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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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For those of you who have had lowering springs installed, please tell me
1. cost you paid for the labor
2. whether you would do it all again if it was your daily driver.
3. preferred spring supplier
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by weisberg
For those of you who have had lowering springs installed, please tell me
1. cost you paid for the labor
2. whether you would do it all again if it was your daily driver.
3. preferred spring supplier
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...omplete-54377/

In addition, I recently had Rear Axle Shims installed to maintain the correct camber. An additional $150
 

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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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How many hours for the shims?
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 07:39 PM
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How many hours for the shims?
Actually, I bought the 7.5mm Shims from Welsh Enterprises for about $50 for the pair.

I thought that I could install them myself, but it proved to be too difficult to get the socket wrench in position.

I took them to Jenkins and it took Steve 1 hour to install ($130).
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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Sorry to be a pest but

it seems you precalculated your required shims .. which calculation method did you use?
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by plums
Sorry to be a pest but

it seems you precalculated your required shims .. which calculation method did you use?
Another user described using a 7.5mm on the Left and a combination of 4.0mm + 5.0mm for 9.0mm on the Right Side.

The system is really designed for ONE Shim to be used to provide correct Flange Alignment.

I decided to use 7.5mm on both sides (the thickest that Jaguar makes).

The results (by eyeball only) seem to bring both sides into the desired range. The Right side does have just a little more negative camber than the Left.
 
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