TrialByFire's Garage

[txbajacommander]

great XK and photos, just wondering in the photos with the JBA's there is one shot of the front strut without the coil. Are you running without it?

[Matt]

What picture are you talking about? The coil is in all of the pictures I see....

(and if the coil wasn't in there, the front would be fully compressed and look awkward because there wouldn't be anything holding the front up)

[txbajacommander]

the one right below the JBA shot, I dont see the front coil on the strut. Sorry I stand corrected, you can just see the bottom of it my bad

[Matt]

It's there.

[txbajacommander]

yeah I didnt see it when I first looked. I missed the bottom, I was looking for the whole coil. I do like the look of the JBA UCA's though.

[NeilSmith]

in post # 25 , third pic. there is no coil spring on the strut. ? oh yeah its there, duh.

[strokeZ]

Killer rig dude......

[TrialByFire]

Thanks for the pics!

And I agree.... 1 more inch probably wouldn't be bad. Wouldn't go much more than that though for the sake of the tie rod and steering rack.

I discovered a new problem. I have some grinding on the inner rim of the front wheels at full lock with the wheel somewhat unweighted. It's enough to grind off half of the wheel weights and a portion of the rim.

Here is the driver side wheel at full lock with normal weighting:


Here is the passenger side at full lock with the front end jacked up a ways:


And a closeup:


I spoke with AEV and the wheels are the correct 25mm offset version for the XK. We are not sure yet what the problem is.

[Matt]

Wow... interesting..

They're 8.5" wide with +25mm which means they have 5.75" backspace. When dealing with inside rubbing like that, I like to think in terms of backspace since fitment based on "backspace" does not change with wheel width. (in other words, 5" backspace is always 5" backspace... but +25mm offset will differ in fitment depending on the wheel width being discussed).

For instance my wheels are 8" wide with +18mm offset, that equates to 5.25" backspace. That extra 1/2" would probably help with that rubbing issue.

[strokeZ]

I thought the Pintler wheels. were abt 5.3" of backspace