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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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Everyone talks about either H&R or Eibach and each of them lower your car 1.4 inches. I dont want to lower my car that low maybe 1 inch or 1/2 inch... My question is is there any other springs available that offer a different lowering height?
 
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 10:17 PM
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Mina gallery springs lower 25mm, or about an inch. Jaguar X-Type Mina Gallery lowering springs Arden for Jaguar X-Type
 
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 02:28 AM
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Lowered with H&Rs. The rear is a little higher than the front, but overall the CG is 1.5" lower than stock.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 03:18 AM
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The thing is the rims I got have an off set of 40+ so I would need to roll the fenders and i don't want to do that... So I figured I can lower it just a tad bit and I'll be fine... Nice car Patterson! I never tired of looking at it.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2013 | 12:03 AM
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Hey Sleek, rolling the fenders is a careful job, you don't want to damage the paint job. I understand you have to keep a heat gun on the fender and roll it out slowly. Time consuming and stressful, as I imagine. Then, you want to give both sides the same flare. I've been looking into H&R spacers to push my stock rims out about 25mm in the rear, and maybe 10mm in the front. I would want to stop just short of needing to roll the fenders.

I don't know what it is about that parking lot, but here is my JAG tonight; front view
 
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Old Jul 16, 2013 | 08:24 PM
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I rolled my fenders...LOTS of work, and sadly I messed my paint up despite using a heat gun, but that's because of the extreme amount of rolling I did in the front to fit 245s and still sit relatively low. I'm not too worried about the paint though, I still have to have my front lip painted (and all the chrome trim) and I have a friend who is a painter.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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Was it hard to install the springs? If you did it yourself...
 
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