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Oh yes. Side view tells the story. Your XK looks like mine ( at 55,000 Miles) before I changed the upper spring mount. I did use the Welsh Poly insulators as described above and they did the trick. My XK rides evenly with improved handling. Good luck Rich
From that side pic I would bet that this is more likely the "lowered" springs and not just collapsed upper mounts. That is a lot of drop, way more than loss of the 1 inch rubber in the mount can cause.
Plus I would hope that when the springs were installed a new set of mounts were used for reassembly.
Either way the struts need to come out for a redo. And the Welsh mounts should be used then with proper springs.
From that side pic I would bet that this is more likely the "lowered" springs and not just collapsed upper mounts. That is a lot of drop, way more than loss of the 1 inch rubber in the mount can cause.
Plus I would hope that when the springs were installed a new set of mounts were used for reassembly.
Either way the struts need to come out for a redo. And the Welsh mounts should be used then with proper springs.
Yes, both, 4 new (non-lowering) springs and new shock-mounts, maybe max. 4 cm lowering from the springs, the rest from the suffering mounts.
Car is tooooo low.
But absolute good-looking car, real rare nothelle-rims (made by BBS )
Oh yes. Side view tells the story. Your XK looks like mine ( at 55,000 Miles) before I changed the upper spring mount. I did use the Welsh Poly insulators as described above and they did the trick. My XK rides evenly with improved handling. Good luck Rich
Hopefully I can find the time to do the upper mounts ( and lower bushings ) in the weekend.
Going back to original springs are not really on my wish list as I find the looks of the lowered XKR much more desirable.
I shall report back when the work has been done
Most cars I have looked at seem lower than the stock photos online. To be honest I think they look nice lower. As long as it's lowered and not lower because of worn out parts, is there a problem with lower cars?
Most cars I have looked at seem lower than the stock photos online. To be honest I think they look nice lower. As long as it's lowered and not lower because of worn out parts, is there a problem with lower cars?
They definitely look better lowered, but there is no Camber adjustment up front and ride height sets the camber (the lower the car, the more negative camber)
Negative camber improves handling to a point so the only downside is faster tire wear.
Bilstein shocks (the factory shocks) are very popular for coil over conversions in the US and it shouldn't be very hard or expensive to make an adjustable setup (less than $350 US including new shocks). There aren't enough X100's in the US to make it commercially profitable, but people on Jaguarforums have done it. It just requires machining an additional snap ring groove, lower in the shock body.
Job done now. New upper mounts ( the old ones looked OK to me ) and new lower shock bushings ( the old ones where toast )
After a good test drive I found the front ground clearance to be 100mm against 90mm before this job was done
Job done now. New upper mounts ( the old ones looked OK to me ) and new lower shock bushings ( the old ones where toast )
After a good test drive I found the front ground clearance to be 100mm against 90mm before this job was done
Job done now. New upper mounts ( the old ones looked OK to me ) and new lower shock bushings ( the old ones where toast )
After a good test drive I found the front ground clearance to be 100mm against 90mm before this job was done
I tried to convince you it was the springs. The math can't lie.
I tried to convince you it was the springs. The math can't lie.
You are so right about the math
If the upper mounts had been toast as well as the lower bushings I could probably have gained at total of 20mm extra front ground clearance, and that I think, could have helped sufficiently on my "nose problem"
New springs then ?? I would love the car to be more comfortable, but I don't like the look of the original car as much as the lowered one. That's a difficult decision to make and...
You are so right about the math
If the upper mounts had been toast as well as the lower bushings I could probably have gained at total of 20mm extra front ground clearance, and that I think, could have helped sufficiently on my "nose problem"
New springs then ?? I would love the car to be more comfortable, but I don't like the look of the original car as much as the lowered one. That's a difficult decision to make and...
Your problem is not lowered, but toooooo lowered.
New (less lowering) springs?
You are so right about the math
If the upper mounts had been toast as well as the lower bushings I could probably have gained at total of 20mm extra front ground clearance, and that I think, could have helped sufficiently on my "nose problem"
New springs then ?? I would love the car to be more comfortable, but I don't like the look of the original car as much as the lowered one. That's a difficult decision to make and...
Typically these cars look pretty good with just the rear lowered to level it out.
Do you know or can you find out exactly which springs are installed now?
Before replacing it would be good to make sure the replacements are not more of the same.
Last edited by rothwell; Apr 18, 2018 at 12:47 PM.
Very good looking cars.
The rear end of my car is lowered 20-30mm from standard ( wheel centre to wheel arch ) and I find that to be OK. The front end is lowered 65mm from standard ( wheel centre to wheel arch ), and yes, that too low.
So what kind of springs will give me a 20mm lowered front ?
All the best
Carsten
Very good looking cars.
The rear end of my car is lowered 20-30mm from standard ( wheel centre to wheel arch ) and I find that to be OK. The front end is lowered 65mm from standard ( wheel centre to wheel arch ), and yes, that too low.
So what kind of springs will give me a 20mm lowered front ?
All the best
Carsten
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