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Yes, do tell. What’s the problem?
I see that you’ve got both XK (black) and XKR (green) shocks, and maybe (could be photo angle) the shaft out of the green shock appears a tad shorter. But I had that too, when I replaced my 2007 XK front shocks, with those intended for a 2010-2011 XK (by the part numbers anyway).
Had to squeeze the springs a bit further to get the nut on, but got it done. Just think the shaft on the old shocks was loosy-goosy, so it stuck out farther.
I measured the xkr vs xk shock and the shaft is 3mm longer on the xk
I measured the xkr vs xk shock and the shaft is 3mm longer on the xk
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if the replacement you get is the same size as the xkr shock you already have.
Did you compare the 2 xkr shocks you were going to install, to see how they compared, side by side?
Like I said before, the new xk shocks I put in were shorter than the old xk shocks I took out, even though the one really bad shock I took out had lost its damping fluid all over my garage floor (a good sign the shock had gone bad ).
I had a heck of a time compressing those xk springs, and also had to use 4 compressors (rented the first pair, couldn't get it compressed enough, so had to go rent a second pair to finish the job, placing them at 90 deg from the ones already on the spring).
In your picture of the 3 springs, are they, xk, xkr, and eibach, from left to right?
In your picture of the 3 springs, are they, xk, xkr, and eibach, from left to right?
Between Steve and myself we have four sets of springs and three different sets of shocks
Springs; XK, XKR, XKR-S and Eibach lowered
Shocks; XK, XKR and XKR-S
That pic (left to right) is XKR front spring, XKR rear spring, Eibach front spring, I believe
Very confusing to identify so it was lucky I took some photo's during the work on my car, there are no part numbers on the springs only coloured paint stripes.
Even more confusing is that the XKR-S springs are made by Eibach and are a totally different design to the aftermarket Eibach lowered springs, the XKR-S springs have part numbers on them, the XK & XKR ones don't.
My old XKR shocks went into Steve's XK to replace a faulty XK one (CATS fault) but one of them also failed after a while, which was the reason for new XKR shocks. But one of the brand new ones is faulty as well!!!!!
Plug one of the old XKR shocks in and the CATS fault goes away, plug in the new one it comes back...
My old XKR shocks went into Steve's XK to replace a faulty XK one (CATS fault) but one of them also failed after a while, which was the reason for new XKR shocks. But one of the brand new ones is faulty as well!!!!!
Plug one of the old XKR shocks in and the CATS fault goes away, plug in the new one it comes back...
Is it possible the 'new' XKR shock is 'too new'?
Didn't the CATS system change at some point, from just 2 values (i.e. hard/soft), to a continuously variable value?
Maybe the new shocks don't 'play nice' with the old system?
Well maybe not all of us have. Maybe scraped under the nose but you can't see that.
Unless you're in an area with no curbs, it's inevitable given enough time. No one ever intends to curb a wheel, but the low-profile tires on our X150s make our wheels extremely vulnerable to damage. That never happened back in the day when the wide whitewalls took the hit and were easily cleaned up with a Brillo pad. Ain't progress great?
Unless you're in an area with no curbs, it's inevitable given enough time. No one ever intends to curb a wheel, but the low-profile tires on our X150s make our wheels extremely vulnerable to damage. That never happened back in the day when the wide whitewalls took the hit and were easily cleaned up with a Brillo pad. Ain't progress great?
Not a lot of curbs in the villages up here and none in the malls. I don't usually park in any of the local city streets as I am usually driving through them on our cruises. But I use the family car while in the cities and so far never curbed a wheel yet but the older I get brings in more of a possibility. I do seem to remember my OEM Dunlops had a curb guard where the rubber near the bead stuck out further then the rim.
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