Long time first time fellas. I Appreciate everyone's help


So I really like the look of the grey dracos on my black XF, so I took the plunge and decided to buy them, along with Michelin AS3 sport tires (staggered)

Now that the rims are on, the car is sitting a little high for my liking. I thought the 2" bigger rims would hav offset with the low profile tire, but I guess not.

Any ideas on how I can lower the car? I like the stance of the XFR, is that possible with the XF?

Any ideas?

 

Your best bet is Eibach lowering springs, plenty have fitted them (including me) with good results. Just search the interwebz for "Jaguar XF Eibach".

 

What size tires are mounted to the Dracos?

running 20" wheels, you should have 255/35/20s on front and 285/30/20s on the back.

All XF models, regardless of wheel size should have tires that are 26.7" to 27" in overall tire diameter.

If your mounted tires are taller (or shorter), than they are wrong for the suspension and speedometer calibration.

 

Thanks for the replies

255/35/20 front
285/30/20 on back

Seemed like the was the consensus when researching

Lowering springs won't impact calibration? Different coilovers, dampers, etc needed?

 

Sorry... any issues with rubbing with Eibachs?

 

You got the correct size rubber.

What model XF is your 12?

Smaller rotors with big wheels tend to look odd and so does very low profile rubber if you are not used to it.

Using lowering springs does not affect speedometer calibration, but it will cause tire wear on the edges due to the lack of adjustment our cars come with from the factory. And as of right now, I do not know an aftermarket solution to fix this issue.

 

No rubbing issues at all with the Eibachs, on the same XFR spec wheels & tyres you have. But as 10 XF Premium says the downside is excessive wear on the inside edges of the rear tyres. The camber cannot be adjusted and the 26 mm rear drop with the Eibach springs results in a sizeable increase in negative camber.
Great handling though and very little increase in ride harshness.

 

Not only wear on the rear tires...also on the fronts. But like Oz says the improved handling would be such a great trade-off!!Body roll would be no issue then. I just can;t handle the $1400 in new tires every year. The springs cut your treadlife in half...in my case the PS4s is $350 installed and will only last for about 12,000 miles. Wondering...does the XKR have the same platform as the XF?...hmmm...interesting tangent...too bad the XKR is no longer with us ...what was the last build year 2014? ...hmmm

 

I don't know if that is worth it..ugh

Doesn't the SC AND XFR have 20" wheels? Why do those models not looked 'raised' with bigger wheels?

 

They have bigger wheels but on the bigger wheels they have lower profile tyres so the overall diameter is barely changed at all.
The XFR sits 5 mm lower than the "normal" XF due to slightly lower springs, I don't know about the SC though.

 

Here is my 2013 XF supercharged 5.0 with the Dracos. Stock ride height.

 

Thanks for the pic! Ride looks real nice. Kind of what I'm trying to go for. Definitely looks a bit lower than mine, although it's hard to tell

 

Oz...5mm is half the size of your pinky finger...why would any manufacturer go to the trouble of that??? ...lol

 

there are seriously no camber adjustment bolts available in the market?

 

Seriously, no.
XF owners have been looking for them for years, and no-one has ever found any.

 

Lol

So how much lower does the XFR sit versus the XF with both having 20" wheels (and the same tire size)?

 

5 mm.
As Cherry says, barely noticeable.