2003 XJ8 Jaguar replace front shocks and shock mounts

2003 XJ8 Jaguar replace front shocks and shock mounts

Shock mount w/o adaptive control
Right side https://amzn.to/2DT4cxV
Left side: https://amzn.to/2zoEQEm
BILSTEIN front standrad shocks https://amzn.to/2TBESB6

Well. this was fun…NOT!
Haven’t done a ton of shock jobs and never on a jag.
In hindsight, after learning by trial-by-error on his job, it really wouldnt be very hard to do a front end shock and or shock mount replacement on these cars. At least not for the regular suspension. The air ride assist version i am not familiar with. But i bet THAT model might suck.
My take awa- if i had to do this again, i would defintely spend the extra money and buy the whole shock mount instead of just the bushings. Not talking a ton of money or difference in price surprisngly.
Also, due to inexperience and focusing on filming at same tme i m Ssed checking the basics like how the KYB shocks had a different thread pattern than the ones i replaced. Didnt help that the kyb ones didnt come woth a twenty cent nut to make things easy. I would probably slurge a little bit mre and buy Bilsteins instead. Especially if i was planning on keepng the car for any length of time. Unfortnately i ddnt cheap ths car long as had too many cars and was gunshy about the transmission going out at any time based on what i read about these “non-servicable lifetme” trannys. Plus i really would prefer a vanden plas for the extra rear room.

In an unrelated note, dont wait over a year to get around to editing a video. You tend to forget what you were doing and pointing at sometimes, making it harder to properly edit and explain what was at the time obvious but later on not quite so much.

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2003 XJ8 Jaguar changing front shocks and shock mounts

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Michael Joyce says:

Better you than me. Thanks for going through the misery. I’m about to do my 2002 VD and I’m sure I wouldn’t have paid attention to the threads and nuts. But now I know.

omgitsBenjamin says:

I hate to hear that you sold off a car that you would have potentially been in love with very much due to the persistent idiotic rumor that the transmissions are not serviceable. I'm not sure where that bit of marketing came from but in the manual it gives regular service intervals for fluid change. The problem comes when you never change it and reach high miles and then change it and the new fluid cleans out the years worth of build-up gunk and it clogs up your gear solenoids.

marcus willis says:

the jack is in the wrong spot. look u der your jag the are specific places for that jack to fit. Where yours is is very dangerous. fyi. good job otherwise

Chef luigi Super star says:

Now I know what not to do.

bigtreesfall says:

Thank you so much for posting this!
It's a job that I'm about to tackle.
A novice to Jag maintainance to boot! Lol

Thanks again bud.

TREVOR RESNICK says:

I have a 2000 Jaguar Vanden Plas with the exact same problem. THANK YOU so much for posting this video it saved me a lot of aggravation. I ordered the entire assembly for both sides from Rockauto.com for about $50.

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