Front Suspension Coil Spring Red Painted Line
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Front Suspension Coil Spring Red Painted Line
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Good Morning and I have a question re: MY 97 xj6 front Spring Coil appears to have a painted red line running across the spring. Does anyone know what it's significance is?
Thanks Folks
BigBoss in Dallas TX
Good Morning and I have a question re: MY 97 xj6 front Spring Coil appears to have a painted red line running across the spring. Does anyone know what it's significance is?
Thanks Folks
BigBoss in Dallas TX
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Rather than looking at codes or part numbers when grabbing parts to assemble a suspension an assemblyman knew that (to make up an example) USA market XJRs got springs with one yellow stripe, ROW XJRs got springs with two blue stripes, a base XJ6 got springs with no stripes, etc.
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Virtually assured, if my assumption is correct.
Rather than looking at codes or part numbers when grabbing parts to assemble a suspension an assemblyman knew that (to make up an example) USA market XJRs got springs with one yellow stripe, ROW XJRs got springs with two blue stripes, a base XJ6 got springs with no stripes, etc.
Rather than looking at codes or part numbers when grabbing parts to assemble a suspension an assemblyman knew that (to make up an example) USA market XJRs got springs with one yellow stripe, ROW XJRs got springs with two blue stripes, a base XJ6 got springs with no stripes, etc.
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That being said, is there some consensus that the regular XJ or XJR springs do need to be changed after 15ish or more years?
I haven't noted that as a common recommendation in the threads here yet, but...
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Not that I'm aware of.
The only objective determination I'm aware of is to measure ride height. If your car has a bad case of the droops, change the springs. This might be more critical on X300s than other cars since there's is no camber adjustment...but I'm not aware of X300s being unusually hard on springs or replacing them as a matter of routine.
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Thanks for that input....... That sounds like the only way to be sure about the springs. Though I can't imagine my replacing them yet since I do very little driving these days.........
The front shocks need replacing and I plan on doing that today, so wish me luck
BigBoss in Dallas
MY 97 XJ6
Thanks for that input....... That sounds like the only way to be sure about the springs. Though I can't imagine my replacing them yet since I do very little driving these days.........
The front shocks need replacing and I plan on doing that today, so wish me luck
BigBoss in Dallas
MY 97 XJ6
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