ in February 2024 for fabrication works due to corrosion, and then a paintwork refresh by our experienced paint team.

Updates

22nd February 2024: Fabrication work to both rear jacking points, rear quarters, and sills has been started. Once complete it will move over to our paint team for a respray to front wings, bonnet, scuttles, doors, and lower rear quarters, and a touch up on the rear bumper.

7th March 2024: Fabrication work to repair left rear wheel arch. Front quarter panels have been removed to begin paint preparation. Right front sill repair work needed due to corrosion.

28th March 2024: Fabrication works have been completed and the car has now moved over to the paintshop for the bodywork to be prepped for prime and paint. Work has started with the front wings which have been filled and sanded so are nearly read for primer. Customer has requested we treat the car with Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 and Lanoguard and complete a full service before handing it back.

11th April 2024: The front wings have been filled and sanded. They are now ready for epoxy, primer, basecoat and final paint.

12th – 25th April: Final prep work to both outer sills and left rear quarter. The epoxy, primer and basecoat were then applied, followed by the final paint coat. Finally, the under sealing and coachlines were applied to finish the job. The car is now ready to be collected by it’s proud owner.

Friendly, helpful, extremely knowledgeable, patient enough to explain the processes and reasons for doing things and highlighted even more how approachable the team are. They tried to accommodate our needs and requests to get our beloved old riley back on the road as soon as possible despite the ups and downs that were thrown our way and into the teams path! We could not have wished to deal with a more personable company after encountering some other teams that really made a botch of stuff, seemed uncommitted and were not professional at all. Carrosserie as a team were totally the opposite . . would we recommend them ? ABSOLUTELY !!! We would not go anywhere else now, THANK YOU TO Steve, Neil, Graham and Nicola . . Oh and Karen who spilled the beans about the the birthday surprised to my partner (whose car it is ) . but made the experience all the more special when a bottle of wine was presented as well as a treat to Simon for his birthday AND made it all the more worth dealing with the team ! THANK YOU AGAIN !!!

My car was the subject of some body and paint repairs here in Spring 2024, to address corrosion plus some substandard paintwork. An annual service was also carried out. There was good responsive communications, advice, and attention to detail throughout, to ensure a high quality, durable result, with the final paintwork being indistinguishable from factory finish, and easily better than any franchised dealership repairs. If you are invested in your classic car, want to make it last, with an exemplary finish to be proud of, then you need look no further.

I can't recommend Carrosserie highly enough, the service was exemplary from start to finish and the workmanship is second to none. I highly recommend giving the team a call for any work you need doing to your classic car, no matter what it is, you will not be disappointed!