Does anyone know any place in the US to buy lowering springs for my 91 xj40

 

I belong to a Volvo forum, Turbobricks, and they are big fans of just cutting coils. Personally it wasn't my approach when I was building my car as I wanted to stiffen the suspension vs just lowering it.

That being said, if all you wanted to do was lower it for looks cutting a 1/2 coil or a coil might do the trick and worst case scenario is a trip to the yard for another set to put back t stock.

 

Cut coils? Lowered ? Unsafe at any speed....

 

what i was thinking..

If you were going to make the car unsafe. Might be better off selling it to someone who would enjoy the car and buy a mini truck or a honda.

 

I share the concerns already expressed. With its unique curved front spring setup, a Jaguar XJ40 is probably the last car anyone should try cutting coils on.

I do seem to recall that Jaguar offered a Sports version of the XJ40 that came with lower springs. Perhaps you could source a set from one of the Jag parts specialists like Coventry West, Jagbits, SNG Barratt, Welsh Enterprises, etc.

The thread at the link below discusses the pros and cons of a lowering spring set available from Arden:

http://www.xj40.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3542

You might also try searching the archives here at Jaguar Forums, and also at the Jag-Lovers.com XJ40 forum.

Cheers,

Don

 

cutting coils might not be suitable for a Jaguar due to the coil end configuration.

But on a vehicle where it is possible, cutting coils will both lower and stiffen the spring. This is because a coil spring is essentially a torsion bar wound into a coil. The shorter torsion bar increases the rate.