I'm hoping someone in here can help me.

I want to lower the suspension on my car and have it "slammed" as the expression may be. I have found new springs on the net to drop it 40 mm but i want it lower than that. I also had a little search on here and couldn't find anything. I'm hoping someone in here will be able to guide me in the write direction or know a way of lowering the XJ. Oh and before the answer comes back, I want to avoid Air Bag suspension.

Cheers in advance.

 

Hi there

I purchased my springs from XKZ Zahran and im staisfied whith them. they don´t slam the car though.

I did have some problems whith aligning the wheels properly after this mod though i couldn´t adjust the camber to factory spec´s but that wasn´t a problem as I wanted more camber anyways

You can put a "spacer" betwen the lower spring pan in the front to get it even lower though i´ve don this on mine and it works just fine.

If youre going to have it lower than what mine are then you will be needing to do some fabrication to the rear and front crosmember to get the wheels aligned OK and then you will need shorter dampers aswell

In sweden i know there are shops that manufacture dampers and springs to what you need but it´s very very expensive.

If you want it low and doesnt care about anything else then getting it low i suggest you just cut your spring but this can danger the safety and ridehandling in a bad way. It doesn´t have to though.

 

Thank you for all that advise jaggachafen

ye i want a lot of camber so that side should be ok, and wont be keeping OEM wheels, also the arches will be rolled so shouldnt need too much modification...is it possible you could pm me or post up some pics of yours so i can see what height youve got yours? do you know how much you dropped yours in end?

im not going to cut the springs because as you said the problems with safety/handling...ive found a company that do custom made springs so im going to look into that as well.

do you know if i will need to change the dampers with lower springs? or the bushes?

 

If you are going any lower than my car you would probably need new dampers yes

otherwise there is a risk that tey will bottom out.

The bushes doesn´t need to be changed when you lower the car but the polyrethane bushes do miracles for the traction and feel of the car.

You can se pic´s of my car by clicking the link in my signature

 

ahh thats stunning but yes i do want quite a bit lower, cheers for all advise!!

 

Great looking car Jagga. Wheels are HUGE - what size are they (they're a bit bigger than I like but impressive nonetheless).

What's the drop that your springs give? I've been looking into the Mina springs, and hoping that it won't take camber way out of spec. I had an E39 540i Sport 6-spd with stagger 18" 8.5/9.5 wheels, and know the damage camber can do to your pocket....lol. Replacing PilotSport2's every 12,000 miles was NOT fun.

I believe my 01 XJR has CATS. Do they all? And, with CATS, I've been told it can compensate for lower springs so I don't need to switch out the shocks. Is that correct? I'd like to retain the CATS system.

 

Beautiful car Jagga.

 

Looking very nice jagga. I saw the same springs on ebay a while back and wondered what they were like on a XJR. They seem to do a good job for you. What is the ride like now?

 

The ride is a bit tighter you could say but still not to hard for me

 

Oh, hey, I just looked again at your car and noticed the blacked out trim. Looks awesome!

Did you buy replacement pieces or did you paint them or what?

 

I think they must be painted/tinted, I've tried to look for aftermarket replacements for ages and I dont think they exist!

@jagga
Thanks. I've got deep dish 20" on my XJR and the front could do with a bit of lowering I feel.

 

No the trim is original i live in Sweden and all XJR has black trim in europe

And i belive the XJR100 was the only one whith black trim in the US

 

Oh my bad, I thought the poster was talking about the amber reflectors/indicator lenses

Yep, all European models havethe trimblack as original except the trim on topthe bumpers.

 

Wow, they all have black trim in Europe? Crazy. I might have to try to source some black trim from a friend I've got over there. Lol.

SH500 - Here are clear ones but they're WAY overpriced:
http://www.xkz.uk.com/jaguar/ex1025.asp

Would look awesome though. On my list to do....

 

These are not for the XJ models are they?

 

The clears are not for XJ they are for XK and will not fit.

The lights int the trunk are the same as the wingmounted side repeaters but then you don´t have them in the US

 

Jaggachafen, what exhaust system are you running and what size exhaust tips? It looks like the mufflers are polished.