Hi All,
I'm trying (unsuccessfully at the moment) to identify the comfort springs/ shocks from the sport/ adaptive suspension. Reason is I want to put a set of comfort shocks/ springs under my 2005 XJ instead of the problematic air suspension and the S-Type spring/ shock unit is a known move and the comfort ones give virtually the same driving characteristics as the XJ without the perennial grief of the air suspension going wrong at no notice.

Can you please help me figure out how the difference between the standard Comfort suspension and the sport / sport adaptive suspension. Some secondhand units I've seen have green markings on the springs, some green and orange, some white, some a green label on the top of the shock mount, some a red/ black label on the bottom of the shock, some a yellow stripe on the spring and a yellow dot on the bottom of the shock (XF standard/ comfort?) .... and so it goes on. I know the Bilstein shocks are the sport and the Sachs shocks are the comfort but there my knowledge ends.

Thanks, Nick, Dublin, Ireland

 

AFAIK green shocks are sport. I think the green on springs is also sport.

Someone who knows about the springs for sure will be along.

 

Many thanks indeed - I thought the green indicated sport but wasn't sure.

 

It's funny that Jaguar would mark the struts differently on the S-Type and on the X350: on the air suspension of the X350, green stands for comfort and red for sport.

Best regards,

Thomas