How to lower a 2012 xjl?
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Good luck. To my knowledge, no one here has lowered one (there are a few photo-chops posted, but all are fake). The XJ has traditional springs in the front and air in the rear. I'm not aware of anyone that makes an aftermarket suspension either, so you'd have to build a custom solution if you really want to lower it.
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In theory, you could get lowered front coil overs, and in turn the rear air springs will try to compensate by also lowering. However, you may run into the chance of a suspension fault or "Vehicle to low" message displayed. I dont think anyone makes lowered front coil overs for the front though as they would need to be compatible with the adaptive dampening system the X351 has.
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For the front, old school was to cut a part of a coil off to shorten the spring. Older old school would be to heat the front springs with a torch and they will sag. Be careful not to catch anything on fire. Your ride and durability will suffer, the more you do, the worse it will be. Be ready with stock parts to make it all better again if it renders it entirely effed up.
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+1 on this method for the rears.
For the front, old school was to cut a part of a coil off to shorten the spring. Older old school would be to heat the front springs with a torch and they will sag. Be careful not to catch anything on fire. Your ride and durability will suffer, the more you do, the worse it will be. Be ready with stock parts to make it all better again if it renders it entirely effed up.
For the front, old school was to cut a part of a coil off to shorten the spring. Older old school would be to heat the front springs with a torch and they will sag. Be careful not to catch anything on fire. Your ride and durability will suffer, the more you do, the worse it will be. Be ready with stock parts to make it all better again if it renders it entirely effed up.
I lowered my brand new '15 Stingray 10 minutes after bringing it home from the dealer. I never had the same inclination to lower the XJL. I think it looks great, handles fine for a big limousine as it is but, I also recognize that personal tastes differ :-).
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Can yu go into detail on how this all can be accomplished...like how you personally would go about doing this mod.
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I did it
late to the party but ive lowered my 2011 jaguar xjl supercharged on air ride suspension. It wasnt easy and had to do a full custom build. Went to GMP performance for the install and its waiting in the wings to be put together. All together it ran me $8000 with a new air intake, fuel line, pump, injectors, and mina gallery exhaust. Will post pictures when finished.
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