Hi All

I've just bought a X350 and just wanted ask a couple of questions regarding the Air Ride set up on it.

I was planning putting full Air Ride on what ever Jag I ended up buying and turns out this X350 has Air Ride on, however, not the kind of Air Ride I was wanting as want to fully Air Out at the shows with in car management. I'm in talks with Air Ride UK and they have asked me some questions regarding what's on the Jag as we are hoping we can use some of the kit already on it.

I've been online to try and find these out but nothing comes up.

Questions

1. What size airlines are standard on the X350
2. What is the output of the generator X350
3. What size is the air tank used X350
4. Do the current air springs/shocks fully air out when air is fully released
5. How low does X350 go when the all the air is released from the system

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

 

The ride height is not user adjustable, and the factory system is not designed for a "how-low-can-you-go" setup. I've seen some threads (that I can't find now) about modifying the default height, i.e. making it ride lower than stock, but even then there's no dashboard adjustment to "park it" down low.

As for your questions...

1. Open the hood and find the air line going to either of the front struts. Plastic pipe, basically. That's the size.
2. Dunno.
3. Small enough to fit under the spare tire, along with the valve body that controls air flow. Remove your spare tire, there's the reservoir. That's how big it is.
4. If something happens to fully release the air from the shock, there is still a maximum amount it's allowed to drop. The fitting at the top includes a valve which maintains at least a certain pressure level, even if the air line were broken off, to protect the rubber bag from complete deflation, and keep the shock from actually bottoming out.
5. Dunno. From the sagging seen by users who have leak issues, the tires are up inside the wheel wells. The car is pretty much undrivable at that point, with no suspension travel left.



Again, the factory system is not going to get you where you want to be if you're looking for user-adjustable height settings for show. There is no user input to the system as it's designed merely to keep the car level. the only shift it takes from its default height is a slight lowering at very high speed, I think over 105 mph, for aerodynamics. You want one of those systems, you're gonna have to go out and buy it.

 

1. The front lines are 6mm and the rears are 4mm
2. The compressor has a maximum output of 15bar (218 PSI) and a maximum cycle time of 2 minutes.
3. The air tank is 4.5 liters
4. The stock air springs have an integral pressure retaining valve that ensures that the air pressure never drops below 3 bar (44psi) This is to prevent the internal bellows from being damaged by a full collapse.
5. The car will go very low but still drivable. That is UNLESS one or more of the bellows have failed, then it will drop to the bump stop on the failed corner.

The system is not designed for routinely "dropping" the car for show. You will need to replace nearly all the components to do what you want.

Jeff

 

The flashy air suspension tricks you are speaking about, would take serious modifications.
These cars were designed as a combination plush firm ride.
With a nice touch of power added, basically old mans hot rod.