XYZ Racing Super Sport Coilovers — Jaguar S-TYPE (Fr FORK) 1999-2008

The S-TYPE is a heavy executive saloon riding on a platform shared with the Lincoln LS, and the factory air or steel setup was always tuned for waft rather than wieldy body control. Drop a set of XYZ Racing Super Sport coilovers under a JA01-era car and the brief shifts: the nose stops diving into roundabouts, the rear stops squatting on throttle out of slip roads, and the whole 1.7-tonne saloon finally feels like it knows where its mass is.

This is the fast-road-plus-occasional-track spec in the XYZ Racing range. It gives owners of the 1999-2008 S-TYPE a way to lower the stance, sharpen the response, and still drive it to Stansted on a Monday morning without rattling the fillings out.

What this coilover does for your 1999-2008 Jaguar S-type (fr Fork)

The 36-way bump-and-rebound adjustment is the headline feature, and on a car as soft from factory as the S-TYPE it earns its keep immediately. Wind the dampers softer for the school run and a rough B-road commute, then firm them up for a weekend at Castle Combe and the chassis stops floating on long sweepers. Ride-height adjustment lets you close the wheel-arch gap that the standard car carries, which transforms the visual stance of the long-bonnet Jag and lowers the centre of gravity for tighter turn-in.

Because the damping ranges across all 36 clicks, you get a usable daily setting at the soft end rather than a hard-only race spec. Brake confidence improves too: less nose-dive means the front pads bite a flatter, more predictable contact patch.

About the Super Sport coilover

The Super Sport is XYZ Racing’s fast-road and weekend-track damper, built around 36-way combined bump and rebound adjustment with independent ride-height setting. The remit is broad: a single set that copes with rough British surfaces, motorway miles, and the occasional trackday session without changing parts in between.

XYZ has tuned this damper specifically to take the harshness out of poor tarmac while still delivering body control under load – a balance the standard S-TYPE air or steel setup never even attempted. The 36 clicks give a wide working window, so the same hardware that soaks up potholes on a wet Tuesday can be wound up for a hot, dry lapping day. Construction is a serviceable coilover unit with the spring perches threaded for ride-height changes, so the car can be corner-weighted properly once installed.

Fitment for the Jaguar S-type (fr Fork) (1999-2008)

This kit is built for the JA01-chassis Jaguar S-TYPE, front fork variant, covering the full 1999-2008 production span. That window includes the early X200 cars and the facelifted post-2004 models. Confirm your front-suspension fork type against the listed JA01 reference before ordering, as the S-TYPE ran more than one front geometry across its life.

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Configure your Super Sport spec for the S-TYPE below – spring rates, ride height, and any options are all set in the configurator.