Hey all

So it's been a long journey getting my suspension completed with many thanks to all of the members who contributed their findings and guidance for no other reason but to help other members. Bravo! Special thanks to Wayne and baxtor for both making superior parts as well as sharing their extensive knowledge.

OK, so finally got the Jag over for a front end alignment following replacing: Front wheels - shocks, upper mounts, upper wishbone bushings (rubber) and Rear wheels - upper mounts. Car has always driven well and the tire wear was surprisingly consistent considering the front mounts had evaporated.

The end results show positive caster on both front wheels which I don't see a problem with or notice any steering issues.

The rear camber is really close and my guess is this will change some after the mounts and suspension settle in.

Honestly, tire wear is not a big concern because my tires usually dry rot before they wear out due to lack of driving. Although, all the work I've been doing lately is in anticipation to getting the Jag out on the road for some must needed and deserved road trips (for me as well lol).

Thoughts?

 

Of course the ride height has changed. My final readings are 15 1/2 front and 16 1/8 rear.

 

Try that pic again

 

The rear camber shims were always 4mm when I did alignments at the dealer.

Parts dept kept 6mm shims in stock and that usually took care of the rear.
I don't know if they are still available from Jaguar?

I have a stack of 4mm shims from doing the alignments years ago.
I'm thinking about taking a 4mm shim to a local metal fabricator/machine shop to duplicate in 1/4" plate steel.(6.4mm)
The shims used to be over $40 each so a stack of 1/4" shims fabricated should not cost anywhere near that.(it is just a circle with 5 holes)

 

Good to know Bob I would definitely be interested if you decided to get a few done for yourself. For $60-70 a piece for the shims Na. For a few bucks and a weekend with nothing to do Sure I would lol.

Hey Bob, when I did my rear shocks I used your method and it worked great so big thanks for that. Getting them out was a piece of cake getting them back in took a little more massaging. I also, followed Rothwells zip tie method for holding everything together when I was ready to reinstall springs and all the related components. I tried one side with the zip ties and one without. The zip tie side was much easier

 

Have the shims gone up that much????????????

There is a local fab shop with a CNC plasma cutter that could carve out some shim circles out of 1/4 plate.

I can ask how much to cut/drill the 5 holes or just finish them myself.

I do have a handheld plasma cutter so I guess I could get ambitious and do everything myself?
It will all come down to prices.