Hello all, first time poster long time viewer.

As soon as i pulled out of this shop i heard a clicking sound every time car goes over bump. Seems to come from front passenger side.

I can also reproduce the problem by moving the steering wheel side to side rapidly, just enough to shift the weight of the car. The sound will not reproduce if i shift the weight by accelerating or braking.

I checked everything for tightness and all seems good. All signs seem to point to steering, any suggestions?

here are some pictures i took while waiting for my late friend to show up.
the car is still in winter trim.

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I lowered mine with H&R instead Mina ( https://www.jaguarforums.com/m_47596/tm.htm ), I haven't really had any problems lately but after the install I did notice a nice little clonk coming from the front, this was quickly fixed by changing the roll bar bushes.

 

Sound like a safe bet.

 

thanks i will have my people look at it

jlasoon - post lowered pics with a can if you can, i wanted more of a drop than i got.

 

I'll take pictures for you tomorrow and post them. Now my car is about 1.5 inches lower at the front and 1.25 inches lower at the back. What I noticed in your pictures is that it seems like the back is actually lower then the front, is this the case or am I mistaken?

 

I also have the mina gallery springs on my STR. I have not heard any noises after the drop. I also do notice that the rear seems a little lower than the front.

 

you have a killer of a car 03JagSTR!
And guys it's good that you're taking about suspension because I want to lower my car too and I can't decide between H&R and Mina Gallery. My other optionwould be the full system(shocks and springs) from Arden,and Bilstein,(without C.A.T.S) but I can't touch that yet(a little bit over 3000$)

 

oh junk, they are 86 bucks, little more than i expected, how much labor? the jtis i have doesn't seem to show time estimates.

even though i didn't get the desired lowering, the difference in high speed handling is ridiculous.

before the springs the car would "float" (think cadillac) at ~80 mph, now it is as solid as at lower speeds, the ride didn't even get much harsher except maybe louder on the bumps.

now i need hubcentric spacers for stock wheels, to improve the stance a little

 

beautiful Car 03JagSTR,

With the H&R springs the front is definetly lower then the back.


Rear!!!!!!! (Can fits under car)


Front!!!!!!!!! (Can doesn't even come close to fitting under)

 

thanks for the pics, i feel good about my purchase now, as your drops doesn't seem lower, just different

also, my clicking sound is from an innter tie rod which you can not buy, you need the steering rack which is 1500.

my warranty has just paid for itself.

 

LOL......always get the extended warranty!!

 

i also found out that the tie rods / steering rack is only good for 80k miles? that is suspect to me, i hope he exagurated.

 

Well, seeing as how noone has said it yet, I will. Jaguar cannot make a bushing that lasts. But I can't be mad at them. Bushings buy my baby new shoes.