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Old May 3, 2021 | 08:08 AM
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I have a 2015 Jaguar XF Sport with the 3.0 S/C AWD with approx. 34k miles on it. I have noticed that the rear end of the car is sitting about 3/4inch lower than the front of the car on both sides. Is this a common thing with these cars? What are my options to correct this? I am thinking of ways to raise the rear up or possibly switching out the front springs to lower the front down to match the back. Not sure what would be the better solution.

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Old May 3, 2021 | 07:36 PM
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How are you measuring the 3/4 inch? Do you just mean to the bottom of the door sills? Or some other measurement?
Happy to check on mine.
 
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Old May 4, 2021 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Smarz1018
I have a 2015 Jaguar XF Sport with the 3.0 S/C AWD with approx. 34k miles on it. I have noticed that the rear end of the car is sitting about 3/4inch lower than the front of the car on both sides. Is this a common thing with these cars? What are my options to correct this? I am thinking of ways to raise the rear up or possibly switching out the front springs to lower the front down to match the back. Not sure what would be the better solution.

Any help or advice is appreciated, thank you
While I did not measure the difference, I did notice the rear was visibly lower than the front on my 2013 XF 3.0 AWD when I owned it.

After two dealer visits, it was concluded that AWD version are set up this way to accommodate for the AWD system in a chassis that wasn't designed for it.

Atleast that is what the master tech at my local JLR dealership told me.
 
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Old May 4, 2021 | 07:27 AM
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The obvious thing to do is get your tape measure out and measure the distance from the centre of each wheel vertically to the underside of the wheel arch and compare it to the specification given in the Workshop Manual. The values for AWD cars are---front 15.90 in +/- 0.5 in and rear 15.39in +/- 0.5in.
So yes it should be about 0.51in lower at the rear.
 
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